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I was there for Australia Day in 1996. I went to Darling Harbour (can't say that without thinking about Blackadder) The special guest was Jason Donovan.

The whole identity thing is nuts anyway. My birth mother was born in Nigeria to Scots and Welsh parents. My DNA tree shows I would have been on the French side at the battle of Trafalgar. So a 'Trafalgar Day' is no good for me. Nah, stick to Sussex Day. 16th June folks. Immigrants welcome.

Sadly this is the reason. Any sense of national community gets hijacked by these people. The idea that folk aren't comfortable with being English naturally is a myth. Where sport is concerned, I find myself being very patriotic when England play rugby and cricket. I would wear my England rugby...

Woderick was awested.

It was 1996 at the Euros that it all kicked off. Led by that institution of English spirit and moral values, The Sun.

The older I've got the less I identify as anything really. I'm English, I'm fine with that. If anyone asks I tell them. One of the ironies is that a lot of folk who talk about being English and proud have a problem with gay folk not keeping it to themselves. But I say being gay is more relevant...

Damon

Much truth in that. I sub consciously associate the flag with red faced, pissed up oiks causing bother in foreign lands. If the National Day was about the love of one's own country I'd be fine with it. But the type of folks who push it seem more interested in hatred/superiority over others...

St George's Day, my arse. Sussex Day, however....