Singing the national anthem.

Doesn't matter to me moisok.
I don't have to mix with the younger generations.

I just think it says something.

anyway, I really enjoy the women's game

plenty of mobility, quick passing etc

That's because its a crap tune warbling on about supporting a woman who leads a dysfunctional family who is no better than any of us, but you constantly feel the need to suck up to the non working money grabbing stuck up parasites. With some luck when Lizzie and Phil leave us, and soon I hope, this whole charade can be put where it belongs, in the dustbin of history.

GSTQ

Probably why we haven't won the world cup at football since 1966.

That was the last generation to have any real pride in wearing an England shirt.

I'm watching France against England as well, good, exciting stuff. Although having just said that France have scored a try!

jumper would give up any idea of nation or identity  and hand over the the Brussels Bureaucrats. 

ps I am not a great lover of the royal family either but do believe in national identity and belonging to something.

to the


doh!!!!

that abby dow is really good on the wing No14.  But the forwards are not doing it at the moment.

The Russia national anthem is the one I like - very powerful music no wonder they beat the Germans.
Although the German NA is better than ours.

We used to sing the tune to the German NA at school. It was called  ''Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken.''

ps jumper is right though - it is rather dreary - but the french youngsters sang out loud with gusto.  Interesting n'est-ce pas?

American anthem about kicking your British ar$es British one is a bit lame, would prefer Rule Britannia

our anthem is dreary

Sri Lankan cracker

Dan I have already had to speak to you  once today over certain issues.  This could end in tears

he he!!!

moisok my flag is still there

They have just apologised for bad language on sky coverage.  Shirley the Ladies do not swear??!!

Dan  - I can come as far as my home town in Sussex for pistols at dawn.  I will get you back for the tea party affair.

France 13 - England 14. Game on.

Careful moisok when I lived stateside I had a spread pattern of five inches with a 44magnum at 25 yards and with a rifle a 2 inch spread pattern at 100 yards. Luckily for you I don't get up until midday

Time for the big beasts.

You won't even see me. I will be too far away.  Can't say as I am sure you understand

But as a man who served on boats I think I might try a Limbo mortar spread on you - what do you reckon?

Assuming you are skulking in one of the fish ponds  ha ha!!

stay good

@Dr Crippen -- Probably why we haven't won the world cup at football since 1966.

That was the last generation to have any real pride in wearing an England shirt.

I'd be astonished if the players sang the national anthem in 1966.

Sure they did Ramruma but cannot find anything on utube.
The Rugby guys doing it proud though in this clip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VF-RF1Az_U

I wonder if there are many prepared to admit they are english these days.

I belong to an ethnic group - I am a Saxon.

I wonder if there are many prepared to admit they are english these days.

American by birth. English by choice

when corbi  is in charge you are going back to the colonies

nothing personal dan

Being nationalistic I'd take Trump all day long over Corbyn................in fact over May especially regarding Brexit negotiations

Do they still play the national anthem in cinemas last thing?

Many servicemen and ex-servicemen would stand to attention until the end.
That was before the country went to pot of course.

If any youngsters find that amusing, they should remember that they'd do exactly the same if they'd been brought up to respect the flag.

Much to everyone's relief it died out during the 60's.

Certainly much to your relief crystalhunt.
What are you is the question? That could be very revealing.

If we compare then with now the country was a far better place to live. Our kids were a lot safer for a start.
Gun crime was very rare, and so was knife crime. Acid attacks were also unheard of.

Britain has become a happy hunting ground for criminals and the lawless, and the police don't seem interested, and when they do get involved the sentences handed out seem inconsistent to say the least.
Doesn't affect me by the way. I don't have to live in the gutter.

Actually the 1960's is the only decade of te 20th century where the crime rate doubled.

Between 1950 and 1969:

violent crime went up 230%
sexual offences went up 78%
burglary went up 350%
fraud went up 170%

Crime in total went up 225%


But keep up your "everything was better in the old days" charade.

^^There's another one.

Me and my pesky facts eh?

Try giving us the facts between the 1960s and now.

Scroll down to V1.
Says it all.

http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/RP99-111/RP99-111.pdf

cherry picking a well known trait from the eu

@akabula -- your rugby national anthem clip is from 2003. My vague memories of previous decades is that people would stand for the national anthem and not sing it, but I could be wrong. I've got the DVD of the 1966 final somewhere but cannot find it to check.

My guess is that to the 60s players, the 2003 team would look disrespectful with their arms round each other rather than by their sides, standing to attention.

It's funny how customs change with time.

There was a time when it suited the establishment to drill patriotism into the population.

These days globalism suits the establishment, and hey presto! patriotism becomes a dirty word, lol.

the eu project is based on removing the nation state.  Napoleon has a lot to answer for ho ho

How can you expect the current crop of Ingerland players to remember the words to the NashAnt? They can't even remember where the opposition's try line is!

Do they all speak English?

PorcupineorPineapple
Me and my pesky facts eh?

Not pesky but definitely incomplete.
I mean weren't the 50s and 60s standout years for immigrants coming to the UK?
Or maybe did we change how crime was reported and recorded?
I know the answers PP and I suspect you do to.

To be fair baby boomers or those born after the war ie 1946/47/48
would mean a massive increase in teenage population mid to late sixties
and is this not when drugs started to take off and the problems that surround them

I am not telling you