Would you support a festival in London, celebrating British culture?

[KostasKouvalis]

I feel people have forgotten what it means to be "British". I see the UK has festivals for Indians, Africans, Muslims, Japanese, but nothing celebrating British culture. The festival would showcase things like...

British MUSIC

British CINEMA

British SPORTS

British COMEDY

British CUISINE

Amongst other things...

Great idea!

Bad idea!

[purplepoppy]

Not london because London already get more than it's fair share and it's difficult and expensive for most people in the UK to get to and stay there. Londons definition of Britishness tends to be a bit more multicultural than the rest of the UK. There's also a risk the far right would hijack the event in much the same way they hijacked the English and British flag.

Wales already has a massive welsh based festival known as the eisteddfod. Unlike London festivals it's cheap and despite tens of thousands attending virtually no crime

[KostasKouvalis]

How has it been hijacked by the far right? In the US, it's just the right, not neccessarily the far one.
Liberals won't fly the American flag, because they don't want to be mistaken for Conservatives.

[purplepoppy]

Historically in the UK we've had groups who were very open about being racist, eg the BNP or the EDL. They come and go but always make the flag their symbol under the pretence of patriotism. The English flag is now practically a swastika in all but name.

[Anonymous]

I don’t live in the UK but I recently saw on the news this teen girl got raped by 2 afghan teens.

[Opinion Owner]

https://youtu.be/fGtSWryErzk?si=h_cBLw1A6Sxa6HJU

[Levin]

@purplepoppy A 15 year old was raped by two 17 year old Afghani asylum seekers.

But I despise the 'far right'. Not what's happening to little girls in this country.

[purplepoppy]

True but I think you'll find plenty of white rapists too. Its not a competion

[Sal_Monella]

@Levin I guess your heart is in the Right place.

[Levin]

@purplepoppy Which is why we have per capita police statistics showing that Afghanis and Eritreans commit 20x more sex crimes than the native population.

[KostasKouvalis]

@Levin You guys have ERITREANS even? 😲

[lightbulb27]

no, too many violent knife attacks and problems. clean out the society, throw out those that aren't brits, and then have a celebration.

[Levin]

I think London is done mate. Isn't white British like 34% of the population now?

Maybe as a quaint homage to the past, sure.

[Sal_Monella]

Aloha Snack Bar!

[DryGermanGuy]

„British“? I’m pretty certain the people are English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish first.
@purplepoppy

[purplepoppy]

That's long been an area of discussion in the UK, technically your both but people will argue it either way. Remember we do interbreed a lot and migration between nations is common so people don't always feel entirely English or Welsh.

[noohair]

That is probably a micro-agression in the UK...

[beefcakebradybatson]

Great idea as the U. K., like North America, has a multitude of cultures.

[fish5505_87]

Umm, Why not, I'm American, I would go, If i was there!

[NaultD]

Isn't Guy Fawkes night is a thing?