Are you proud to be English.

[Chippy_Tea]

I would say i am and 62% of the population of South Lakeland agree.


See the poll results for your area (enter your postcode half way down the page) - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-44142843
If the voice on the video annoys you there is a better one on the BBC site above.





Young people are far less likely to feel proud to be English than older generations, a major survey for the BBC reveals.

Eight out of 10 people in England identify strongly as English but pride varies by age.

YouGov surveyed 20,081 people and found 72% of over-65s are proud to be English, compared with 45% of 18-24s.

Half of those surveyed think England was better in the past, with one in six believing its best days lie ahead.

Humour, tradition and good manners are the characteristics most associated with being English.

The poll was conducted for the BBC's The English Question project and is the largest and most comprehensive of its kind. Respondents were asked to complete a detailed online questionnaire on identity and belonging.

Read full article - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-44142843

 

[simon12]

I can see the older generation would be more proud as they or there parents lived through WW2 and I imagine immediately after the was close to 100% would say there proud to be English.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I have edited the post above, please keep religion out of this thread it is not mentioned in the article and i don't want another thread going off topic and being closed because of it, thanks.

 

[Pope]

I heard this topic being discussed on Radio 5 Live this morning, as I was flicking between stations on the way to work.

It's not a subject I've thought about too much. I'm neither proud nor ashamed to be English, I'm decidedly indifferent about it. I identify as being British, rather than English.

Pride in being a certain nationality is a strange concept to me. I think pride should be felt in one's achievements, not an accident of birth.

I was listening to the callers who were proud to be English. They seemed nice enough, but were incapable of articulating what they're proud of.

Presenter: So (name of caller), why are you proud to be English?

Caller: I was born in England, I've lived here all my life, England is all I've ever known.

Presenter: What is it about England that you're proud of?

Caller: I was born during the war you see, we were always proud of England. When you tell a foreigner that you're English, their eyes either light up or some others not so much.

Presenter: What specifically makes you proud?

Caller: Their doesn't seem to be as much pride in being English as there used to be. Yeah, we support our sports teams but that's about it. After the war, we all came together!

 

[Wouter]

I am not proud to be of any nationality.
Being proud of something you have no influence on is dangerous I would say.

 

[GhostShip]

I'm proud to be British. I think our culture, heritage, tolerance and beautiful countryside are all things to be celebrated and for such a small island, we have made a massive contribution to the world (you only have to look at any list of inventions/discoveries).

Oh, and we make the best beer in the world as well.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

If you watch the video I linked to in the OP quite a few people give reasons why they are proud, to be honest the only time I give being English much thought is when the football, cricket etc is all over the news it's not something I think about at any other time.

 

[Oneiroi]

Not in general. As other people have said it feels a bit odd to be proud of something that happened to you accidentally.

I suppose I would say I'm happy to be British, if that counts?

There are obviously lots of things that I think Britain does well and gets right, as well as lots of things I think it does wrong, but overall its a pretty good place to live. :cheers7:

 

[chesters-mild]

I'm proud to call myself British, as my maternal line are all Scottish - as my Aunts from Fife would say 'you are a half and half'er '
However.............
I love good Bitter beer and adore Cricket -what is more English than that!
Also very fond of a 'wee dram'
Best of all worlds IMHO
I wonder how many of us are mixed like me - a lot of us I guess!
Cheers!

 

[ElvisIsBeer]

what is english any more?

I don't see 'english' as being particularly important or relevant - I identify as being British, and there is much good about that and much not so great.

I know I'm really lucky.

 

[ElvisIsBeer]

I heard this topic being discussed on Radio 5 Live this morning, as I was flicking between stations on the way to work.

It's not a subject I've thought about too much. I'm neither proud nor ashamed to be English, I'm decidedly indifferent about it. I identify as being British, rather than English.

Pride in being a certain nationality is a strange concept to me. I think pride should be felt in one's achievements, not an accident of birth.

I was listening to the callers who were proud to be English. They seemed nice enough, but were incapable of articulating what they're proud of.

Presenter: So (name of caller), why are you proud to be English?

Caller: I was born in England, I've lived here all my life, England is all I've ever known.

Presenter: What is it about England that you're proud of?

Caller: I was born during the war you see, we were always proud of England. When you tell a foreigner that you're English, their eyes either light up or some others not so much.

Presenter: What specifically makes you proud?

Caller: Their doesn't seem to be as much pride in being English as there used to be. Yeah, we support our sports teams but that's about it. After the war, we all came together!

yup - sounds about right

 

[Gunge]

No, I'm not... it's rapidly turning into a right craphole. Even the weather is consistently shyte, these days.

 

[chthon]

Oh, and we make the best beer in the world as well.

Flamewar with Belgian brewers in 3..2..1...

 

[chthon]

Saying "Proud to be English", isn't that excluding all those other peoples on the British isles who have also helped making Britain great? And how far do you go back in defining "English"? Before or after the Norman conquest of England?

 

[MarkBowie]

I wouldn’t necessarily say I’m proud of being English, however I do feel extremely lucky to have been born in this country and able to have and support my family because I was lucky enough.

 

[divrack]

historically we as a nation (Britain, I'm Scottish) have much to be ashamed of. and ask much to be proud of I suppose. but I do think one of the major problems with the world is selectively defining complex and multifaceted concepts such as "English" as whatever one chooses and then taking against the other who defines it differently... all this talk of "shared values" implying that to be a part of the franchise one must subscribe to an arbitrarily defined set of criteria is frankly bollollocks.
I'm proud of being my kind of British. I'm ashamed of being part of May's kind of British.

 

[MyQul]

I am proud to be Emperor of Peckham!

 

[MyQul]

I see we are may be straying into the dangerous waters of a Brexit discussion/argument/bunfight - I can also see Chippy jangling the keys to his padlock

 

[Keats]

Saying "Proud to be English", isn't that excluding all those other peoples on the British isles who have also helped making Britain great? And how far do you go back in defining "English"? Before or after the Norman conquest of England?

Totally agree. How far back do you go bearing in mind that even the name of the country derives from the Angles, a Germanic tribe, that settled in parts of Britain after the Romans left?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angles

 

[ElvisIsBeer]

english national dish?



gammon?