What does it mean to be English or British to you?

Question

Is immigration taking away what it means to be these things?

Answer 1

Yes, it is eroding our customs, and identity, and it is a shame that we are being made second class citizens in our own country.

Answer 2

I'm British, as I am quarter Scottish, Welsh, Irish and English. I agree with you though, being British and English are two different nationalities. EDIT*** Britain, for those who don't know, is a collection of countries, England is one of the four countries within Britain.

Answer 3

Things like curry, the motorways (which were built with Irish immigrant labour), tea (from India), and a language descended from the Middle East.

No, immigration is not taking away my identity - it's adding to it.

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Answer 4

I'm Welsh not English

But being British is part of who I am. My identity, my country and my culture. Its what my dad fought for in WWII.

We moan about this country, crap weather, high taxes, useless government etc etc but at the end of the day I wouldn't want to live anywhere else.

Its what I will fight to the death to preserve.

Immigration doesn't take it away (curries are our national dish!) but in some cases immigration does cause problems- like the influx of low skilled workers currently flooding the job market.

Answer 5

To me it is to be white to be British or English, sorry i never thought i would ever say those words but it has just got out of hand now, i used to say i would marry a black man if i loved him and i still would so i am not a total racist, i am just fed up with all this Islamic crap like so many others, Enoch Powell should have been listened to in the 60's as all he said has come true, he will be turning in his grave now.

Answer 6

Everyone now knows that you are one sad loner in Tameside taking time out from your BNP Blog to use multiple accounts to post similar questions, so it looks like there are lots of you.

Since nationality is so important to you BNP types, I'd expect you to know the difference between British and English.

I value English (and British) traits like tolerance and a sense of fair play - ideas missing from the BNP manifesto.

Answer 7

If Labour stays in power it means you are broke

Labour introduced some 400 new taxes

They even decided money in banks accounts that were dormant/belonged to deceased ,,,, belonged to them !

Immigration or Multi ethnic society (as they would prefer is called) has brought guns & drugs to the Uk it seems :-(

Stats for brits emigrating are reported to be high
( but to where? Iceland? Finland? )

Disclaimer : for every fact there's an opinion too

Answer 8

Well no one can really take away what it means to be British.

But there always are 'certain' people or groups that will do things to try and affect the way we run our lives.

Answer 9

I don't know, I always have been British and haven't travelled enough to know what it is about my culture that makes me different. I would say being monolingual is one of them most people can speak English as a second language.

Answer 10

Just asked my partner (he's in the other room). He says he has no idea. He said he is just an Earthling and lives in this country. He's English by the way. I'm not. Which is why I asked him. Oh well.
Our daughter is half English. She prefers it in Europe too. She says it is cleaner.

Answer 11

To be British, to be Scottish, to be English... we are all humans. We have our specific traditions and cultures that we must protect, however, it is beneficial to embrace others as well, especially if we want to retain our status as welcoming, friendly and tolerant nation.