[Livia]

This shame of being British is as tiresom as it is funny. What a blinkered, provincial concept... we did bad things in the past so we have to wear sack cloth and ashes forevermore... or we could celebrate the fact that this country was instrumental in the abolition of slavery (obviously forget the fact that slavery is going on all over the world right now... and black/arab/asian people may be involved! GASP!).

There is good and bad in every race and in every generation. The British Empire was just as cruel as any other "Empire" in history. But obviously, the British Empire is the only one that should be criticised. When was the last time you heard anyone bad-mouth Spain or Portugal for the atrocities carried out on the indiginous South American people? Aren't we supposed to be forgving Germany for their past? Why can't some people see that there is some good in being British. something to be proud of? We have given more money to Jordan during the Syrian refugee crisis than any otgher contry... £1 billion in humanitarian aid so far and another £84 million pledged to help Jordan's Government provide schooling for Syrian children. Doesn't sound very racist or anti-Muslim, does it.

But then again... this is the forum where someone actually said that British culture is nothing more than deciding whether or not to take an umbrella out with them.

Also, it's the same people weeping and wringing their hands over treatment of people in other countries that goes back more than a few lifetimes, that insist that anti_Semitism in the Labour party is not a thing! The far Left seem to be taking a leaf out of the far Right's book when it comes to Jews.