“I think some liberals cringe at patriotic pride because it seems burlish and putting oneself above others, but I think it is healthy to have a pride in where you’re from. Why bother improving the country if you think it has no merit? It doesn’t mean you need to tip into jingoism – every country has positives and negatives, but looking at the good points and having pride shouldn’t be taboo. The French seem to manage it from all sides of their politics, so we can too, surely.”
My problem is purely that the people who wrap themselves in the flag or claim to be proud Brits usually manifest that in hatred of immigrants or most basely brown people who they feel cannot be “proper” British .I now find that national flags are tainted, for instance going into a town or even crossing Keadby bridge and seeing rags tie wrapped inappropriately embarrasses our still great nation .They use worlds like Patriot to disguise their racism ,as for nationalists whether it’s Scottish Irish, British or whatever ,their beliefs are usually based on hatred .They feel the need to set themselves against somebody .
