From: "Phil Payne" 

> I responded to the post not just because of the misconceptions but
> because I think he's got it exactly backwards. If anything, English
> nationalism/patriotism is getting stronger than it was a few years ago.
> I've noticed things like St. George's day and the English flag being
> rescued from obscurity - it used to be that the English were almost
> embarrassed to have a national flag, but that seems to be changing.

We had a bit of argy-bargy this time around.  At present, you can see
almost nothing but the Cross of St George on every single street -
something to do with football, I believe.  There are probably several
hundred in the centre of Woodhouse.

> Then again, the ugly side is that nutters like the BNP are getting more
votes.

The BNP is facing real problems generated by their recent election sucesses
- they're running out of nutters.  There are not enough to go around and a
lot of the more recent appointees are a good deal more moderate.

Our fundamental problem at the moment is th lack of an electable
opposition. It amuses me to see the "socialist" monicker - what
we actually have is a nominally socialist government implementing some
policies (like identity cards) that most of us would consider right wing.

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