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Thread #124364   Message #2760632
Posted By: Spleen Cringe
06-Nov-09 - 03:19 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: England My England
Subject: RE: England My England
On his Myspace "Gez" (cited above) says he wrote his flag song as a result of "the authorities" banning the flying of the English flag on St George's day. I would challenge him (or anyone else for that matter) to come up with one single genuine example of this happening.

Modern English identity seems largely to be based on an irrational paranoia about mysterious others who are out to piss on English fireworks. It doesn't have to be...