Chris Huhne wants St George's Day to be a Bank Holiday in England (From Daily Echo)

excellent idea, an MP with a good idea, how rare.

YES - This is a very good idea.
English culture comes last, you can't get funding to help protect or celebrate it. a day off and a carnival parade in every town.

Don't MP's get enough holidays already?

yes, take away the socialist May Day bank holiday and have a time where hard working people can have a day off, go to Southsea or Margate and reclaim their roots.

We've been taken away from the culture that older generations grew up in- true communities based around a common cause- a pub, church, scouts, teams etc. The socialist elite have despised anything where ordinary people gather together- hence why so many pubs are closing, scout and guides on the decline etc.

Chris Huhne is right that many people are totally cut off from society and want something to celebrate. I know black and asian people who are as patriotic as I am so it wouldn't be racist to say "I'm proud to be English"

Finally! An MP who speaks sense!

God knows why the Government haven't already made it a bank holiday. They aren't doing themselves any favours for the next general election.

I honestly think the only thing I am proud of Gordon Brown for doing is refusing to talk to Argentina over the Falklands sovereignty.

soton1980 wrote:
Finally! An MP who speaks sense! God knows why the Government haven't already made it a bank holiday. They aren't doing themselves any favours for the next general election. I honestly think the only thing I am proud of Gordon Brown for doing is refusing to talk to Argentina over the Falklands sovereignty.

what about when Jack Straw spoke to Spain about Gibraltar? Oh, Blair was in charge then.

Condor Man wrote:
yes, take away the socialist May Day bank holiday and have a time where hard working people can have a day off, go to Southsea or Margate and reclaim their roots. We've been taken away from the culture that older generations grew up in- true communities based around a common cause- a pub, church, scouts, teams etc. The socialist elite have despised anything where ordinary people gather together- hence why so many pubs are closing, scout and guides on the decline etc. Chris Huhne is right that many people are totally cut off from society and want something to celebrate. I know black and asian people who are as patriotic as I am so it wouldn't be racist to say "I'm proud to be English"

IF YOU WANT TO BLAME SOMEONE FOR DESTROYING COMMUNITIES/SOCIETY THEN THATCHER IS THE MONSTER YOU ARE LOOKING FOR!

Mr Huhne and the rest of his local liberal friends have got political careers to save over the next year. It doesn't surprise me that he makes such silly comments, considering all of the three mainstream parties have sold out everything in this country to the EU. He wants to make people think "we'll vote for him" by saying this when in fact, there isn't much of a country left to fight for. He suppoted the Treaty of Lisbon, that means Britain is technically no longer a nation-state. Together with that, the Liberals are in denial of things such as immigration and have pushed ahead with a PC agenda. Come off it Mr Huhne, your claims are hypocritical and I don't think for one moment, it will save you at the ballot box next year! Go and enjoy life in one of your seven houses and leave us alone.

How many high level proposals have splashed on the Newspaper? New waterfront developments, businesses and now the heretic wants the Men (generic) of England to celebrate their patron saint.

A week prior to their committment comes into fruition a story will appear withdrawing it. The populus sighs and marches on till the next awe inspiring proposal hits the headlines.

That must be the ONLY country in the civilised world that doesnt celebrate their patron saint. Ask kids in the street who Saint George is? They would probably say hes a sweeper who played for Saints in the 90's.

How can you possibly begin to take pride in a country when it doesnt take pride in itself.

Its pathetic

'Let's celebrate St George and Englishness' says Chris Huhne. Good idea but could this really be the same man who wrote 'The Arguments for the Euro and European Monetary Union' and as one of our most federalist MEPs, led the campaign locally to scrap the pound?
If I was a cynic, I would be tempted to suggest Mr Huhne's new patriotism may have something to do with having to submit himself to a general election within the next 11 months in a highly marginal seat!

If we don't allow pride in English culture we play into the hands of the BNP and their ilk.
The English are a mongrel race. Even the Queen herself is German and her husband is our most well known asylum seeker! (having fled Greece)
Very few 'English' people would be able to go back 3-4 generations without finding at least 1 ancestor from mainland Europe or beyond.
St George was from Turkey.

Indeed, England is a 'mongrel' nation, but we need to ensure that the pride we feel is that, not the 'England for the English' codswallop that can get spouted at times like this. Those BNP b'stards have already hijacked the Union flag, we cannot let them steal and desecrate the Cross of St George as well!

I know most MPs and especially lib dem ones have never worked in the real world , in fact never done a decent days work in their life, but this goes to show how how completly out of touch they are with reality.
The country is BROKE, run out of money because MPs have NOT DONE THEIR JOB. He wants the country to lose another whole days production, the cost is enormous. Someone has to pay for this, it won't be that lot of idle MPs screwing us all on fatcat expenses ( yes lib dems head the table per head screw the taxpayer). It will be the middle England taxpayer. Its about time this man shut up and put his troucers on.

Millbrook Dave wrote:

Condor Man wrote: yes, take away the socialist May Day bank holiday and have a time where hard working people can have a day off, go to Southsea or Margate and reclaim their roots. We've been taken away from the culture that older generations grew up in- true communities based around a common cause- a pub, church, scouts, teams etc. The socialist elite have despised anything where ordinary people gather together- hence why so many pubs are closing, scout and guides on the decline etc. Chris Huhne is right that many people are totally cut off from society and want something to celebrate. I know black and asian people who are as patriotic as I am so it wouldn't be racist to say "I'm proud to be English"

IF YOU WANT TO BLAME SOMEONE FOR DESTROYING COMMUNITIES/SOCIETY THEN THATCHER IS THE MONSTER YOU ARE LOOKING FOR!

Really? the person who put money into peoples pockets? the person who released millions from the yoke of local authority housing (being told where to live? no thanks), the person who had to pick up the pieces from the last disasterous labour government?

It wasn't Thatcher who destroyed British society, it was the people who decided they'd rather bludge off others than take responsibility for themselves.

Before you mention 3 million unemployed, we'll be there again by the next election.

To the best of my knowledge Chris Huhne has not signed House of Commons EDM 1092 calling for St George's day to be a Bank Holiday. The Lib Dems have got a nerve. They actively support the regionalisation of England and are against an English Parliament. Just because there is soon to be a general election Mr Huhne decides to become all English!

stuartjebbitt wrote:
If we don't allow pride in English culture we play into the hands of the BNP and their ilk.
The English are a mongrel race. Even the Queen herself is German and her husband is our most well known asylum seeker! (having fled Greece)
Very few 'English' people would be able to go back 3-4 generations without finding at least 1 ancestor from mainland Europe or beyond.
St George was from Turkey.

Why is it that it is always pointed out that St George wasn't English? St Patrick wasn't Irish and St Andrew wasn't Scottish but I don't here that mentioned every year!
Oh and the so called Celts came from various parts of Eastern Europe and beyond!

Condor Man wrote:

Millbrook Dave wrote:

Condor Man wrote: yes, take away the socialist May Day bank holiday and have a time where hard working people can have a day off, go to Southsea or Margate and reclaim their roots. We've been taken away from the culture that older generations grew up in- true communities based around a common cause- a pub, church, scouts, teams etc. The socialist elite have despised anything where ordinary people gather together- hence why so many pubs are closing, scout and guides on the decline etc. Chris Huhne is right that many people are totally cut off from society and want something to celebrate. I know black and asian people who are as patriotic as I am so it wouldn't be racist to say "I'm proud to be English"

IF YOU WANT TO BLAME SOMEONE FOR DESTROYING COMMUNITIES/SOCIETY THEN THATCHER IS THE MONSTER YOU ARE LOOKING FOR!

Really? the person who put money into peoples pockets? the person who released millions from the yoke of local authority housing (being told where to live? no thanks), the person who had to pick up the pieces from the last disasterous labour government?

It wasn't Thatcher who destroyed British society, it was the people who decided they'd rather bludge off others than take responsibility for themselves.

Before you mention 3 million unemployed, we'll be there again by the next election.

your living in dreamland

Millbrook Dave wrote:

Condor Man wrote:
yes, take away the socialist May Day bank holiday and have a time where hard working people can have a day off, go to Southsea or Margate and reclaim their roots. We've been taken away from the culture that older generations grew up in- true communities based around a common cause- a pub, church, scouts, teams etc. The socialist elite have despised anything where ordinary people gather together- hence why so many pubs are closing, scout and guides on the decline etc. Chris Huhne is right that many people are totally cut off from society and want something to celebrate. I know black and asian people who are as patriotic as I am so it wouldn't be racist to say "I'm proud to be English"

IF YOU WANT TO BLAME SOMEONE FOR DESTROYING COMMUNITIES/SOCIETY THEN THATCHER IS THE MONSTER YOU ARE LOOKING FOR!

yep she caused mass unemployment twice,record interest rates of 16%,overvalued pound which destroyed our industrial base, drug culture took hold but you also did some good things takeing on the unions who got to big for their boots.

"England already lags behind in the public holiday stakes, only enjoying nine a year, compared to France’s 12, Germany’s 15 and Sweden’s 17"

I presume that the nine days includes Easter Sunday. Not exactly a public "holiday" unless you normally work every Sunday. I know that there are some people that do, but surely they are a minority.

I don't, so I technically only get 8 public holidays per year.

I think i'm going to have a hot chicken curry vidaloo on bank holiday.

sausage monkey wrote:
I think i'm going to have a hot chicken curry vidaloo on bank holiday.

Sounds good to me. I had a King Prawn Madras and a couple of pints of Bombadier English Ale on St Patricks day.

Home Rule for England wrote:

sausage monkey wrote: I think i'm going to have a hot chicken curry vidaloo on bank holiday.

Sounds good to me. I had a King Prawn Madras and a couple of pints of Bombadier English Ale on St Patricks day.

I think i fancy having a Polish sausage or Kiełbasa as it's called.