Forget the far-Right and the yobs.. this is our land

YOUNG people say they are ashamed to be English, because the far-Right claim this territory.

But it doesn’t belong to football hooligans or flag-waving neo-fascists. It is our birthright, it’s what makes us who we are. English isn’t just a language that the whole world wants to speak, it is a thousand years of history, and a way of life that other countries envy.

I’m English and proud of it. I wouldn’t want to be anything else, or live anywhere else, and as the young grow into the inheritance left by generations like mine, I’m sure they will cherish that unique personality. This is a turbulent time for national identity.

It’s under threat from both sides in the increasingly bitter Brexit conflict.

So, as the song says: “Let’s hang on, to what we’ve got…”