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Subject: They'd better celebrate it

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Roberdin

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Date Posted: 16:49:37 11/13/04 Sat
In reply to: G.Singh 's message, "300th Anniversary of Great Britain" on 16:05:14 11/13/04 Sat

Can you imagine what will happen in the US in 2075 or 2081, whichever year they prefer to celebrate their 300th aniversary?

Why can't we do that sort of celebration here?

I don't think that we should distribute St Georges' to Edinborough or St Andrews' to London; instead, we should fly the Union Jack off every lamppost; most people in England won't have a problem with St Andrews', but many in Scotland might have a problem being flooded with St George' - it may exacerbate our differences.

Having been to Paris, where the tricolor really does fly everywhere, I feel that the Union Jack's strict usage rules should be relaxed (at least, on land), even if just for that occasion; it is after all, no longer a royal flag, but OUR flag.

What I propose is making that day a bank holiday; everyone gets the day off. We should have a series of (free) concerts around the country - the Queen will visit each one, perhaps finally staying at the one in Edinborough - each concert ending completely in time with 'Rule, Britanania!'. During each of these concerts, we should have a blend of old and new music, from many cultures outside Britain to reflect our 'informal union' with many of these other countries, but obviously with a lot of both Scottish, English, and Welsh music appropriate to the occasion.

Donations could be collected at each concert and given to a selection of charities, not necessarily related to the UK.

I feel that Wales should be included within this celebration as a separate entity to England; a Union between all three. In the past, its status may have been disregarded, but that is no longer the case. Wales is to Scotland as Scotland is to England. We should also do our best to bring Northern Ireland and our remaining overseas dependencies into the celebration - they are, after all, a part of the Union, in some respects. Perhaps some smaller concerts should be held around there.

The Queen, Prime Minister, and assembly leaders should all give a speech during the concerts - they will obviously all pause while this is said or televised to their repsective location.

All major television operators should be given the chance to take part in the broadcast.

Each National Assembly/Parliament should fly the Union Jack in addition to their respective country flag - if they don't already.

WE MUST NOT LET THIS OCCASION GO TO WASTE. By 2107, the Union may - God protect us - no longer exist (hopefully because we are part of the FCS); and in case, we will all probably be dead or too old to celebrate anyway.

People in the UK ARE patriotic, they are just a little nervous about showing it; the Last Night of the Proms shows this - although the present conductor dislikes this focus on patriostim.

Every penny of public money thrown at this will be well spent.

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[> [> Subject: Conductors
Author: Ed Harris (London) [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 18:22:52 11/13/04 Sat Well, the present conductor is American. I suppose that he imagines that we should replace God Save the Queen with the Star Spangled Banner, and only wave Old Glory and not the Jack. Mind you, better than singing Ode To Joy and waving the EU flag. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Patriotism
Author: Roberdin [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 23:08:51 11/13/04 Sat As I said before, people here are patriotic. One only had to watch the Remembrance Festival this evening to see not only the respect to those in the war, but the show of thanks to them for saving our present United Kingdom and Her Majesty. 'For your tommorow we gave our today' [ Post a Reply to This Message ]