Salt n Vinegar Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 I see that Farage was stirring the pot about "British values" yesterday. Sunak also referred to them in a Easter speech in April 2023. A few years ago, Starmer was also talking about them when he apparently told the Church Time that “the best of British values” that have surfaced in the response to the pandemic “are also the best of Christian values”. What are these "British values" that I keep hearing about? For example, I heard that today is the day when otherwise rational folk will spend part of their day chasing a round of cheese down a hill (yes, today is the day of the Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling event...) Is local craziness a British values? What else? An adulterous divorced Monarch being head of a church? An entire chamber in a Parliament being unelected? Possessing nuclear weapons? What examples of "British values" might be commonly held across the P&B membership? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Arrogance Ignorance A deep seated sense of inadequacy caused by being usurped by vulgar colonials. Stupidity Alcoholism 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Personally I absolutely hate Johnny Foreigner, and place enormous weight on the value of my own hastily arrived at opinions 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 10 minutes ago, coprolite said: Arrogance Ignorance A deep seated sense of inadequacy caused by being usurped by vulgar colonials. Stupidity Alcoholism I only got two out of five; could probably push for a third if I upped my drinking. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 14 minutes ago, coprolite said: Arrogance Ignorance A deep seated sense of inadequacy Stupidity Alcoholism British values, not Old Firm fan values. Can’t you read thread titles? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Thievery. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 9 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: Personally I absolutely hate Johnny Foreigner, and place enormous weight on the value of my own hastily arrived at opinions ^^ good old fashioned common sense 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTG Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 4 hours ago, Bairnardo said: Personally I absolutely hate Johnny Foreigner, and place enormous weight on the value of my own hastily arrived at opinions Enormous weight - good call. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunfermline Don Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Winning World Wars. Spitfires Love of The Royal Family (God bless them) Suspicion of anyone/thing foreign (unless they play for your team) Not learning foreign languages but expecting others to speak English (especially if abroad on holiday) Thinking England is an Island! Did I mention Spitfires? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Lager, Spag Bol, and a Chicken Tikka Masala. None of that foreign muck 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 1 hour ago, HTG said: Enormous weight - good call. Wouldn't look right in my white wife beater vest otherwise. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theroadlesstravelled Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt n Vinegar Posted May 27 Author Share Posted May 27 (edited) Cheers for that @Theroadlesstravelled . No, I'm not quoting your post - seeing that once is quite sufficient thank you! You've reminded me that I need to lose a few pounds before I go on my holidays... "Big boned", no doubt. Edited May 27 by Salt n Vinegar 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 2 hours ago, Dunfermline Don said: Winning World Wars. Spitfires Love of The Royal Family (God bless them) Suspicion of anyone/thing foreign (unless they play for your team) Not learning foreign languages but expecting others to speak English (especially if abroad on holiday) Thinking England is an Island! Did I mention Spitfires? Don’t fancy their chances in the next one… 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunfermline Don Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Just now, Granny Danger said: Don’t fancy their chances in the next one… I don’t think anyone will win if there is another one! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 1 minute ago, Dunfermline Don said: I don’t think anyone will win if there is another one! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyAnchor Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Not blubbing while taking a hot crumpet from behind. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Warm beer Full English breakfast Flag shagging 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Falling to your knees in Greggs when the national anthem plays 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt n Vinegar Posted May 27 Author Share Posted May 27 There's been a lot of interesting replies but so far I'm not detecting much in the way of a list of values that the "nation" (however defined) could coalesce around... It kinds of begs the question... if there's no agreement on what the "British values" are, how can politicians and each political party claim that they are best able to reflect them? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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