What’s more, I think this is perfectly in line with the way the British establishment is currently discussing the topic of identity. It does not wish to discuss its values of sexual/personal freedoms which lead to so many cases of promiscuity, adultery and teenage pregnancies to name a few. It does not want to discuss its colonial foreign policy where the country will go to war based on a lie and then say don’t worry about the reason, lets just try to make the best of the situation we find ourselves in.

Trust me my friends, fish is the answer. Just don’t bring up the difference in preferring rice or chips.

Poor Britain – it’s easy for everyone else to identify themselves. They all have at least one aspect of their history/culture to be proud of. America has her struggle for independence and wonderful melting pot. France can (still) lay claim to Secularism. Egypt has her ancient civilisation and the pyramids. India has her vibrant culture and delicious food. The list goes on…

What does Britain have that she can be proud of as well as be able to transfer over to any up-and-coming citizens? Colonialism? Football? Curry?
C’mon guys, I’m struggling here. If people are going to adopt this, it needs to be something that sounds good.

So why not try asking my (British-Bangladeshi) community to sum up Britain in one word… the responses I received: sly… shrewd… world famous foreign policy… undercover colonialists… crafty… underhanded… cunning… political masterminds… not as dumb as America thinks…

I’m starting to realise why Britishness is going to be so hard to define. The best thing about Britain happens to be something most people will find distasteful. None of it sounds good in public… but perhaps that’s only because the public just don’t understand the importance of an ideological foreign policy, which in this case happens to be the seeking of national benefit for the motherland at the cost of every other moral and value.

Poor Britain.