The disturbing propensity of some people in our country to show scorn and disrespect for our flag and our history has been on the increase since the EU referendum. Many EU supporters have tipped over the edge from showing support for the European Union into wanton and downright offensive attacks on our nation and its very existence.

Time and time again we see politically motivated criticisms of our flag as being divisive or even racist. If these people really believe that of our flag, they must by extension believe it of the nation it represents.

There is a concerted effort to devalue our nation, its culture and achievements. The motivation for this is obvious, if you disassociate people from their own nation and heritage, they are easier to be controlled and become part of the globalist agenda.

Unfortunately for the haters the attacks on our flag only serve as an opportunity to remind people of what a great nation we really are.

This is the nation of great historic achievements in virtually every field of human endeavour. In terms of military, social, cultural and scientific achievements our record is absolutely unrivalled.

Yes, we are the nation of the great conservative icons Churchill and Thatcher but we are also the nation that spawned trades unions, early social reforms and allowed Karl Marx safe harbour to give birth to Marxism.

We are the nation of great cultural achievements from the unrivalled importance of Shakespeare to the invention of Heavy Metal music with Black Sabbath. Indeed, in the world of modern popular music and culture we have been a dominant force for much of the modern era with the Beatles still standing as the undisputed kings of pop music.

British science is an acknowledged world beater with legendary geniuses like Darwin and Hawking hailing from our shores. Even in our most modern of issues (namely the pandemic) British science is still very much at the forefront.

We are the small island nation that once dominated a huge empire and spread its influence over a vast amount of the Earth’s surface. We also played a major role in defeating both fascism and communism in the twentieth century.

Britain gave the world some of its most popular sports including football and cricket. We have even occasionally been rather good at sporting endeavours and presently boast some of the world’s greatest boxers and athletes.

Importantly, we are not a racist or prejudiced nation. We are the nation that Jimi Hendrix came to because he couldn’t get the right opportunities in the USA due to his skin colour. More notably we have been a safe haven for those fleeing oppression for many centuries.

The more the globalist citizens of nowhere attack our flag and our heritage the more strongly we should defend it. It doesn’t matter what ethnicity, gender or religion you are, if you live in this country and love it then this is your country and your flag - be proud of it.

I am proud to be British and I will stand for our flag and our great nation until the day I die. We have so much to be proud of and so little to fear from our enemies. It is time to proclaim from the rooftops that to be British is the greatest good fortune that could become any person and we are not ashamed to say it!

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