Friday 6 September 2024

Change The Population, Change The Mood

Pride in Britain’s history has fallen sharply over the past decade as the country has become less nationalistic and jingoistic and more reflective about its place in the modern world, according to a leading barometer of the British public mood.

Is it still a barometer of the British mood, or is it merely reflective of the 'new Britons' that we've been importing in job lots over the last twenty years? 

Although Brexit and immigration have created flashpoints around national identity in recent years, the wider picture shows a more inclusive and self-critical sense of Britishness emerging and a decline in my-country-right-or-wrong views.

Perhaps because for many surveyed, they don't regard it as their country? 

There was a striking 22-point fall in the proportion of people saying they were proud of Britain’s history, from 86% to 64%, and a 13-point drop in those who said they would rather be a citizen of Britain than any other country, from 62% to 49%.

Is this merely reflective of the continual denigration of Britain and its history in schools and tv shows? 

There were also marked declines in the proportion of people expressing pride in Britain’s democracy, its economic achievements and its political influence in the world. People were less likely to agree that Britain was better than most other countries or that people should support their country even if it was in the wrong.

The progressives can, it seems, be proud of how their long march has turned out.... 

4 comments:

Frank said...

"...a 13-point drop in those who said they would rather be a citizen of Britain than any other country, from 62% to 49%."
So why don't those 51% bugger off and become citizens of those other countries? Don't believe what people say, believe what they do.

Macheath said...

I can’t help feeling we’ll be seeing quotes from this poem a lot in the near future:

The Solution (Bertolt Brecht, 1953)

After the uprising of the 17th June
The Secretary of the Writers Union
Had leaflets distributed in the Stalinallee
Stating that the people
Had forfeited the confidence of the government
And could win it back only
By redoubled efforts. Would it not be easier
In that case for the government
To dissolve the people
And elect another?

The Jannie said...

Quoting from the lefties' comic is like posting clickbait on Farcebox . . .

JuliaM said...

"So why don't those 51% bugger off and become citizens of those other countries? "

Well, indeed! There must be something keeping them here, and I suspect we all know what it is.

"I can’t help feeling we’ll be seeing quotes from this poem a lot in the near future"

Oh, indeed!

"Quoting from the lefties' comic is like posting clickbait on Farcebox "

It's such a resource-rich paper!