Oh my god, they're trying to turn us into 'mericans

[shropshire 0]

W.T.F?

Oy Goldsmith, take your pledge of allegiance and shouve it up your arse.

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[DZJ 0]

Hear hear!

[ryoder 1,590]

But haven't you heard? A nation needs a mandatory pledge of allegiance, (recited under duress), else it might fall apart! Oh, sure, point out that the USA managed to survive over a hundred years w/o one, but that was just a fluke. You need to urge your gov't to mandate this ASAP!

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[shropshire 0]

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[JackC 0]

I'm sick of these assholes trying to foist their half-baked bullshit on us. They've been doing it for years and all sides of the UK political coin are busy finding ways to legislate us into mindless automatons.

It's time we had a new political party in the UK. We need to pull out of the EU and set our own laws. A common market yes, ruled by faceless bureaucrats in Brussels no. We need to repeal the Human Rights Act and stop the crippling PC movement from forcing us to swallow whole swathes of pointless laws.

I think we need a government that will agree not to introduce loads of new laws, but instead spend their term weeding out all the bullshit ones the last lot have introduced.

[billvon 3,120]

>A nation needs a mandatory pledge of allegiance, (recited under
>duress), else it might fall apart!

And it needs to mention the correct God, lest he smite us.

[kelpdiver 2]

England has no national holiday?

How many countries around the world have one for their independence from the Queen? Every nation should have one self centered day. You could give up one of the 4 banking holidays - how about Summer Bank Holiday (August 25th)?

[kallend 2,151]

How about a Committee on UnBritish Activities?

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England has no national holiday?

How many countries around the world have one for their independence from the Queen? Every nation should have one self centered day. You could give up one of the 4 banking holidays - how about Summer Bank Holiday (August 25th)?

Nope St Georges day isn't a holiday - weird.

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[DZJ 0]

We can't take a day off, we're too busy working for the good of mankind!

[Skyrad 0]

Fuck that.

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How about a Committee on UnBritish Activities?

Yeap, that would see off all those damned commie, pinko, bed-wetters...

And a Patriot Act - to put normal people at maximum inconvenience and better still; FEAR

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[shropshire 0]

Short, succinct and accurate. Well done sir.

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[shropshire 0]

<a new NO political party in the UK.>>

Lynch all of them... They are liers, wasters and chancers and we're paying them too much. We need a Government OF the People FOR the People. Being a politician should NOT be a career, it should be a Civil Service (like a jury).

Sharpen that guillotine Blade and bring the lady out of retirement.

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Sharpen that guillotine Blade and bring the lady out of retirement.

At least you live in a country where you're (it appears) free to say that.

In the US now it would be possible to be visited by police officers for making threats of violence against the state. Yay "Patriot" Act?

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[shropshire 0]

I hear ya... but I'm in France now so dont give a shit

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We can't take a day off, we're too busy working for the good of mankind!

If only it were so. I know how many holidays you blokes take. Well, for Barclays it's 9 US versus 8 UK holidays, but the 3 random "Banking" days seem a bit silly. Hence, the suggestion to make one into England Day. Or Magna Carta Day.

Of course, no one can compete with Japan's "Health-Sports Day" (Oct 13) or "Culture Day" (Nov 3, for a society that is as xenophobic as any). 17 days in total.

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We can't take a day off, we're too busy working for the good of mankind!

If only it were so. I know how many holidays you blokes take. Well, for Barclays it's 9 US versus 8 UK holidays, but the 3 random "Banking" days seem a bit silly. Hence, the suggestion to make one into England Day. Or Magna Carta Day.

Of course, no one can compete with Japan's "Health-Sports Day" (Oct 13) or "Culture Day" (Nov 3, for a society that is as xenophobic as any). 17 days in total.

In Illinois there's "Pulaski Day"!

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[DZJ 0]

To be honest I don't think most people would care too much about an English national day, and some of those who would make a big point of it would follow it up with some bollocks about 'England for the English'.

As for Japan, they might as well have 'Anti-Godzilla Training and Preparation Day', for all the difference it would make to their over-work culture.

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As for Japan, they might as well have 'Anti-Godzilla Training and Preparation Day', for all the difference it would make to their over-work culture.

It does make a difference - Americans work more hours than anyone, largely because of less vacation (and many don't even take that time) and for many companies, few acknowledged holidays. No President's Day, nor MLK, or Good Friday.

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Lynch all of them... They are liers, wasters and chancers and we're paying them too much. We need a Government OF the People FOR the People. Being a politician should NOT be a career, it should be a Civil Service (like a jury).

I'd be all for that in the US as well..

oh wait... have you seen the people that end up on juries???

hmm on third thought as long as the system is structured so that it is impossible for the politicians to do more than enforce some basic protections vs each other it might work, but I cant imagine how complex such a system would be to design and implement.

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As for Japan, they might as well have 'Anti-Godzilla Training and Preparation Day', for all the difference it would make to their over-work culture.

It does make a difference - Americans work more hours than anyone, largely because of less vacation (and many don't even take that time) and for many companies, few acknowledged holidays. No President's Day, nor MLK, or Good Friday.

How is that our problem? Talk to y'union

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yeap, and I've also seen the people that currently end up in government....

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How is that our problem? Talk to y'union

Not a problem for me - I work for an English bank. I get 18 days of vacation, 9 holidays, and OT pay as a non exempt IT employee.

[shropshire 0]

I work for myself, so dont get paid holidays at all (bank or otherwise). There are of course othher benifits that off-set this (I think) or I'd not do it.

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome