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Old 11-11-2010, 05:27 PM #25
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Originally Posted by angus58 View Post
Then "Britishness" should be characterised and defined by some sort of loyalty to the country in which one lives. If they want to enjoy the same rights and freedoms as the rest of us, the least they can do is display some loyalty and respect for this country, otherwise why the hell are they here? There's plenty of places in the world they can go if they don't like our culture, traditions and way of life.

That's one thing the yanks have got right - they don't pander to such nonsense, since all potential US citizens have to swear allegiance to the United States, which includes learning English (no costly interpreters for immigrants there).
But a lot of them are homegrown, they were born and raised here and are British whether we like it or not, so it's not really possible to just kick them out or anything like that.

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