Clever Dic
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In response to a rather regular poster constantly trying to run down our country with particular scorn for the English I would like to put forward some reasons to be quite happy being British.
He starts with a sinking ship the Titanic so I will.
HMS Birkenhead a troopship with family aboard struck a reef in 1852 of the south African coast the usual drill of every man for himself would have condemned most of the women and children to death as there was not sufficient boats.
Officer commanding colonel Sexton realising this ordered the men to form up on the deck as the ship sank beneath them , this they did allowing the women and children to escape. Colonel Sexton and 48 men did not.
This selfless act aquired the nick name "the Birkenhead drill" Fredrick the Prussian Kaiser had the story read out to every one of his regiments.
So in no particular order the things I like about being British,
Stoicism in difficult circumstances.
British humour,
4 distinct countries in one , yes rivalries but also shared values.
Tolerance.as a nation we are not prone to regular revolutions,coups or bouts of exteme left or right wing politics.
Inbuilt sense of fair play with a love of the underdog.
British TV.
Eccentriciy a very British trait.
Free and sometimes irreverent press and media .
What do you value being British ..
He starts with a sinking ship the Titanic so I will.
HMS Birkenhead a troopship with family aboard struck a reef in 1852 of the south African coast the usual drill of every man for himself would have condemned most of the women and children to death as there was not sufficient boats.
Officer commanding colonel Sexton realising this ordered the men to form up on the deck as the ship sank beneath them , this they did allowing the women and children to escape. Colonel Sexton and 48 men did not.
This selfless act aquired the nick name "the Birkenhead drill" Fredrick the Prussian Kaiser had the story read out to every one of his regiments.
So in no particular order the things I like about being British,
Stoicism in difficult circumstances.
British humour,
4 distinct countries in one , yes rivalries but also shared values.
Tolerance.as a nation we are not prone to regular revolutions,coups or bouts of exteme left or right wing politics.
Inbuilt sense of fair play with a love of the underdog.
British TV.
Eccentriciy a very British trait.
Free and sometimes irreverent press and media .
What do you value being British ..