The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #112913   Message #2632295
Posted By: Jack Blandiver
15-May-09 - 03:34 AM
Thread Name: BS: Foreign-Farce Football
Subject: RE: BS: Foreign-Farce Football
Geo-political facts are forever mutable, Terry. For instance, I'm rather proud of the fact of my Northumbrian birth as back in 1961 North Shields was indeed part of Northumberland, rather than North Tyneside or wherever it is these days. As an Irish-Northumbrian-Jew brought up with closer links to Scotland (as is invariably the case in Northumberland) I've never been too sold on the idea of Englishness, let alone WAV's entirely idiosyncratic take on it. His (self-published) message is one of rank & ill-informed stupidity that bears no relation to the reality which he steadfastly refuses to acknowledge, persisting as he does with his dangerously racist beliefs. Stuff like this:

English culture is taking a hammering and, when people lose their own culture, society suffers.

and...

England was a more English place 50 years ago.