‘Allegiance Pledges and Britishness’ Links
This morning the (online) papers were full of comment and reaction to Lord Goldsmith’s citizenship review. I don’t think one of them was positive. Most picked up on was the Oath of Allegiance to the...
View ArticleGordon Brown and William the Conqueror
I was reading a history of England, and was struck by the similarities to some of todays on going political debates. Before the Norman conquest, men owed loyalty to the King of England. The King was...
View ArticleTeach Life Skills in Schools
Iain Duncan Smith writes in the Telegraph today how people’s ignorance of financial matters as well as greedy bankers helped cause the current crisis and proposed that “Personal finance should be part...
View ArticleEngland as Inclusive as Britain
Toque has some interesting statistics showing Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) respondents to a survey identify as much with England as they do with Britain. Perhaps now we can put to bed the myth that...
View ArticleBlears Blast Bloggers
Hazel Blears has attacked the culture of professional politicians, sensationalist mainstream media reporting and cynical, nihilistic blogs for damaging relations between politicians and the public. She...
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