Re: NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATIONS/RESOLUTIONS Flicking through our channels on New Year's Eve, I noticed (and enjoyed) plenty of traditional Scottish culture but hardly any traditional English culture..? Tony Blair, born in Scotland, talked about not going back, and how: "We don't want a return of English nationalism" - accordingly, it seems, we are not allowed to have OUR OWN culture, either. And, as I've said in verse, when people lose their own cultue, society suffers... Nationalism with conquest IS bad; but nationalism with eco-travel and fair-trade, via the U.N., is good for humanity. Therefore, I say, we do want a return of English nationalism - with all the best from our past brought back, and without any imperialism, this time. I hope this year, people in England resolve to bring in the next year by celebrating with our own good English culture!..Morris dancing to the sounds of an English concertina, an unaccompanied folk-song, a brass-band playing "English Country Gardens"...
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