New Posts For Thread: Do you love your country?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30650319/do-you-love-your-countryMy mother is 86 years old and has lived in The West Midlands all her life. I was talking to her yesterday (she still has all her marbles) and she was saying how people used to love Great Britain and were proud of their history.She said that this doesIt probably doesn't help that the monarch still holds the majority of real estate and the people of the nation struggle to get a mortgage of their own....while still funding the queen through the civil list.All the archaic traditions that run throughhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30650319/do-you-love-your-country?post_id=547744541#547744541It probably doesn't help that the monarch still holds the majority of real estate and the people of the nation struggle to get a mortgage of their own....while still funding the queen through the civil list.All the archaic traditions that run throughTue, 09 Feb 2016 04:56:31 -0600Pretty sound insights there U.A! Doesn't help of course if you spend all day in here or restrict your sample size to the Chit-Chat massive.There are decent bands however - you just have to look much harder and take lots of antiretroviral drugs to stohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30650319/do-you-love-your-country?post_id=547744401#547744401Pretty sound insights there U.A! Doesn't help of course if you spend all day in here or restrict your sample size to the Chit-Chat massive.There are decent bands however - you just have to look much harder and take lots of antiretroviral drugs to stoTue, 09 Feb 2016 04:19:43 -0600Unfortunately the British love to complain. Just like the Inuits have 17 odd words for “snow” we must have about 51 for “moan”. That’s why the Brits love their soaps. After a hard day whining there’s nothing better than coming home and wahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30650319/do-you-love-your-country?post_id=547744375#547744375Unfortunately the British love to complain. Just like the Inuits have 17 odd words for “snow” we must have about 51 for “moan”. That’s why the Brits love their soaps. After a hard day whining there’s nothing better than coming home and waTue, 09 Feb 2016 04:12:53 -0600Under no circumstances should any British person love their country, not now, if possible do not talk to anyone.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30650319/do-you-love-your-country?post_id=547742993#547742993Under no circumstances should any British person love their country, not now, if possible do not talk to anyone.Mon, 08 Feb 2016 18:17:03 -0600The question is 'do you love your country'? What is left of it is my gut reaction, but won't be soon, as I think we are heading for serious problems. But I won't be alive when it is no longer Great Britain.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30650319/do-you-love-your-country?post_id=547742285#547742285The question is 'do you love your country'? What is left of it is my gut reaction, but won't be soon, as I think we are heading for serious problems. But I won't be alive when it is no longer Great Britain.Mon, 08 Feb 2016 17:16:21 -0600how can thatcher be to blame she hasnt run the show for a quarter of a centuryhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30650319/do-you-love-your-country?post_id=547741455#547741455how can thatcher be to blame she hasnt run the show for a quarter of a centuryMon, 08 Feb 2016 15:42:29 -0600There is another dimension to it also.Perhaps for the first time in the history of this country there has been a generation where the war battlefield hasn't been right on our doorstep, all the propaganda that goes with vilifying a common enemy hasn'thttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30650319/do-you-love-your-country?post_id=547741449#547741449There is another dimension to it also.Perhaps for the first time in the history of this country there has been a generation where the war battlefield hasn't been right on our doorstep, all the propaganda that goes with vilifying a common enemy hasn'tMon, 08 Feb 2016 15:41:11 -0600Roger The Butler 08 Feb 16 20:15 The people of Britain? No. More and more angry, selfish, rude, intolerant, aggressive people wherever you go. Kids and adults with no manners and no sense of community.Physical Britain? Yes, with a passion. Whttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30650319/do-you-love-your-country?post_id=547741425#547741425Roger The Butler 08 Feb 16 20:15 The people of Britain? No. More and more angry, selfish, rude, intolerant, aggressive people wherever you go. Kids and adults with no manners and no sense of community.Physical Britain? Yes, with a passion. WMon, 08 Feb 2016 15:38:14 -0600I couldnt give a damn about the country, its nothing more than jingoistic parochialism, and its artificial. (sure for sport then Ill back England, but sport is in place of war)How can anyone care when the constitution comes to mean very little to thehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30650319/do-you-love-your-country?post_id=547741275#547741275I couldnt give a damn about the country, its nothing more than jingoistic parochialism, and its artificial. (sure for sport then Ill back England, but sport is in place of war)How can anyone care when the constitution comes to mean very little to theMon, 08 Feb 2016 15:18:20 -0600My Grandmothers 90, (born same day as Queen) , she is a bit of a Catherine Tate Nan, just like her sister was, old school, brought up in the old days, outside toilets, sharing tin baths, went to work at 14, preggers at 16 and husband (my grandfather)https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30650319/do-you-love-your-country?post_id=547740715#547740715My Grandmothers 90, (born same day as Queen) , she is a bit of a Catherine Tate Nan, just like her sister was, old school, brought up in the old days, outside toilets, sharing tin baths, went to work at 14, preggers at 16 and husband (my grandfather)Mon, 08 Feb 2016 14:26:58 -0600