Proud to be English?

extreme_one

According to a recent survey, nearly three quarters of over-65s are proud to be English compared with fewer than half of those aged 18 to 24.

Are you English? Are you proud to call yourself English?

tonicurtis1967

Yes .theres worse places

swamppig

I'm Welsh but this is yet another example of BBC patriotic claptrap

bullphit

I am and proud to be

extreme_one

swamppig wrote:

I'm Welsh but this is yet another example of BBC patriotic claptrap

Why is it patriotic claptrap @swamppig?

It's a fact that other nations take pride in their nationality, but we English seem less likely to do so.

Wouldn't you be interested to know how your fellow Welshmen and Women felt about their nationality?

If there was a poll to discover Welsh people's feelings would it be reasonable to dismiss that as patriotic claptrap too?

joolzian

English by chance but I don't see a reason for pride.

frenchielove

I used to be, not so much now though. Still, I would sooner be here than anywhere else

claire1uk

I am English as I was born in England, but I would not be patronizing to any Nationality.

I treat people as they are, individuals no matter where they are from.

I always put my Nationality as English, not British on forms.

I do that for 'Me', not to upset any other nationalities, but unfortunately people can read things into something so simple. 🙂

majorincident

I prefer to myself as British. English has conotations that I don't like such as the flag in your post and the 'my country right or wrong' attitude that comes with patriotism.

kate1028

I saw that on the news this morning @extreme_one, and I don’t see anything wrong with asking the question. Not surprised at the results either.

As a Scot, I’m proud to be British, but I’ve never been particularly proud to be Scottish, although they always get my support in sporting events. At the age of 10, I couldn’t wait to emigrate to America - my Texan pen friend made it sound wonderful. Needless to say, that never happened, but I did emigrate to England.

This is a great country - ALL of it. A shame so many run it down.

tradertall

People should be proud of what they achieve: climbing a mountain or passing an exam or something...

Being proud of their place of birth is just plain stupid.

carrow1

I really object to the fact that I have to put UK on various government forms and others when although I'm resident of UK I am definitely English.

lovesaurus2000

I am appart from when we go abroad and cause problems, smash things up and get drunk and sick everywhere.

kazkat1

No.....

Scottish, but proud to be Scottish

tooltrader

To be EUish is an insult so very proud to be English, physhcologically we all need identity or we are lost.

acetech

I'd need to be honest and say sometimes yes, sometimes no, blind pride 'no matter what' is futile imo.

andyslc

I am English by definition, my nationality is also British by definition. Am I proud to be English? It really depends how you define proud, given there are numerous descriptions from haughty arrogance to pertaining to high standards.

Im guessing that many who would say they are proud do so at a purely tribal level out of some misguided duty to their place of birth. How many can state what they are proud of and if this is really being proud of ones nationality?

The best answers for me so far have been from @acetech.

tooltrader

I'm proud of what my ancestors built and created along with about the best democracy in the world.

On the other hand I'm ashamed that I have been unable to stop the Left sow the seeds of its destruction.

slarti

@extreme_one I wouldn't put much faith in a YouGov poll.

"YouGov surveyed 20,081 people" out of how many million?

How many of each age group are in the results?

All a load of rubbish, as far as I can see.

pamfletch

I’m proud to be Welsh but find a lot of the English country side beautiful.