Happy St George’s Day everyone. I’ve seen a lot of “Proud to be English” posts today. Am I proud to be English? It’s an interesting question. I am English of course, and there are many benefits to that. It’s a universal language, and a lot of people in the World speak it. We have some lovely towns and cities, and I’ve had the pleasure of visiting many of them. St Ives is one of my personal favourites, go there :).
My heart and soul is based in the Manchester area. It’s where I grew up. It’s where my children were born, and it is just plain awesome. I have lived in Scotland for almost eight years, and I love it here. It is truly my home. It’s welcoming, multicultural and just plain fantastic.
Being English comes with so many negative connotations too. We get a bad reputation abroad generally, due to a minority of bad eggs. Sadly, it’s usually the racist and generally prejudice who spout being “Proud to be English” and spoil it for the rest of us.
I’m proud to be me, and I feel privileged to be English, but am I proud, I honestly don’t know.
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