And raise a glass for William Shakespeare too, despite the misery he has inflicted on school-children for centuries. For today is our National Day. The Harry I refer to is of course Mr Rednapp, the architect of Spurs’ excellent season and now the undertaker for QPR. Because that’s what being English is all about. Highs and lows. Effortless superiority, born of experience unequalled among other tribes of man. They come and go, but like old Father Thames, the English go on for ever. Cheers!
Boadicea's Chariot 
The Cross of St George is flying over The Cave today, albeit at half-mast in respect of dear Fogo, who was poisoned one year ago today.
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We have the regular Google screen here today, and perverse as always, the Red Dragon is still flying at the Creek.
I did not know George was left handed, and wasn’t he Romanian or some such?
Happy St George’s Day to all Sassenach charioteers.
Never understood why this guy ever became the patron saint of England.
A He was of Turkish/Greek extraction.
B Unlike most of his descendants, he wasn’t an early immigrant.
C He never set foot in the UK.
D He never killed any dragons, let alone one of ours! (ie, Welsh green or red dragons!)
D About time the English got a real patron saint of their own of genuine British extraction.
LW what a good idea, generally only fly mine on March 1st, but will go and put it out now as a matter of principle!
And as for football, last time I looked there wasn’t a white face hardly amongst the so called ‘English’ football teams!
Apart from that I can admit to two relatives (antecedents) turning up and doing their bit at Agincourt according to the military rolls!
My hero was probably from Asia Minor. Don’t you guys also revere Jesus who didn’t make it to Britannia either? And his fame as a dragon-slayer is more credible than the much-quoted Jesus cv.
Btw, dragons never lived in Wales either.
Thank you, Sheona.
I don’t care where St George came from, or if he really killed dragons and rescued fair maidens. Nor does it matter if he’s the Patron Saint of lots of other places
George was adopted by the English centuries ago – and that’s good enough for me.
The Irish do not seem to be too bothered by the fact that St Patrick was an Englishman, from Ravenglass in Cumbria. He was captured by a raiding party of Irishmen and forced to work as a slave in the fields of Slemish County Antrim. No wonder the Brits have been at their throats ever since.
Patrick is also the patron saint of Nigeria and Montserrat. Does not seem to bother them either. Incidentally Nigeria is the biggest market in the world for Guiness. Clearly, despite everything they say, Nigerians acknowledge that whites will always rise to the top.
My alma mater is St Georges College. I will be there on Friday to commemorate the feast day with a drink or two. http://www.stgeorges.co.zw/St_Georges_College_Grounds
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I think someone needs to go to East Asia where whites will never be more than tolerated and where the limits to their place will be enforced.
There is a lot of sighing going on. My comment re Guinness and whites was somewhat facetious. On the other hand, I live in Africa, where whites are not even second class citizens. That is reserved for black women. Whites are third, even 4th class, after other races. Nevertheless, they tend to act with more decorum than some of their fellow citizens and in that respect they are at the top. As for Asia, it will be difficult for Asians to escape the fact that it was Western civilization that dragged them out of their feudal ways and allowed them to become the industrial and economic powerhouses that they are. Regardless of what they say, Western culture has more influence in Asia than the other way round.
Actually, I do think that as whites, i.e. various shades of ethnic Europeans, decline in numbers and as Western powers give way to the East, whites will generally tend to behave and be seen in much the same way as Jews are today and be both respected for their contribution to civilization and denigrated for their exclusiveness.
Irish coffee anyone? 😉
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Don’t you just love the way some of these posts end up!
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Re 13, Yes!
And of course there are dragons in Wales. I personally know one who lives under the Cothi bridge at Talley, positively notorious for eating bus loads of tourists, coach and all!
Spits out the wheels though.