Very well said Mr Jenkins, the resounding majority do not want the EU as any referendum would demonstrate.

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yeah, woooo a bit of coloured cloth makes everything better – thanks to this great decision there are no staving, no poor, no violence. amazing.

get real you lot, it’s just a flag.

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The Devil and his servants actually run this country, and I’ll bet he’d call the author of this letter a racist!

You see, calling someone a racist is now used as a liberal technique to shut honest Englishmen up.

But don’t think merely flying a flag makes everything alright. We won’t get off that easily.

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A.Noune “get real” yourself and look beyond your narrow and cynical view of this topic. Everything starts with social cohesion and stability. A common identity equals common bonds and common aims – a pooling of resources, talents and efforts. From there, you can begin to address the ills that beset mankind – the hunger, poverty, crime etc that you mention. They may still exist in England, but not to the extent that they have done in earlier centuries or to the extent they still do in those unfortunate countries which lack the security and stability we enjoy. Flags are indeed, only pieces of coloured cloth, but it’s what they represent that is important.

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Let’s remind readers that the vision of a United Europe came from a great Briton – Winston Churchill.

And may I suggest that the biggest threat to your national identity is the lack of English literacy amongst your citizens. Correct this problem first before attacking the concept of a unified Europe.

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a flag what ever country it’s from is not just a piece of coloured cloth ,it is a country’s identity.
it is said your name is the one true thing which is yours so do not change it or be ashamed of it. The flag is your country’s do not give it away or be ashamed of it.

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Now then Bob – Churchill’s evacuation into the open seas was an escape from a Europe dominated by the brown shirts and black shirts. Today’s Germany and Italy are rather different and – some two million Brits live in Spain, France and Italy – to prove my point.
Regarding British efficiency, and having worked in manufacturing in Germany, Switzerland and of course in North America, I must say that Great Britain lags far behind! Germany, I should remind you, remains the world’s leading exporter and Britain, as a manufacturing nation has seen its very last days. Very sad Bob, but unfortunately true.

I certainly agree that Germany and France need some American, even British, inovation to kick start their somewhat stagnant economies but, nevertheless, their citizens enjoy a higher standard of living than their counterparts in the UK.

What of course is obvious is the ineffiency of everyday stuff such as transportation in the UK. I once arrived in London to find the country in a terrible state because there had been a few inches of snow that had crippled the entire transport system. As I live in a city that routinely gets ten feet of snow during winter storms I find this funny – but also quite sad for a leading industrial nation that claims (to have) efficiency as a ticket into the next millenium.

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Tony, Bob,
What a breath of fresh air to see some proper grown-up debate between people with opposing views without resorting to petty insult.

I look forward to reading your comments on other contentious topics.

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