Never a truer statement
I bet most of you in the UK can tell who wrote this even if you haven't seen it in the papers.
WE are all supposed to feel proud of our country, even if we’re Belgian. But as I huddled in a shop doorway last night, trying to keep my cigarette dry, I began to wonder what we in Britain have to be proud about exactly. Our past? Not any more. We’re constantly told that our empire was actually built on the slave trade and that when we see an old globe we should blush as pink as the countries we invaded. Our power? Today, our Armed Forces have been so run down by mean-spirited politicians, that in a bout of fisticuffs, we’d struggle to beat Finland. Not that long ago, a country like Sudan would never have dreamed of banging up a British subject. Their president would have been bashed over the head with a hard-backed British passport and he’d have seen sense immediately. Not any more. Our football team? I don’t think so. So what about our world-famous sense of fair play? Well, as the Government hands out peerages in exchange for cash and then, when caught, takes donations from people’s dogs, you’d have to surmise, it’s gone. These days, the British Prime Minister spends most of his days being interviewed by the police. Perhaps that’s why the South Yorkshire chief constable had his driving licence taken away. To prevent him from getting to London and bothering our supreme leader, Comrade Brown. Not only has our intrinsic fairness gone, but so has any notion of living in a free country. You can’t advertise drink on the radio without telling listeners to be responsible. You can’t advertise a burger if children might be watching. You can’t smoke indoors. You can’t use your dogs to kill a rat. You can’t tell a colleague at work he looks like a terrorist. You can’t reverse without a banksman directing you. In Communist Russia, you could do everything you liked except vote. Here, voting is all we can do. But sadly, not for another two long and terrifying years. On the roads, things are getting worse and worse. There are psychopathic bus drivers, Government agents in Smart cars with all-round CCTV cameras to spy on your every move and highways officers in four-wheel-drive tanks. Small wonder the roads are so crammed. They’re full of state officials spying on us and ticketing us and generally making life as unpleasant as possible. And all the fines are poured into the NHS which used to be the envy of the world. Now it’s just a million meeting rooms full of flip chart idiots eating biscuits and talking management nonsense. And no one can get the nurses to wash their hands properly so when our soldiers come back from a war that the Government started but won’t ever talk about, all we give them is a dollop of MRSA. See what I mean? You can’t fly the flag any more because you’re called a racist. But truth be told, I don’t even want to any more. British. Look at the word carefully. You’ll note half of it’s an anagram of s**t. Jeremy Clarkson, Currant Bun, 8th December 2007 |
its refreshing for someone to speak the truth isnt it
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Can't argue with that one little bit..
I will be glad when I have paid off my debts to this country so I can finally shove two fingers up at it and wave good ridance. |
Where ya goin' fuzz ?
Can I come ? :D |
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Ashamed to say, I agree.
Three Lions? Three weasles more like!! Ns04 |
Originally Posted by andythejock01wrx
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Where ya goin' fuzz ?
Can I come ? :D South.... A long way south. |
Originally Posted by Fuzz
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South.... A long way south.
Aha ! Hope you enjoy life in Cornwall ! |
Fuzz, get a mini-bus will you !!!
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Originally Posted by andythejock01wrx
(Post 7471310)
:wonder:
Aha ! Hope you enjoy life in Cornwall ! See you all at the airport in about 2 years time. :thumb: |
Originally Posted by Fuzz
(Post 7471323)
Aye, A bit further than that dude.. no make that a lot further.
See you all at the airport in about 2 years time. :thumb: |
isle white ? lol
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had a similar conversation at work the other day, i asked the question what makes you proud to be british? try it yourself, it's a real struggle to think of anything worthwhile.
the best i could think of is that we still seem to churn out good engineers and designers. trouble is they don't have much to do in this country so work elsewhere! surprised clarkson hasn't been slated by the PC brigade like morrisey was, can't even speak the truth nowadays!! |
Couldn't agree more myself!
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That is spot on
From another thread (Churchill had the vision in the spring of 1940 to recognise the NAZI state for exactly what it was - and he sacrificed our empire to take the moral high ground in order that basic freedoms could still be enjoyed in the world. Most of the British government wanted to preserve our empire and make peace with the Germans and this was the totally logical commonsense thing to do in the circumstances. Churchill for all his faults - the brutal repression of the General Strike, Interning all the Italians etc Had MORAL VISION - he did the illogical thing in 1940. Britain and to a degree America, Imperfect and corrupt that our market capialist system is, HAVE to a degree been the MORAL guardians of the world. My big fear is under Blair and Bush we have rapidly lost our identity, morality etc and if another Hitler or Stalin should appear,I have a horrible feeling that this selfish rather lost PC society wouldnt have it in it to stop them) Our stance in trying to protect some basic principles in the last war is something to be proud of. The British wanted all their suffering (rationing, kids beeing blown to pieces in their own homes etc) to result in a better postwar Britain for all. Hence the Beverage report of 1942 which laid down the principles of the post war welfare state couldn´t be handed out fast enough. And the imediate post war prime minster Attle probably the best that britain has seen in terms of genuinely trying to create a better society... ...and that is why alot of the moral and spiritual problems (which have been listed on many threads so I wont repeat them) we now find in Britísh society have a doubly harsh bite. |
I agree with Clarkson and you as well Steve W, in fact most of the above comments. I am not happy about it and see little i can do about it.
I do wish there where some decent politicians, i do wish there where more people prepared to speak out like Clarkson - only prepared to get stuck into British Politics and change things for the better. |
Clarkson just says it like it is - whereas normally we are used to hearing the watered-down PC version of everything.
Clarkson for PM! :) |
Originally Posted by Petem95
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Clarkson just says it like it is - whereas normally we are used to hearing the watered-down PC version of everything.
Clarkson for PM! :) |
Many would like to "get out" but there aren't many places left to go!!
Now I have travelled a bit but not everywhere on the globe. But I wouldn't fancy moving to North or South America, Canada possibly. Russia or China, no thank you. Any of the old colonies - Zimbabwe any one? Most of Africa is out. Australia perhaps, New Zealand sounds good. I'd probably end up somewhere safe and close to home like a village in the South of France. Or just stay where I am until Putin turns off the heating :mad: All very depressing. Vote UKIP I say. dl |
I'm an ex-pat and whilst there's a lot wrong with Britain (a LOT) there are still some things to be proud of...try watching Sports Personality of the Year -- good decent folk doing a fantastic job.
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Originally Posted by Fuzz
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Can't argue with that one little bit..
I will be glad when I have paid off my debts to this country so I can finally shove two fingers up at it and wave good ridance. |
What I can't understand is that an overwhelming (it seems) amount of the educated british public seem to agree with these statements and yet, nothing every changes?
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Originally Posted by Saxo Boy
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What I can't understand is that an overwhelming (it seems) amount of the educated british public seem to agree with these statements and yet, nothing every changes?
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Originally Posted by Saxo Boy
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What I can't understand is that an overwhelming (it seems) amount of the educated british public seem to agree with these statements and yet, nothing every changes?
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Originally Posted by Paul Habgood
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Saw him on Ross the other night, he stated he has no intention of going ninto politices and in fairness he is getting on a bit and i imagine he has a great lifestyle and enough put aside to live wherever he chooses to. It does need people like him to get involved.
It was a good bit of satire with so much truth behind it and we certainly need some people like him who might care enough for this country to sort out these self seeking traitors who are throwing us to the dogs! Les !:( |
What a shame he isnt going into politics, but its difficult not to agree with what he says.......
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I think we all need to be a bit careful with "Jezza".
I've been watching him and reading his articles now for over 30 years, and ONE thing remains stable: Jeremy Clarkson is a TORY! He HATES the socialists/nu labia and supported Maggie thoughout her time as PM. He even supported Major. On another topic, today I noted that Cameron is refusing to attack Labour over the West Lothian question. Scared stiff of losing any conservative votes in Jockland:mad: Sorry "Dave", you just lost mine! And a HELL of a lot of fed up English . Alcazar |
Originally Posted by The Dogs B******s
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Because people are to scared to tell the truth,this country is f*cked and wont get any better.:mad:
Don't like the current state of affairs? Get involved. Do something to change it. Don't rely on someone to do it for you. |
Originally Posted by alcazar
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On another topic, today I noted that Cameron is refusing to attack Labour over the West Lothian question. Scared stiff of losing any conservative votes in Jockland:mad: Alcazar |
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