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To be ashamed of being British?

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Morgana Tue 10-Oct-17 23:25:57

Just watched Panorama. Reminiscent of Germany in the thirties - made my flesh run cold. Pity no mention of the role of the gutter press.

Tegan2 Mon 16-Oct-17 15:56:56

Camper van on a ferry on it's way to France; I've had to omit part of the photo; higher up was 'vote leave'. No one can tell me that people on the continent will look at that and think 'oh well, I'm sure this sad person isn't representative of the UK as a whole', especially when they are told that brexit is 'the will of the people' [which makes me cringe every time I hear it] sad...

Maggiemaybe Mon 16-Oct-17 16:33:38

That's terrible. And even worse to think it's travelling round spreading its delightful message. angry

GillT57 Mon 16-Oct-17 16:56:20

I feel as if I want to have a cover on my passport as I go into Spain, France, Italy wherever, as their guest, a cover which says 'I didn't vote for Brexit. Maybe it would help to get me to the front of the passport queues?! The sticker on the van is ghastly, unfunny and offensive. Can you imagine if an Eastern European had a sticker on their car saying they were only here for the money and hated the Brits?

PamelaJ1 Mon 16-Oct-17 17:17:19

Re the stickers. As I said before I am not ashamed to be British/ English.
I am ashamed of some British people tho'.

Bellanonna Mon 16-Oct-17 20:08:24

Tegan. What ignoramuses.

varian Mon 16-Oct-17 20:09:09

The 'will of the people'was the opinion of about 25% of the people ( 37% of those allowed to vote) on one day last year when those people had been bombarded with lies.

Why on earth should the rest of us, our children and grandchildren, have to suffer the consequences of this madness?

Jalima1108 Mon 16-Oct-17 20:23:23

It's not even grammatically correct Tegan sad

I think every country has its problems with bigotry and racism but I hope that the majority of people in this country are tolerant.

Jalima1108 Mon 16-Oct-17 20:24:11

I don't think my post is grammatically correct either grin