The Cross of St. George

[MikeW]

Scott,

sorry to be non-politically correct, but can we have an English Flag in the profiles, after all, the flag of the old enemy, Scotland, is in there.

[Scott]

Thought it was in there
If not, I'll add it ASAP.

Our English mates prefer to be represented by the ethnic English flag and not the Union Jack. Maybe Australia should have a referendum to see if they want the Union Jack in the top left corner of the Australian Flag.

Wonder how widespread the use of the Cross of St George was for English pilots and groundcrew in WWI?



cam

[MikeW]

Hey Cam,

just trying to be independant.

The RNAS or should I say the RFC Naval Wing used the Union flag as a national Identifier in the days before the blue/white/red cockade, in times of war you need to be unified. But now, a lot of English want to be "nationalistic" without being racialist or bigoted or whatever else is likely to get thrown at us.

Half of Oz wants complete severence from the UK, and I'd suspect you would all be even more proud of your national flag if it didn't have the red white and blue thing up in the corner.

[PeterL]

Cam, you can bet if I were an Australian I'd be a republican. Come to think of it, I'm not and I am


And hey!! Where's my cross of St G??

Mike,

>The RNAS or should I say the RFC Naval Wing used the Union flag
>as a national Identifier in the days before the blue/white/red cockade,
>in times of war you need to be unified.

Good point. One of the reasons I ask is Cobby in his book, said he did the "boots" trick that Dallas seems to have made popular, except Cobby said they attached red, white and blue streamers to them so the Germans would know it came from Australians. Which struck me as odd. From that it infers that the English used colours other than the Union colours?? Maybe red and white was the English colours.

>But now, a lot of English want to be "nationalistic" without being racialist or
>bigoted or whatever else is likely to get thrown at us.

I like the Cross of St George, there is nothing wrong in celebrating ethnic diversity IMO. Besides I didnt know leon was Scottish and that Gunnar was Swedish.

cam

>you can bet if I were an Australian I'd be a republican.

lol, hard not to be. It is impossible to be egalatarian and allow a ruling people's that are bred to the position.

>Come to think of it, I'm not and I am

Australia really only has two sticking points , the mention of the Queen of England in the Australian constitution and for many the Union Flag in the top left corner of the Australian flag. Other than Australians are pretty happy with how things are. At least we got the chance to get rid of the royals in a referendum, which I am sure will pop up again once that loser Howard is gotten rid of. Do you think Britain will ever hold a referendum to remove the Royal family from Britain's political or ceremonial life?

>And hey!! Where's my cross of St G??

In your profile you have to choose your country and the forum will display that nations flag.

cam

[MikeW]

Do you think Britain will ever hold a referendum to remove the Royal family from Britain's political or ceremonial life?

No! Because if it came to a vote as to whether old Jug Ears and his mistress should succeed Lizzy, there's a good chance they would loose!

>No! Because if it came to a vote as to whether old Jug
>Ears and his mistress should succeed Lizzy, there's a
>good chance they would loose!

If the people of Britain put pressure on the Government to hold a referendum on the question of dissolving the royal family would the British government do it?

Are young people in Britain more likely to be non-royalists? Sorry for all the questions Mike, I am interested on what the English and British opinions of the royal family are.




cam

[MikeW]

Cam,

there will always be a large majority of all ages that want to retain the monarchy. Let's face it, what's the alternative? Trying to choose a president from a short list of two or three idiots who I wouln't trust to change my cat's litter tray!

Look at what the US gets - Forest Gump junior has just taken over from "pass me another intern, this one's split" Clinton. We saw Regan the worlds worst B movie actor, Forest Gump senior, Billy Carter, Trickie Dickie, the list is endless.

No, I think most people are satisfied with a "benign" monarchy that at worst causes international incidents with racist remarks (the D of E), has an embarrassing lover (jug ears), or a drink and gambling problem (the QMum)!!

There will always be some young people that are anti royalist, usually socialists, but as our Socialist party is pretty right wing these days, they are on a hiding to nothing.

Incidentally, I thought Bob Hawke was anti royal, but the Queen seemed to genuinely like him!!