Saint's Days, National Days

I was not surprised to learn that Tony Blair rejected a call to make St. David's Day a national holiday. What can we expect from a country that was bowing so far down to the EU and political correctness that they 'celebrated' the 200th Anniversary of the battle of Trafalgar by having a re-enactment of the 'red' and 'blue' fleets - not actually naming them French and English. I should add that they only did this after widespread reaction to a claim they didn't have the time or money to make any observance of the anniversary.

Poor old Lord Nelson, gave his arm, eye and then life for England, and Blair can't even find the time to honor him. I don't think Blair would want to because he's not an Englishman, but rather an EUman. Blair's indifference is alluded to here:

"While the Government is pleased that so many people are interested, as you can imagine it is not possible to please everyone as to who or what should be celebrated.""


In new, multicultural, touchy feely "Cool Britania" we can't have Welshmen going around celebrating their Welshness. This is doubly true for Englishmen. I understand that there is pressure on the English to not say they are English, as that identifies them as an ethnicity, but rather, say they are "British" . While I can blame the marxists and radicals that came of age in the sixties and now hold the reigns of power it seems this is not a new problem:

"There is a forgotten, nay almost forbidden word, which means more to me than any other. That word is ENGLAND." - Sir Winston Churchill.


Winston, its not forgotten so much now as forbidden. Personally, I have the pleasure of being an American, but I hope my distant cousins shall not forget their patron saint they way they have forgotten their bravest sailor.

Hmm does America have a patron Saint?