tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978395067502712967.post56928885658123077..comments2024-01-22T14:42:24.863+00:00Comments on Robin Tilbrook: On Shakespeare's birthday (and St George's day) English nationalism is a rising "tide in the affairs of men". Robin Tilbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12922542867174343361noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978395067502712967.post-56261788496776990142012-05-01T20:12:39.388+01:002012-05-01T20:12:39.388+01:00Yesterday I realised how much more direct and vita...Yesterday I realised how much more direct and vital the Anglo-Saxon heritage in English is than the Norman French overlay. This was in relation to the words Power and Might and Powerful and Mighty. They should mean the same things but whereas the Norman French Power, modern French pouvoir, is typically gallic limp-wristed. The words Might and Mighty are like a sock between the eyes with a mailed fist. Still "This happy breed" is still all Anglo-Saxon, "Contented progeny" doesn't quite have the same impact. Not sure that Shakespeare really was wanting to include Scotland and Wales, "This sceptered peninsula" doesn't sound quite the same, does it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978395067502712967.post-47806057512574342132012-04-30T10:01:07.463+01:002012-04-30T10:01:07.463+01:00Shakespeare did more than anyone since William the...Shakespeare did more than anyone since William the Bastard to undermine the Germanic identity of the English and their languageAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978395067502712967.post-35271988924220337552012-04-30T09:41:49.059+01:002012-04-30T09:41:49.059+01:00a problem with invoking Shakespeare in support of ...a problem with invoking Shakespeare in support of English nationalism is that what he often had in mind when he was wrote 'England' was Great Britain, c.f. 'This Sceptered Isle'. James1 promoted the term 'Great Britain'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978395067502712967.post-90524741875723983262012-04-25T22:46:13.637+01:002012-04-25T22:46:13.637+01:00Yes but the bullies have the full panolply of the ...Yes but the bullies have the full panolply of the law at their disposal and are using it on an almost daily basis. I think of a recent case where a man - I think he was drunk otherwise he may have kept stumm - told an Asian that this is his country why doesn't the Asian go back to his. Up before the beak and sentence handed out in no time at all. And yet I have heard many people mutter the same thing to one another. Just musing on "this happy breed". A breed implies common blood and ancestry. "These happy breeds" implies no similar cohesian or integrity and yet that is what we now have. Not that they are happy, the blacks aren't. the muslims aren't, the natives aren't. The Indians probably are because they think they are going to be the winners in the end. The best that can be said is that strange English phrase, "we rub along together", although this is probably a gross exaggeration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978395067502712967.post-71636094986734359802012-04-25T21:45:51.620+01:002012-04-25T21:45:51.620+01:00I have just read that five terrorism suspects have...I have just read that five terrorism suspects have been arrested in Luton but that the police took great care when issuing the search warrants to have respect for the muslims' "religious and cultural identity". When did the English turn into such a bunch of nancies? God, we have so many potential enemy aliens in our towns and cities and we treat them as if they are harmless little old ladies. We don't deserve to survive but survive we will when the majority of English men and women who still have some balls ( apologies to the ladies but I was speaking metaphorically ) finally take back control. We can't allow ourselves to be pushed into the gutter and trampled on any more. Nobody likes Rupert Murdoch but good for him for dropping his "friends" - the slippery twins - Dave and Tony in it today. Obviously they just thought the chap was a really nice fellow and wanted him as the godfather to their children or to go on holiday with him. It could be nothing to do with being desperate for the Sun to back their parties? Corrupt the whole bunch of them. We need to clear the decks and start again. Shame that Gordon Brown threw a hissy fit when Rupert said he didn't love him and his party any more. If they were at all decent they wouldn't need the Sun to brainwash the British proletariat for them. Janice Atkins in the Mail seemed to have realised that the spoilt baby boomer generation who were doing universal love, flower power and Marxism at university in the 60s and 70s are to blame. But she hasn't explained the economic collapse - I think she's looking for the B word i.e. Bankers. And it was the "unbalanced" Gordon Brown who deregulated the banks. She seems concerned but not surprised at the rise of the "far right" but we have seen off the "vile BNP" (just keeping the NUJ from chucking her out). We didn't always respect our colonials' religious and cultural identities (perhaps Bedfordshire police fear another Indian mutiny) when we had the Empire but if it was so horrible why oh why do they want to come here to be looked after by us? plus France's ex-colonials, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978395067502712967.post-29311868037436167762012-04-25T08:15:49.045+01:002012-04-25T08:15:49.045+01:00As Robin says, use the laws they have created to p...As Robin says, use the laws they have created to protect yourself too. The only thing bullies don't like is defiance and bravery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978395067502712967.post-74322131315844084702012-04-24T21:51:19.040+01:002012-04-24T21:51:19.040+01:00There were plenty of St George's flags flying ...There were plenty of St George's flags flying yesterday. These were presumably flown by terrible English racists.<br />More work needed there then. Surely 61% is still more than twice 24% and how many of the 24% were ethnic English. What bugs me is how people from the Sub-continent get into positions of power and influence so quickly and then think they can rubbish and denigrate the opinions and feelings of the indigenous English. Is there any other people in the world that would allow this to happen? Can you imagine a European or a black doing it in India, China, Japan or an Indian or European doing it in black Africa. Perhaps the British were arrogant in the old imperial days but I find Asians much more arrogant than any Englishman. And of course nobody ever dares take them to task over it. Has anybody publicised the odiously arrogant Keith Vaz's statement that he want to make Leicester an Asian colony? Enoch Powell said that the day would come when the black (or brown man) would have the whip hand over the white. Looks as if he was right there as well. He was right because we dare do nothing to contradict any of them for fear of falling fowl of anti-racism legislation. I am sick to the stomach of being sneered at by people who have chosen to make what was once the land of Henry V's "happy breed" their second home. We have only one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978395067502712967.post-51790848225559743632012-04-24T21:48:53.520+01:002012-04-24T21:48:53.520+01:00You are correct in asserting this. This is the mai...You are correct in asserting this. This is the main concern of this group. God, how many pro-immigration groups does this country have? It is very annoying that these groups are trying to make Englishness an all-inclusive identity so that ethnics can fit in! Any real national identity by its very nature is exclusive and not inclusive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978395067502712967.post-51749496738308210912012-04-24T17:22:46.035+01:002012-04-24T17:22:46.035+01:00Terry Smithemen is the owner of the Anti EDP filth...Terry Smithemen is the owner of the Anti EDP filth blog England watch.<br />Terry Smithemen is also known as Anglo Staffs on the BDF.<br />Terry Smithemen is west midlands leader of the one england party and Terry Smithemen is also a UKIP member.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978395067502712967.post-48342453410676070072012-04-24T16:35:19.793+01:002012-04-24T16:35:19.793+01:00I think you have to look carefully at the activiti...I think you have to look carefully at the activities of BF to grasp their agenda. They are a pro immigration group. Their concern is how immigrants fit into this society.<br /><br />I think in part their concern is that historically immigrants have identified themselves as British. Often using “British” as a prefix or suffix to their ethnic or religious identity; black British, British Muslim” etc.<br /><br />English is still largely, despite seventy years of the establishment’s best efforts, seen as being an ethnic identity. If the Union does end and therefore Britain no longer exists, how would members of the BME identify themselves?Steve Fordenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978395067502712967.post-18441305444279370292012-04-23T11:02:45.946+01:002012-04-23T11:02:45.946+01:00Later I shall be at our St George's Day dinner...Later I shall be at our St George's Day dinner. I shall raise a glass to you at 9.00pm<br />JRBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8978395067502712967.post-4279906905652637792012-04-22T23:49:26.464+01:002012-04-22T23:49:26.464+01:00It's quite useful that the BF suggests correct...It's quite useful that the BF suggests correctly though paradoxically that the lack of English patriotism is now the main danger to the Union. We will have to wait for the full report on 23 April to find out what BF means by this. As reported, it implies that if the English were prouder of England (or allowed to be) they would be more willing to promote the Union.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com