Would a St.George's Day bank holiday stop Brexit ?

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Would a St.George's Day bank holiday stop Brexit ?

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There's more to it than that but the thought struck me this morning that it's the English who want Brexit more than our celtic brethren, the Welsh, Scots and Northern Irish.
Maybe because they have always been more visibly patriotic in celebrating their own saints' days and what it means to be Welsh, Scottish or Irish they are more secure in their own nationality and appreciate the EU more for the positives it brings than the embittered English, so long afraid to wave their flag for fear of being seen as a racist or a member of the NF.
Seems to me that Euro 96 was a watershed for the George flag - after that, it could be seen more visibly than before, almost as if it had been "won back" from the far right - but still the fact remains that it's not really very English to bang on about being English, is it ?

If there was less of a taboo about it and there was a public holiday and people were "allowed" to celebrate being English as much as the rest of our kingdom, would Brexit have been as much of an issue ??
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rigger wrote:There's more to it than that but the thought struck me this morning that it's the English who want Brexit more than our celtic brethren, the Welsh, Scots and Northern Irish.
Maybe because they have always been more visibly patriotic in celebrating their own saints' days and what it means to be Welsh, Scottish or Irish they are more secure in their own nationality and appreciate the EU more for the positives it brings than the embittered English, so long afraid to wave their flag for fear of being seen as a racist or a member of the NF.
Seems to me that Euro 96 was a watershed for the George flag - after that, it could be seen more visibly than before, almost as if it had been "won back" from the far right - but still the fact remains that it's not really very English to bang on about being English, is it ?

If there was less of a taboo about it and there was a public holiday and people were "allowed" to celebrate being English as much as the rest of our kingdom, would Brexit have been as much of an issue ??
Your thread title question differs from your closing line, Rigger - I would answer No to the 'current' question but 'No possibly not' to the second one :D
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I did expand on it in the opening line, mate ;)
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rigger wrote:I did expand on it in the opening line, mate ;)
and I answered both questions ;)
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rigger wrote:There's more to it than that but the thought struck me this morning that it's the English who want Brexit more than our celtic brethren, the Welsh, Scots and Northern Irish.
Actually Wales voted to Leave close but 52.5% is still a majority.
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