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Anger as council officials say UK city is ‘too multicultural’ to celebrate St George’s Day (UK)
Express (UK) ^ | 25 April 2016 | Zoie O'Brien

Posted on 04/27/2016 7:59:10 PM PDT by Lorianne

AN ENGLISH city council did not to host a single St George’s Day event because they claimed the area is “too multicultural”.

Bristol City Council allowed the national day to pass without a single event for the patron saint, despite its history dating back to 1222.

Council chiefs said 91 different languages are spoken in the town and it would be "very difficult to commemorate them all".

Some in the area feel as though the English symbol has been hijacked by far right groups and are concerned about being branded “racist”.

According to the Daily Star Sunday, Kalphna Woolf, founder of 91 Ways to Build a Global City, which aims to unite Bristol's multicultural communities, said people can be frightened of the white and red St George's flag.

She said: "There was a point in the past when I'd see the St George's Day flag flying and it would frighten me, as it had been taken over by 'we are England' type groups."

However, Ms Woolf added: "But more and more that flag has been used to unite people in recent years and I am very pleased we live under that one flag."

(Excerpt) Read more at express.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 04/27/2016 7:59:10 PM PDT by Lorianne
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To: Lorianne

The natives have lost their country in not just England but more and more of Europe.

At least the USA has always had a Hispanic influence especially in the southwest so it’s not such a big deal here with the invasion that’s gone on. Over there though they’ll be lucky if it’s legal to speak English in 50 years.


2 posted on 04/27/2016 8:05:05 PM PDT by Monty22002
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To: Lorianne

Well the “city officials” need to pony up the money to send their “multiculturals” on a Disney cruise and let the normal people in the city celebrate St. George’s Day. Problem solved.


3 posted on 04/27/2016 8:08:09 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (If SCOTUS is really so fair and unbiased, why is it a campaign issue about who is on it?)
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To: Lorianne

The only thing that keeps our traditions is that we give government workers a paid day off to do so.


4 posted on 04/27/2016 8:09:01 PM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: Monty22002

From as speech by former Colorado Governor Richard D. Lamm at the 2004 Immigration-Overpopulation Conference in Washington, D.C.

‘An autopsy of history would show that all great nations commit suicide.’”

“Here is how they do it,” Lamm said: “First, to destroy America, turn America into a bilingual or multi-lingual and bicultural country.” History shows that no nation can survive the tension, conflict, and antagonism of two or more competing languages and cultures It is a blessing for an individual to be bilingual; however, it is a curse for a society to be bilingual. The historical scholar, Seymour Lipset, put it this way: “The histories of bilingual and bi-cultural societies that do not assimilate are histories of turmoil, tension, and tragedy.” Canada, Belgium, Malaysia, and Lebanon all face crises of national existence in which minorities press for autonomy, if not independence. Pakistan and Cyprus have divided. Nigeria suppressed an ethnic rebellion. France faces difficult times with Basques, Bretons, and Corsicans.”

Lamm went on: Second, to destroy America, “Invent ‘multiculturalism’ and encourage immigrants to maintain their culture. Make it an article of belief that all cultures are equal. That there are no cultural differences. Make it an article of faith that the Black and Hispanic dropout rates are due solely to prejudice and discrimination by the majority. Every other explanation is out of bounds.


5 posted on 04/27/2016 8:16:05 PM PDT by B4Ranch (https://www.22kill.com/)
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To: Monty22002

Who or what is the cartel that has taken over britain, europe, the democrat and republican nabobs?


6 posted on 04/27/2016 8:21:08 PM PDT by x_plus_one (Lose with Cruz.)
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To: Lorianne

celebrating national holidays and maintaining a country’s identity is not racist

if you are here from a foreign country you are expected to assimilate into the national culture, including celebrating the national anniversaries, etc.

It is impossible to accommodate 91 different nations within one nation. But the nation is not here to accommodate. If you feel you cannot assimilate, you are free to relocate to a country more in line with your lifestyle.


7 posted on 04/27/2016 8:22:22 PM PDT by blueplum (March 11, 2016 - the day the First Amendment died?)
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To: x_plus_one

It’s just a bunch of loosely connected cultural suicidal liberals.


8 posted on 04/27/2016 8:49:55 PM PDT by Monty22002
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To: Lorianne

I noticed the Express didn’t allow any comments on the story.


9 posted on 04/27/2016 11:11:15 PM PDT by aquila48
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To: Lorianne

PC IDIOTS!


10 posted on 04/28/2016 1:17:06 AM PDT by octex
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To: Monty22002

This is the work again of the white liberal guilt PC idiots. None of the local ethnic groups have any problem with it, quelle surprise. Yet the patronising white liberal claims to speak for them.

No, the UK isn’t lost nor will it be. Despite idiocy like this.


11 posted on 04/28/2016 5:50:12 AM PDT by the scotsman
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To: aquila48

In crime case, that’s law. In cases like this, you usually find the BNP types post racist messages, anti racists troll in return, and the admin of the paper will just close the comments section.


12 posted on 04/28/2016 5:51:23 AM PDT by the scotsman
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To: the scotsman

Hope you’re right, but I have my doubts.


13 posted on 04/28/2016 5:30:38 PM PDT by Monty22002
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