> > http://www.web-options.com/30470009.jpg > > > > "We Need An English Day, Not a [? what ?]" > > keith whaley >
"not a British Day". This is a reference to our local politics. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown (a Scot), recently floated the idea of a special day to celebrate Britishness. Many people on the racist right would prefer an English day. The rest of us think it's all a load of old bollocks. Scotland and Wales have their own parliaments, as does N. Ireland although it's not operating at the moment. England does not. Many Little Englanders don't like this, and don't like Scottish MPs in Westminster (the UK parliament) having a say over specifically English affairs when the same does not apply vice versa. This is called The West Lothian Question. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Lothian_Question They also don't like the UK being run by what looks to them like a Scottish mafia. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4611682.stm -- Cheers, Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
