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> There's a solid base of racist idiots in the UK - proud "patriots" who don't understand how to invest in the future, but do understand tribal flag waving and

by blibble 10y ago

> There's a solid base of racist idiots in the UK - proud "patriots" who don't understand how to invest in the future, but do understand tribal flag waving and imperial nostalgia. I've lived in the UK 30 years and I've never heard any nostalgia for the empire at all > But she's using them to pursue far-right extremist Tory policy - which means the end of the welfare state, the end of affordable public health insurance, the end of free education, and so on I must have missed these parts of the tory manifesto, can you point out where any of these things are promised, or being acted upon? > Wales is making noises about leaving, so is London both completely unrealistic this sort of hysteria helps no-one, and only undermines any genuine points you may have

corford 10y ago
>I've lived in the UK 30 years and I've never heard any nostalgia for the empire at all Which bit of the UK were you living in?
mdekkers 10y ago
I've lived in the UK 30 years and I've never heard any nostalgia for the empire at all I have lived there for ten, and heard it all the time.
abritinthebay 10y ago
> I've lived in the UK 30 years and I've never heard any nostalgia for the empire at all Was it under a rock? Because I lived the first 26 years of my life in the U.K. and practically every conversation around patriotism was a bunch of faded empire nostalgia. Hell, the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony contained a lot of it.