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HairyHammer
1:15 Tue Apr 24
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This national day, April 23rd Children's Day, in Turkey is a unique event. The founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, presented April 23rd to all the world's children to emphasize that they are the successors of the future.[1][2] During the War of Independence, Grand National Assembly met in Ankara and laid down the foundations of a new, independent, secular and modern republic from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire. Following the defeat of the Allied invasion forces on September 9th, 1922 and the signing of the Treaty of Lausanne on July 24th, 1923, Ataturk started his task of establishing the institutions of the new state. Over the next eight years, Ataturk and his followers adopted sweeping reforms to create a modern Turkey, divorced from her Ottoman past. In unprecedented moves, he dedicated the sovereignty day to the children and entrusted in the hands of the youth the protection of this sovereignty and independence.
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Leonard Hatred
1:07 Tue Apr 24
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ED
Correct. He won't acknowledge that though.
I'm an Irish passport holder by the way, so I can say that.
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Eerie Descent
12:23 Tue Apr 24
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Don't be so harsh on collyrob, he's a good lad, just has an inferiority complex.
As Englishmen, we should be used to that sort of reaction to us. We gave the rest of the world everything they know and love, so their hate in return is natural.
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swindon hammer
8:18 Mon Apr 23
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Collyrob,
I have stuck up for you in the past on this forum but in reality you are probably the biggest racist on here.
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BRANDED
7:50 Mon Apr 23
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We dont need more lazy cunt days for the plebs.
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
7:49 Mon Apr 23
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Swiss. 4:25 Mon Apr 23
I can read very well, and you appear to be talking self-contradictory shit, mate. One minute we are part of the empires club, who form less than 10% of the world, the next you are excluding all the countries which have actually had empire, invaded or enslaved - which is pretty much everyone in the world.
You attempts at self-hatred are so pitiful anyone would think you don't really believe what you are typing and are just trying to be a dick.
And nobody on here as far as I can see has said England is better than everyone else, in fact, I specifically said that people from other countries will have their own opinion and that is fine with me.
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Darby_
7:12 Mon Apr 23
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Jeremy Corbyn
@jeremycorbyn
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The next Labour government will make #StGeorgesDay a bank holiday for Britain’s workers.
We'll make sure workers have a day off so we can all show our pride and celebrate our country’s tradition of fairness, inclusivity and social justice.
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Darlo Debs
7:02 Mon Apr 23
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As birthdays go that must have been a shit one.
* Its my party, and i'll die if i want to
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Gavros
6:51 Mon Apr 23
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David Lammy has just stood up in the commons and tried to say that everyone in every Commonwealth nation should have the automatic right to British citizenship...
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JohnnyL
6:49 Mon Apr 23
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and his death!
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Alvin
6:46 Mon Apr 23
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Never mind the mythical Turkish Knight, it's Shakespeare's birthday. Happy Birthday our Billy.
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JohnnyL
6:24 Mon Apr 23
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Leonard: St Patrick was actually English (which really winds up my Irish friends!). Some think he may have been Welsh but in any event as he was born in Roman Britain, saying he is British is just as funny!
PS. Can we get a National holiday on Stephen Lawrence Day then ?
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Ilford Hammer
6:17 Mon Apr 23
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Any Old Iron 6:15 Mon Apr 23
Long overdue.
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Any Old Iron
6:15 Mon Apr 23
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Well FMOB, May has announced that from next year April 22 will be Stephen Lawrence Day.
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Gavros
6:13 Mon Apr 23
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well unlike you i dont take two hour lunches plus im super productive so i can stil fart about on here and do my high powered job.
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Northern Sold
6:00 Mon Apr 23
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Do you actually work Gav?? I thought you started work again?? I mean... you thread cluttering up cunt....
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Gavros
5:49 Mon Apr 23
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GEORGE ORWELL
In England patriotism takes different forms in different classes, but it runs like a connecting thread through nearly all of them. Only the Europeanized intelligentsia are really immune to it. As a positive emotion it is stronger in the middle class than in the upper class – the cheap public schools, for instance, are more given to patriotic demonstrations than the expensive ones – but the number of definitely treacherous rich men, the Laval-Quisling type, is probably very small. In the working class patriotism is profound, but it is unconscious. The working man's heart does not leap when he sees a Union Jack. But the famous ‘insularity’ and ‘xenophobia’ of the English is far stronger in the working class than in the bourgeoisie. In all countries the poor are more national than the rich, but the English working class are outstanding in their abhorrence of foreign habits. Even when they are obliged to live abroad for years they refuse either to accustom themselves to foreign food or to learn foreign languages. Nearly every Englishman of working-class origin considers it effeminate to pronounce a foreign word correctly. During the war of 1914-18 the English working class were in contact with foreigners to an extent that is rarely possible. The sole result was that they brought back a hatred of all Europeans, except the Germans, whose courage they admired. In four years on French soil they did not even acquire a liking for wine. The insularity of the English, their refusal to take foreigners seriously, is a folly that has to be paid for very heavily from time to time. But it plays its part in the English mystique, and the intellectuals who have tried to break it down have generally done more harm than good. At bottom it is the same quality in the English character that repels the tourist and keeps out the invader.
http://orwell.ru/library/essays/lion/english/e_eye
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Ilford Hammer
5:37 Mon Apr 23
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Any Old Iron 5:30 Mon Apr 23
I don't get all the flag waving patriotism and, to be honest, when I see houses that have the St George's flag or Union Jack hung up throughout the year it looks fucking pikey.
But I'm certainly not ashamed of my country. Yes, we did some fucking horrible things in the past, but so did everyone - deal with it.
For those who are ashamed of the country, there's a very quick and easy solution to that.
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Gavros
5:34 Mon Apr 23
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..we just tend not to talk about it. If it is embarrassing it is because everyone knows the world is weighted to our advantage, and that's a bit rude.
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Gavros
5:33 Mon Apr 23
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typical for a spudmuncher to think the English are ashamed of themselves.
Of course we're not, nor should be. The world is in our image. In a thousaand years time, if there is a future for the human race, it'll be one where every human will speak English and think English thoughts.
We are Gods.
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