MATT GOODWIN: The EROSION of BRITISH IDENTITY

In this clip from the Subversive Podcast with ‪@AlexKaschuta‬ I examine the increasing pressure to reframe British identity through the lens of diversity and multiculturalism. While every other group can celebrate its unique identity, the British, particularly the English, are expected to redefine their national identity around vague, liberal themes. Drawing on insights from Francis Fukuyama's book ""Identity,"" I highlight the dangers of a national identity based solely on diversity, which undermines a sense of self and pride.
The new elite in Britain use terms like ""Little England"" derogatorily, dismissing those who take pride in their local communities and traditions. This asymmetrical multiculturalism not only erodes Britishness but also allows radical ideologies to thrive. As immigrants are encouraged to feel superior to traditional British values, the mainstream media perpetuates the idea that the English are inherently racist.
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[@drmatthewgoodwin]

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[@HawkNews-xp7kx]

Dear Mr Goodwin, Agree with you. You have seen the Polls last week. It is moving towards Reform. Can you stop attacking the Tories and focus on Labour on this channel. I am not a Conservative member or supporter but Labour will be a nightmare. If you think it is bad now, wait when Labour get in the next election. We still have time to move the needle in this election. 3 weeks can change quickly - remember 1992? Vote Leave? You have real subscribers. Most of our problems starting in 1997. It is very difficult to role back lots the laws, etc from then. The civil service don’t help, just look at Sue Gray. I am dreading Labour getting in with a large majority. Ideally, they don’t win OR a very small majority that they will lose over the parliament. Just look at Wales, Scotland or London what Labour will do when they get IN. Also look at Angela Rayner, David Lammy, Emily Thornberry, Diane Abbott, Shabana Mahmood, Liz Kendall, Ed Miliband, Thangam Debbonaire, Lisa Nandy, OR most Labour front bench etc. None of them have any experience of life. If they have large majority, it will be chaos. Best regards, HawkNews

[@NiceLoki]

I subscribed to your substack, but was so disappointed to see that most of it is behind a paywall. I really, really enjoy your considered takes on our country right now, but I am trapped on UC and have no spare cash for extras.

[@TheCraigy83]

the problem is all you gentleman with a far reach are too soft , you're all the book publishing type . i enjoy sparring and capable of 0.1% **rts** leader boards trust me you lot are waaaaaay to soft for your INHERENT DUTY. i know youtube wont have a problem with this comment no edit box will pop up BUT when i get a family member to confirm its here on the page on their side it wont be .

[@brendanmoore3938]

as ever you mean the identity of those on the right is to be considered as our national identity, i'm english, but i don't share your values and beliefs as a capitalist and right wing idealogue, so am i not considered english by you?

[@gijgij4541]

Utter, UTTER tosh. Such a waste of what you might have achieved with your huge intellect, but you have allowed your cognitive ability to be swamped by your lack of social-emotional intelligence. Shame, as you might have positively added to public life, rather than choosing through sheer bigotry to degrade it.

[@thyra_UK]

I have a 15 year old granddaughter and one of her teachers tried to make her class feel ashamed to be English. My granddaughter stood up and said she was sick and tired of betold that we are bad people, she said she was proud to be English and her family had lived here in Staffordshire for hundreds of years. She got in trouble for standing up to this teacher, but I am so proud of her.

[@ProggyGoat]

Well done to her

[@nogoods3511]

And you should be!

[@user-qi8zc5ub9u]

Well done to her 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

[@paulanderson2033]

Unbelievable

[@thorpsewinglessons5913]

Thyra-UK good for your granddaughter, time children stud up to bullying teachers who are so lost in this disgusting desecration of our heritage and Country. These children could bring a student gathering of all English students march for our Proud English Heritage and be proud of our COUNTRY This could be done in school holidays, weekends with parents taking part and standing up for our values,freedom, cultures,faith. Much work to be done where our young who are the future of this Country.🇬🇧✝️🕊️

[@lawsonspedding6136]

I’m a proud Brit, a proud Englishman ! I’m proud of my heritage, I’m proud of my history , I’m proud of my parents, I’m proud of my working class roots !

[@user-qi8zc5ub9u]

Work it out?

[@uncensored5104]

@@eightiesmusic1984 Why not? Why dont you enlighten us on what you are proud of? We are all dying to know!

[@eagletalons5333]

The people who are behind the invasion of all of Europe, and the people that they used to do the invasion believe in an "Ideology" (Religion) that is not compatible with "Democracy", and they know it. The invaders believe in their god(s), and they believe it's their duty to take over Western countries, so if anybody believes that with "pride" (which is a deadly sin) and without [God/Christ], that they can take their countries back, "Good Luck With That!!".....

[@showyourworkingout2023]

​@@uncensored5104 I can't speak the OP but personally it's our heritage, our history, spreading democracy throughout the world, our art and culture, amazing inventions, largely ending slavery throughout the world at great cost to the country’s wealth. You know, that kind of thing. Are you not proud of your country?

[@GilbertdeClare0704]

Same here, sir ! Our IDENTITY goes SO much deeper than something EXTERNAL which is "ascribed" . and hence can be "taken away" ? Just like a "passport". That very deep connection TO our History, Our PARENTS, our GRANDPARENTS, and ALL of their tears, blood, pain and struggles recounted in family legacy "tales", which BUILT all we see around us. That VERY deep connection to THIS land where my ancestors go all the way back to the first seven Surety Barons at Runnymede, right through to my very working class Dad born in London. ENGLISH and PROUD !

[@stevemcmahon100]

I'm Irish and have lived in England from birth. I will defend England and the English with my life.

[@christinerussell113]

Respect to you sir. I too have Irish roots, both parents born there. But I, being born here in England, consider myself to be English, and would always be ready to defend this country that I love. I am interested in and admire Irish culture, recognising how England has not always been kind to the people of that nation. However, I am irritated by those who although, like me, born and bred in England, apparently feel more love and loyalty towards some country which has done little for them, waffling on about the 'old country'. Irish Americans are, of course, the masters of this baloney.

[@garrywynne1218]

Good on you Steve and you are welcome 🙏

[@user-ys8pq5vd3s]

The truth is that we, English, the Irish, Scots, and Welsh, have always had the same enemies, forcing us to fight one another.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

🍺

[@elizabethanthony3916]

😁👍💕☘️

[@carlitor4173]

Im beginning to see huge push back on this, patriotism is coming back hard all over Europe

[@marumaru6084]

Since the so called elite is trying to start a world war with Russia it is not beyond time!

[@buy.to.let.britain]

i think its too late because the last 20 years property boom has destroyed the birth rate. you simply dont have enough young white people. its over for you.

[@wandawarthog5724]

💯%

[@lr6477]

​@@eightiesmusic1984oh shush leftist

[@nods33]

Because we’re all fed up with this pathetic leftist experiment thats been forced on us

[@hellsbells7271]

Thank you Matt for having our citizens at the forefront of your discussion.

[@l000tube]

I think he's looking into things a bit too much, seeing things that might not be as big a problem as they are perhaps? A bit like how a conspiracy theorist see s a conspiracy around every corner, its hypersentivity to a subject, the amygdala is perhaps dialled up a bit too much. Perhaps?

[@Euro2024champs]

Matt is a paranoid mangina. I wouldn't trust that wet flannel to have my back.

[@stephfoxwell4620]

The British are the most tolerant and inclusive people on Earth, with the possible exceptions of the Maltese and Fijians. How dare our wretched media denounce us for simply being ourselves.

[@between-paradise-and-hell]

The Maltese rock :)

[@jeremykille4689]

​@@between-paradise-and-hellI see what you did there! 😂

[@stephfoxwell4620]

@@between-paradise-and-hell World's friendliest people.

[@jwsuicides8095]

@@stephfoxwell4620 I found the Maltese people absolutely lovely. Their young men (I'm an older lady) were universally so helpful and kind. I was so impressed with them.

[@truthfilter]

To point where we are a doormat to the world

[@5578pedro]

I’m English, I will not be told I’m Not entitled to say it. I am British but I am English first and foremost.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

[@rafd3593]

Who’s telling you that?

[@showyourworkingout2023]

I'm very proud of what the British that came before me achieved. I'm not as proud of the way we have rolled over in recent years. I'm also irked that there is virtually no gratitude for what England and Britian did for the world. Vote Reform.

[@sbor2020]

How do you want the world to pay gratitude to England and GB?

[@janeburke147]

We the people didn’t roll anywhere?we were never asked & neither where all the people that are no longer with us because of what the government did.

[@showyourworkingout2023]

@@sbor2020 Maybe some recognition that our forebears spreading democracy throughout the world. They did amazing things like largely ending slavery, and as a result putting the country into huge debt, that future generations would have to pay back for decades. The culture and the inventions. Even if the world can't find it in their hearts to be a bit grateful to our historic Brits or to 'pay gratitude' as you put it, to just refrain from constantly denigrating their memory would be a start. Vote Reform

[@showyourworkingout2023]

@@janeburke147 Many of us haven't, but a lot of people have signed up to the woke agenda. It is these people that have been pulling down statues and defacing monuments. Look at the faces, many of these turncoats are born and bred.

[@showyourworkingout2023]

@@janeburke147 Many of us haven't, but a lot of people have signed up to the new agenda. It is these people that have been pulling down statues and defacing monuments. Look at the faces, many of these turncoats are born and bred.

[@Musrusticus-]

There’s a difference between racism and wanting people here. This is our land.

[@IsaacSemple]

A century ago the monarch of this country told people in the colonies they were British and they were welcome in Britain so if they are now here it's bc they were invited as "British citizens" whether that's something you like or dislike it is what was said so if anything it's the fault of the monarchy

[@Musrusticus-]

@@IsaacSemple Hi, yes, you’re right but as always it’s the spirit of what is said as opposed to literal translation- which is why speech writing is so very important. Never did anyone mean mass migration.

[@IsaacSemple]

@@Musrusticus- You are right...in terms of African and Arabic countries that were never British or invited formally that is concerning and not really acceptable. There is no historical tie to this country or formal agreement to me it is just opportunism

[@matthewcook9404]

And the land of our ancestors from Italy, Germany, Denmark, Norway. 😂

[@Musrusticus-]

@@matthewcook9404 Our people have been here one thousand six hundred plus years, the tribes came together and, in their tongue, called themselves English and named the land after them, it’s our land. Others have come and gone but the English have always prevailed.

[@Roger-mx1ff]

The welsh are welsh The scotish are scotish The irish are irish But the english are somehow british Vote Reform

[@rensha8635]

Precisely. I have thought this for years. We haven’t been able to say I am English for fear of being accused of offending no natives and ‘othering them’, and so it goes on with our St George’s flag now. As if to fly it is somehow racist.

[@Tattvadarzin.]

I have seen this from a different perspective: The British are somehow English. I have lived and worked all over Britain and my personal experience is that the English ignore the other parts of the UK. They refer to England as if the rest is somehow encompassed. This extends to foreigners thinking the same. Americans refer to England not the UK. Upto and following WW2 this was common round the world. Look at German newsreels showing England across the whole of mainland Britain in maps. Nelson said "England expects...". Hitler talked about England not Britain or the UK. They wrote "We are flying against England". More up to date, I have heard about English money on the ferry etc., etc. I live in England and regularly hear similar usages of England and English when the context is clearly the UK. So I would respectfully point out it is not as clear cut as you say.

[@michelle.c.87]

@@Tattvadarzin. Do you think it's fair that the English are called far right racist for wanting to fly their flag and celebrate their heritage and culture. When every other country that is part of the UK is never treated this way. They have even changed our flag on the new England football team shirt, and people also talk about wanting to change our flag.How is that right?England are also the only country in the UK that doesn't have their own parliament. We have no one speaking on our behalf. It's not the English peoples fault for how the rest of the world refers to the UK. If they don't know that there are other countries in the UK, you can't simply just blame the English for that. We are a small country on a small island, why should we be diminished. We don't hate or forget about the other countries in the UK. We all share DNA and culture. I myself am English and Welsh.

[@Roger-mx1ff]

@@Tattvadarzin. not sure what you mean when you say the English ignore other parts of UK, as everyone I know loves Wales and Scotland. I've never been ireland so couldn't comment. Maybe dee Germans were bad at geography lol

[@Angelcynn_2001]

Exactly. I am an Englishman. I make that known

[@funkinelle247]

I get fed up with being called ‘colonists’ etc. outside of the London Elitist bubble, the ordinary English people, throughout history, have been dirt poor with the vast majority of us not actually descending from the elites.

[@bobroberts6155]

For many British people the army or navy was their only option or a last resort. Many of the regions they were posted to represented a near death sentence so prevalent were disease the could not be treated historically. How ironic that it was the elites who sent them there and the new elites are once again condemning them but this time for going!

[@JayGriffinblaze]

Why would you be called a 'colonist'?

[@funkinelle247]

@@JayGriffinblaze when ordinary people call out mass immigration, the lefts go too ‘got ya’ is that we are all colonists and we deserve it, not actually taking into consideration that our ancestors stayed put in England.

[@Euro2024champs]

our history is still that of a coloniser. The rest of your post is irrelevant guff.

[@wasgzzak8837]

Well the English culture is built on colonising. Ordinary people like yourself colonised wales and Ireland. Nevermind other parts of the world. As foot soldiers and settlers for said colonisation. People are people. You find mostly good people everywhere you go. To ignore the English crushing national identity in every country they did/do rule, while complaining about being called a colonist is fairly laughable.

[@peterwright997]

British by birth English by the grace of god!

[@elizabethanthony3916]

😁👍

[@655superblues]

You are not British by birth, Britain in a union, not a country. You are either English, Scottish, or Welsh by birth. I'm English as its the British that are responsible for the problems we are facing as its been infiltrated and full of foreign agents who want to destroy our countries.

[@mandychadwick9262]

❤ it x

[@markdaniels2200]

We knew what we were doing & so did the politicians, but they didn’t want us to have what we voted for….

[@Avid_Fan]

It's the ENGLISH who can't celebrate themselves. The Scottish, Welsh, and Irish can.

[@mikecrimlis3366]

To a dgree, but look at the leaders that Wales and Scotland have had foisted upon them in the last year. It's all British that they are in the process of destroying. Don't go down the route of divide and rule.

[@BunyipToldMe]

Celebrate these illustrious names.......Greavzy, Hurstzy, Ballzy, Bobby Moore, Bobby Charlton, Banksy and Jackie Charlton. They thought it was all over. Bring it home m8 it's 1966 all over again m8 for England and St George m8.

[@nedobart6703]

@@BunyipToldMe Thats the problem that is being spoken about. Half the England team today aren't English.

[@michaelcox8820]

The Irish are being told by their evil government and NGO’s they are bigots who need to welcome the world and its wife into their towns.

[@jeannemillsom9300]

@Avid_Fan Well we should, we have contributed more literature to the world than most countries, our legal system was copied by many other countries, we have built railways, canals , roads and invested in countries that previously had no infrastructure.We ABOLISHED SLAVERY, but all that is forgotten as we have become so stupid to allow OUR country to be INVADED by the world. The problem is too many younger people know little else, our wonderful English cuisine is almost forgotten by all this rubbish peddled in our high streets, by foreigners, instant cheap , highly spiced cheap food that is delivered instantly.I believe children should be taught history properly, and learn to cook using local, seasonal food.

[@markberman6708]

Save Britain while you still can!!!

[@wasgzzak8837]

Britain is a dead political state. It never was a country. Three countries and a colony in Ireland.

[@rt-uh6mt]

I'm American of British and Irish heritage, and they get away with pushing mass migration in the US because we're supposed to be a "melting pot." But I never imagined that it was even worse in Europe. Didn't realize what was going on until after 10/07 when I noticed the massive protests in London and elsewhere in support of, surprisingly, gaza! Not Israel? Then I learned that London's population is now only about one third British! To say I was shocked is an understatement. NEVER before in history has a civilization given away their greatest city without a fight. It's the greatest crime in the history of the country and all those involved should be tried for treason.

[@smitz7847]

Im from up north near manchester which is very multicultural as well. When i worked in London i couldn’t get over how foreign it was. I barely saw any english in the area i worked. Shocked me that it was my capital

[@Benboy1980]

I’m from south west London, born and raised. Very fortunate. But within my lifetime and especially since the millennium my city (London) has become unrecognisable apart from little bubbles here and there. It absolutely breaks my heart, when finding people that speak English conversationally is almost impossible. So when people say they feel like they live in a foreign country, it’s because that’s what’s been happening! Slow insidious takeover

[@deniseg-hill1730]

Go through S.E. London Greenwich Plumstead Thamesmead it's like being in Africa.

[@PSYCHIC_PSYCHO]

I am a native Londoner of 50 years where I still live; London was never taken away from the white English, some of them left of their own accord. What happened in the year 2010 our newly elected government which is the equivalent of your Republicans, they moved underprivileged people living in London's projects to areas outside London, because there was a serious shortage of affordable housing for working people, which explains why there are now fewer English people living in London. Majority of ethnic minorities in London were born in London and have been in London for generations.

[@michaelphillips2079]

The US was settled, built, fought and died for, mainly by European immigrants who assimilated and became American, of American culture and nationality. Using the melting pot metaphor to justify an invasion of millions from cultures with nothing in common with the traditional one already here is criminally subversive.

[@calvinhicks1992]

100% correct. As an American I always thought it was weird that on St. George’s Day I never saw flags or some sort of parade/celebration anywhere, but other cultures can celebrate St. Patrick’s Day or various African and Asian independence days, even the Albanian independence celebrations in Central London just a few years ago.

[@drstrangelove4998]

Quite right!

[@samolevski1119]

You'll find most genuine ethnic Brits are not in favour of so many Albanians being here, never mind celebrating anything

[@stuartmenziesfarrant]

This was originally out of humility, it was thought prideful and vulgar to ‘make a big fuss’ over our identity, because we used to be authentic and truly tolerant. This was coopted by bad actors and waves of immigrants to be a sign of our national shame of empire, abetted by ignorance and lefty indoctrination. This is has led to a fundamental misunderstanding on the left. If we are pushed far enough, as happened in ww2, we will fight to the death for our freedom and independence!

[@wandawarthog5724]

Absolutely right. We have been vilified as far right extremists if we dare hang up an English flag in recent years.

[@myzenlifeinnature]

Yes, and nothing, no flags to commemorate D Day in London.

[@Electriclentilman]

💥something to remember 💥 English are an ethnic group and nation native to England, speak English +share a history +culture.English identity began with the Anglo-Saxons, known as the Angelcynn, tribe of the Angles. derived from one of the Germanic peoples who migrated to Britain around 5th century AD. English and proud 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@Angelcynn_2001]

Truth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@alexpervanoglu7420]

Cool so all derived from Germans immigrants then. Who was there first, the English living on the island before your German forefathers invaded ? You see there are no true English folk. Germans invaded So did the Nords, the Romans, the French, the list goes on. The whole point I am trying to make is that the British Isles have always been a multicultural society for its whole history. What is happening there now is just history repeating. Probably fair to say as well that if the Brits don't want to be invaded then they maybe should not have done so much of it themselves. This is just an opinion.

[@Angelcynn_2001]

@@alexpervanoglu7420 "no true English folk". Get out of here.

[@Angelcynn_2001]

Do not reply to the troll.

[@alexpervanoglu7420]

@@Angelcynn_2001 And guess what, I was born in England, mother's side ancient English family, father's side Turkish but they legitimately and legally emigrated there in the early 1800s. I spent 43 years of my life living there. So much for being a troll. I was asking for a legitimate historical answer and explanation. As per usual the 'true Englishman' cannot provide one. Ps trolls come up with nonsense, what I pointed out is actually true historical fact.

[@drstrangelove4998]

Thank you Matt, always on point!! This is a peculiar affliction of middle class ‘intelligencia.’ Weaponised against us by outsiders. Gillian Duffy blew up in Gordon Brown’s face.

[@sbor2020]

Gillian Duffy asked about immigrants from Eastern Europe: "where are they flocking from?" Gordon misheard "flocking from".

[@Pear-zo4em]

Because they want it all for themselves, a new royal class of leftists, taking out one class and replacing it with another. When they are is deeply envious and manipulative people.

[@Fred-Jai]

I totally agree and I'm not English and don't even live anywhere near England. Hang in there Matt, things will change for the better I sense it. People are becoming tired of all this progressive tripe. Brits should be proud and celebrate their amazing English history and many contributions to the rest of the planet.

[@chrisbeard1750]

Thank you sir.

[@elizabethanthony3916]

😁👍💕

[@mandychadwick9262]

Absolutely 😊x

[@benedictcowell6547]

No body suggests to the contrary but Nardust stricta villain of the Piste a salutary tale. In the late twenties and thirties of the last century the Welsh Uplands showed evidence of a crisis, deterioration and it took the following form. The grazing areas were receding and the rough grazing pastures were manifesting a proliferation of Nardus stricta and other less palatable grasses. There were many investigations into the origin of the problem and the immigration problem did not seem to account for it, nor the EU, Hitler, nor could Germany be responsible; all the obvious scapegoats for who to blame were either not available or too late to be responsible or not in the least likely to be responsible. One might blame the Statute of Ludlow in 1287 or the Welsh Action of Union in 1536, but they were not likely to be the proximate cause., Then again Nigel Farage was not available to lead us into futile investigations which could not have anything to with the problem,. All was not lost however; Science might provide a clue, and there were many investigations, too numerous to mention, but all contributed to a solution. One Welsh Professor made a remark which was interesting; Mutton! We should revert to the habit of eating mutton rather than fat lamb. That is the way with Science. As Einstein remarked to Heisenberg in discussing a problem of the interpretation , the measurable entities alone could not provide a solution to the behaviour of electrons. All this; and no Nigel Farage to lead us astray. In 1959 a student did a study of a Welsh rough grazing pasture, where there was a considerable degree of degradation, and he found of special interest that there was a dominant species, namely Nardus stricta. Well it was clear to him and to most reasoning people that the Ayotola Khomeini was not to blame, nor Sunni Islam nor the Sharia Law. Dear dear, a problem without a scape goat. What shall we do without a scape goat? Well to cut a long story short, there appeared to be a number of contributary causes, but the Ayotola was not one of them, nor Iran, nor the EU, nor rubber dingies [Sorry Lee, but your instinct was wrong and it was not your country anyway] It appeared that Woke was not the cause either. I will identify the contributary causes and spare you the long process of study and Investigation that obviated the need to call for Nige 1, The metabolism of sheep and Lambs! 2. The change in the structure of Households because of the First World War. Hold it Nige, not the Kaiser, not the Germans, nor the Rumanians, not Ursula nor Angela! 3. The meristems and competition between Species No Nige!, Not Darwin! or Lamarck! They were not conspiring with India nor with Russia, but I can think of some one who might! What was happening was that in order to achieve a suitable income Farmers were switching to 'Fat Lamb' because the traditional market for Mutton was affected by the change in the structure of Households and so the increase in the population of lamb, the grazing patterns of sheep and lambs was affected by the relative position of the Meristems of the grasses composing a sward. Soils, Climate, Biology, and well intentioned measures to obviate a financial crisis all contributed to both the problem and the solution. Nardus stricta because it grew from underground Nodes below the soil had been favoured because the palatability of Nardus was low and so the animals grazed off the palatable grasses, and changed the dynamics of competition. It had interesting side effects. Rough Pasture was used by the Forestry Commission to grow conifers, and because these trees could be harvested within a ten year period farmers derived an income to compensate.. It was not a conspiracy, it was an attempt t a solution! You see Nige. The Koran was not the inspiration. There were some interesting contributary causes to the entire problem 1. A problem of Farm Improvement in the eighteenth century. 2. Rinda Pest and the measures the government adopted to limit the damage, No Nigel . No Liz Truss not Woke in the Civil Service, No! Steve Bannon Not the Deep State, no Peter Hitchens et al not Marxists, no Nige, not Angela, not Ursula, not even Joe Biden. All found not guilty before the tribunal of Science. But one fact I will vouchsafe because it is an interesting facet of the interaction of Ecology and Anthropology and that is an ironic misunderstanding of 'possession' In Wales, and for some reason Kent, Gavelkind was the inheritance practice and for Arable farming Gavelkind would have the effect of dividing and sub dividing the land at each successive generation, IF! IF the inheritance was of land, but the pattern of Pastoralists tended to be inheritance of a share of the flock. The Common Grazings were not balkanised. There used to be in Wales' Transhumance, a practice whereby the farmers would take their herds and flocks to the upland pastures, which is why English Holiday Makers found so many Hafod. Hafod was the upland pasture, but pasture not ownership. NO! Nige, Not Adam Smith, not John Locke not Thomas Hobbes; well intentioned interventions by many people that had unexpected consequences. Do not attack the symptoms, enquire into the disease; do you follow Nige? But I will give you an example of an example of absurd politics of the sort that Reform would follow,' in connection with Thomas Hobbes. As Bertrand Russell reports 'In 1667 'Parliament declared that the work of Thomas Hobbes should be burned holding him and his work responsible for the Great Plague of London in 1665, The Fire of London in 1666.' It was a successful measure for a simple conspiracy theorist; there has not been a Great Plague or a Fire since. But cause and effect have to be investigated, not off the top of the head expatiation on no grounds at all except an apparent coincidence. Sorry Nige, it was not Rishi Sunak, Not Angela, not even Thomas Hobbes it was the culmination of well intentioned efforts at improvement, Those could be remedied, but I suspect Brexit can only be remedied by reversing it. Sorry Nige you were wrong in this as all other cases, because your ideas are naive, simple minded and absurd, and people listen to you because they know no better. And the last thing we needed was Rape and Fraud as a solution! Further to my point about culture and Economics; two brief anecdotes. A relation of mine worked for an English company that was taken over. The directors held a party and, because one of the guest was English ,they decided to talk about English Literature; the conversation took in Jane Austen, George Elliot, Henry James and Conrad, and every one had a contribution to make because all of the directors had read more than one of the authors. My relation had read none of them. In relating the episode my relation remarked, that his education had failed him! He was not retained. A Spanish Company was in need of a new piece of Machinery. They put out requests for a tender from five EU countries including the United Kingdom The Manufacturer records the matter in a video on Learning Spanish. It went like this. The English company sent one engineer who spoke no Spanish and a linguist who knew no Engineering, and the kept ringing up head office to see if the could meet our specifications Another company ,,Germany sent an engineer who spoke Spanish, and he was a delightful man so I invited him home. My daughter was learning a flute piece with an accompany piano. The Engineer stat down at the piano, invited my daughter to fetch her flute and we had a musical evening. He was a man I liked, he was well versed in Spanish Literature, and an accomplished Musician. The German Company won the contract. My telephone account listed 15 Calls to the head office in England. I discharged the costs of their visit.' Just possibly Nige we did not do as well as we might, not because they hated the English and were trying to plot our downfall, but the business practices on the continent are not separated from Culture, and the result is that we cannot make encounters in Commerce which we ought to make. Not Angela, not Ursula, not Delors, or any one was responsible except an endemic deficiency in our education and our attitudes.. No body asks you to reject your heritage, but knowing it might be a good idea. Nige makes no mention of culture but you need to understand it even in Science, That was my career.

[@user-kc1uf4og8m]

We need a modern day guy fawks step forward Mr Farage. He will bring the house down with truthful thoughts and words. ❤ VOTE REFORM ❤

[@roygardiner2229]

You nailed it with the adjective "truthful". I have come to the same conclusion. Uniquely for a modern day politician everything that Nigel Farage says "rings true" to me.

[@grahamwood-robinson2334]

You have been duped by Farage already...why not again. A truthful politician? 😂

[@user-kc1uf4og8m]

@grahamwood-robinson2334 keep them salty tears coming bitter brain dead lefty 🤣

[@davidmatthews3093]

I think you need a British history lesson. You seem to be claiming that the leader of a contemporary political party shares the same attributes as a foreign mercenary, a terrorist who, for profit, was willing to destroy the English establishment through violence. I know Farage is dangerous and has cost the country dearly but even I wouldn’t claim that he is willing to become a mass murderer although I concede that he will do most things for personal profit.

[@marvinpreston6819]

As an American, my daughter and I enjoy visiting England about once a year. We really love everything about England. The history, museums, distinct traditions, food, etc. it’s disappointing that just like the US, England is dealing with this woke mind virus. Fight on!

[@elizabethanthony3916]

😁👍✝️🇬🇧

[@mrror8933]

The normalisation of anti-Britishness, specifically anti-Englishness, in the UK is very disturbing.

[@BESTGINGEREU]

I'm glad to see so many people are waking up to it. We need to push back on this as much as possible.

[@knockedoutloaded279]

And anti..men..

[@saladinbob]

We are the ones at fault though, we've become cowed dogs, too afraid to stand up for what is ours. Eddie the Eagle, remember him? If not, look him up. He was an Englishman who had a dream of representing his country at the Olympics, who received no funding, had to borrow a bed in a mental asylum because he couldn't afford accommodation at the Finish Olympics, a man who was extremely long sighted and whose glasses would steam up at altitude, yet through sheer guts and determination he clawed his way to the Olympics. Sure he came last, but it was his embodiment of the British spirit that got him there, the same spirit that allowed us to stand as a Bulwark against tyranny during the War. The English need to rediscover that spirit if we're to survive.

[@celticsaxon7609]

Long live England! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@b.alexanderjohnstone9774]

Stiff upper lip, fair play, understatement, droll humour, always polite and bloody minded as required.

[@sallyedwards7162]

Queueing and being a weather professional chatter

[@myzenlifeinnature]

​​@@eightiesmusic1984 why are you here? Your comments look like harassment.

[@UKParadiseLost]

@@eightiesmusic1984 I bet you're the life and soul of any party.

[@suewood8538]

"The Saxon is not like us Normans. His manners are not so polite. But he never means anything serious till he talks about justice and right. When he stands like an ox in the furrow - with his sullen set eyes on your own, And grumbles, 'This isn't fair dealing,' my son, leave the Saxon alone.

[@elizabethanthony3916]

​@@suewood8538😁👏👏👏👏

[@lonewolf-z1p]

I am tired of being told we should be ashamed to be British and English. Born in England, and probably have Irish, Scottish and Welsh blood in there somewhere. (No disrespect to anyone, I went in alphabetical order).

[@waynegrant6585]

We have been here for 12,000+ years. We are the indigenous people of these British Isles and we are the VAST MAJORITY in OUR COUNTRY, The United Kingdom.

[@UKParadiseLost]

We're less than 75% now. In the mid-seventies we were still 96% native in Britain. They're gaining on us exponentially.

[@grahamwood-robinson2334]

We are a nation of immigrants and always have been. The Celts, Romans, Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Normans, Irish, Jamaicans, Pakistanis, Poles, Spanish, Ukrainians...why can't we celebrate our rich history?

[@Condogwhizbang]

​​@@grahamwood-robinson2334 Most other nations have a similar past of multiple waves of invasion. You can celebrate the rich history but you have to draw a line somewhere. The idea of an England was given to us by the late Anglo Saxons who fought tooth and nail against the vikings. Not too mention the vast majority of the UK population even in England is Native Briton and Anglo Saxon in origin.

[@riverdart2068]

@@grahamwood-robinson2334 Not actually true. The Romans and Normans left little in the DNA record. and the Jamaicans, Pakistanis, Ukrainians are recent arrivals and may be British as a civic identity but they are not British and certainly not English or Welsh or Scots

[@waynegrant6585]

The whole world has been involved in migration since humans could walk.

[@angelalacey1060]

Thankyou so much matt always nice to hear from you sir repect you so much godbless peace love always lacy uk 🇬🇧 😊😊❤❤❤❤😊

[@ianbacon5141]

Well done MATT, keep up the brilliant work you are doing for the British people. ❤

[@lindahorn9644]

Matt is so British I love him ..he knows his stuff ..

[@wasgzzak8837]

What exact is “British”

[@ianbacon5141]

@@wasgzzak8837 not you Obviously!!!

[@kevinwhale2998]

This modern world we live in, global business, technology, engineering and democracy is partly down to England and its values, both politically and religious. I love my country and why we don't want to celebrate our huge role in shaping the world is mind boggling to me. My wife, who is Turkish ,says we should be shouting from the rooftops about all the good we've done.

[@johnhynes7891]

When you have been so successful as a nation so influential and given so much across the globe and to mankind, it is the only way others can console themselves or reconcile their relative ineffectiveness, never as such a small place, and so few people been so instrumental to the advancement of mankind than the BRITISH!

[@MZig-rw7su]

Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king. J.R.R. Tolkien

[@UKParadiseLost]

@@MarkGrindell I daresay Tolkien had more integrity, class and intelligence than to behave in such a disgusting manner. I find it strange how the lefties self-identify as the 'goodies' yet it is only they who attack those they disagree with verbally and physically. One never sees a right-leaning person behave in a similarly childish fashion towards those of the opposite political opinion. I put it down to the left's inability to argue their point articulately, along with a distinct lack of emotional intelligence and outright resentment towards anyone perceived to be doing better than they are. Therefore, they resort to violence. Pathetic.

[@samolevski1119]

What else can we expect with a leader who at heart is an Indian Hindu - unelected

[@CharlesYeo-qs6nb]

@@eightiesmusic1984Are you going to vote for the current leader, or are you r____t .

[@UKParadiseLost]

@@eightiesmusic1984 How can the truth be disgraceful? He is indeed the offspring of two Indians, who happened to be born in Africa. He is therefore an Indian who happened to be born in the UK. All three are of the Hindu religion. Time for you to grow up, I think.

[@divinaluz7]

​@@eightiesmusic1984No it isn't. It is an uncomfortable truth, there was no hate there. We still, just about, have free speech so if you don't like the comment, you can scroll past. KZbin has left it up so ya report had no effect.

[@divinaluz7]

@@eightiesmusic1984 Facts don't care about feelings.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

​@@eightiesmusic1984 he calls himself Indian. The English are an ETHNIC GROUP

[@dianemcwilliams6705]

As usual Matt, you are spot on with your analysis. I simply cannot understand why I'm expected to apologise for being British/English and be accused of racism if I wish to celebrate my nationality whilst all other cultures, backgrounds or ethnicities are encouraged to celebrate theirs. Someone once said that if you wish to destroy a country, start with their culture.....

[@wasgzzak8837]

You maintain culture and political supremacy over other parts of the isles without a shred of humility or remorse. With the Irish being the only ones smart enough to leave your orbit of control. You have a place of supremacy. Then when we want to be free or express ourselves you get ragin and claim you are under attack. Let go of the idea of Britishness and England will be better for it.

[@FredScuttle456]

Weird how the Labour Party now uses the Union flag on their literature. Until a few years ago, Labour claimed it was divisive.

[@eddiedevereoxford4995]

Anything to get into power and attract some more naive idiots

[@constantlyenthused336]

Labour don’t know which way is up anymore

[@wasgzzak8837]

They’ve become a right wing party trying to appeal to English people. Hence why they use it.

[@user-zi8lx5fw1w]

thank you Matt

[@Je-suis-en-minorite]

Thank God for you,Matt, I’ve been saying this for past ten years and been getting more and more agitated about it. The way you literate this is so pleasing to me and a relief that I’m NOT going mad & I’m not a racist bigot!!

[@user-qi8zc5ub9u]

Intelligent educated man…it is totally disgusting how we in OUR own country and in OUR own capital city we cannot celebrate and wave OUR own flags customs and key calendar dates - when you see many of OUR streets in towns and villages turn into parts India and the Middle East we are supposed to tolerate this but cancelled on our traditions that have been in place for century’s WTF time to fight back against this

[@AlanRoberts-xy4wu]

The English/British are making a comeback just so you know 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@roygardiner2229]

That is what I am sensing, too. "They" have taken the p*ss for far too long.

[@applegrovebard]

The English have been shamed into thinking that it's bad to want England to remain predominantly English in identity and culture. We need to say loud and clear that there's nothing inherently disreputable or racist about this desire. I would absolutely understand and support a similar sentiment in any country with a long-established indigenous population. At the moment in polite circles it's ok to be English only as long as by that you mean a vague, open-to-all, naively wishful multi-cultural nothing.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

The post 1945 Liberal paradigm has been a disaster.

[@applegrovebard]

@@michelle.c.87 Roots, the connection of a people with the land, in the case of the indigenous English going back well over a thousand years, indeed genetically in large part going back to the time of Stonehenge and before- this hasn't been given enough consideration and respect. It's not trivial, it's not nothing. Imagine if you swapped the entire populations of England and Myanmar (which maybe would not be a big deal according to the globalist perpective) and asked the question: which country is now England? The answer is neither, England would no longer exist- England is the union of a land and its historic people.

[@RandomReelz.]

Reform for uk get your flags out people ❤❤❤❤

[@user-sg1wn7ho2r]

It will turn out as well as Brexit did. Stop relying on false idols and create your own sense of purpose and identity.

[@RandomReelz.]

@@user-sg1wn7ho2r 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@user-sj4of7rq5l]

keep going Matt, well done.

[@kim007250]

Legacy Media no longer relevant

[@johnS505]

Well said, Matt. That clearly encapsulates the situation we are now in. Having worked in education, I experienced these attitudes constantly. It''s very clear that when truth is spoken that they don't want to hear, these people immediately resort to attacks with cheap and clichéd insults. They do so because deep down they know that their whole ideology is false. We need more people to speak out simply and fearlessly. Eventually the tide will turn.

[@rensha8635]

@@eightiesmusic1984it was a very clear response - you seem to on here trying to derail these conversations.

[@elizabethanthony3916]

Im a little Englander and proud of it ! 😁✝️🇬🇧

[@patrickobrien5066]

We all need to vote Reform to free our country

[@martingonzalez2850]

Spot on. They are allowed to do this in OUR country.

[@irl3438]

I live in Edinburgh for the last 5 years. Very noticable that it has become "diverse" literally over night. Parents visit 1 or 2 times a year and even they said ..... there is a lot of diversity ALL OF A SUDDEN. So in a year they noticed! 😔

[@ChristopherBarry-et1dm]

Belfast where I’m from is the exact same & it has happened in what feels like the blink of an eye. No corner of the UK or Ireland will escape this.

[@calleaestejunior4593]

Did they actually use the word "diversity" or words that reference someone's skin tone?

[@Knappa22]

I’m Welsh and I celebrate my cultural identity all the time. I learnt Welsh. Am part of a Welsh folk dance group. Im in a choir. I compete in local eisteddfods and in the National Eisteddfod annually. I love the Royal Welsh Agricultural show - also an annual fixture for me - celebrating all aspects of Welsh rural life. Also follow the rugby, my local team and Wales in the Six Nations. So what do you mean by this ‘British culture’ I am ‘not allowed’ to celebrate. I do all of the above unimpeded.

[@Alignedwithmyself]

But look at what the Welsh Labour Government is doing... declaring Wales as a country of refuge. Pretty soon Welsh culture will be as diluted as English. Have you been to Cardiff lately?

[@Knappa22]

@@Alignedwithmyself welsh and welsh language culture and identity have always been a minority culture even in Wales. Cardiff is more welsh than it has been for years. All its welsh schools are oversubscribed.

[@wasgzzak8837]

It’s a symptom of the English not being able to understand their suppression of identities like Welsh under the banner of “British”. With Englishness and Britishness morphing into the sane thing largely. That thing being dominating and suppressing other cultures like Welsh. That’s pretty awesome you can speak Welsh. I can speak my native Scots but Gaelic is sadly a near dead language due to “Britishness”. With Welsh nearly suffering a similar fate. But point is this is like the abuser asking why can’t they be proud that they are an abuser without people taking issue with it.

[@stephenmann-zq7gz]

It's intended purpose is divide and rule

[@user-th5nb3ox1w]

Can this guy stand for election? He's spot on with all his comments.

[@chrisgibson4140]

Waving the flag of St George when there’s not a football match on, is almost criminal to the elite.

[@helsbels2582]

And the saddest part about this is politicians have allowed this to happen.

[@aphroditeblighty]

Refreshing conversation!! Very insightful.

[@LucienCanon]

Matt Goodwin, it just goes to prove that the establishment (and their uniparty) knows as well as you and I do that their imported masses have no genuine chance to "fully integrate" [😅] into host-British culture (heritage), for no other reason than Britain's culture and heritage and identity does not belong to the imported masses - and never can belong to the imported masses - given the scale and speed of immigration in recent years.

[@anonnemo2504]

Excellent points, very well made by both Professor Goodwin and yourself. The browbeating of those who find themselves in disagreement with the views of the establishment elite is gathering pace.

[@user-dl6pn9kp8m]

"multiculturalism means you are only allowed to celebrate every other culture except your own,and criticize no other culture except your own" Thomas sowell.

[@PSYCHIC_PSYCHO]

No government stopped anyone from celebrating St George's Day

[@simonh6371]

@@PSYCHIC_PSYCHO But they have. It isn't mentioned in schools yet they are forced to celebrate Eid, and a few people trying to celebrate it publicly in London were harassed by the police. Education and policing are government remits.

[@diegocorrea5143]

England is a gorgeous country and we should celebrate it, and honour it in every way we can, Starting with the flag. One clarification when the lady mentioned the word "racist" she did not mean that but she meant xenophobia... a huge difference. From the "racist" point of view and English can not be racist to a Rumanian (considering both of them are predominantly white) but one of them can be xenophobic about the other. I think this clarification is important.

[@sirjosephwhitworth9415]

Apathy has caused this. We have for decades regaled ourselves with our past glories, instead of dealing with the menace within.

[@_J.F_]

If you continue to water down your own identity by importing foreign identities and minority values then yes, you will lose your identity. The biggest problem that the British traditional identity is very polite and friendly meaning it is also very easy to abuse, which is what minorities have been doing for decades now. We are however reaching a turning point where even the polite Britts have now had enough of just being polite while being slapped around and this is why Farage and Reform UK has gained such big support lately. People have finally reached the point where enough is enough.

[@rensha8635]

The minorities haven’t really done it to us intentionally though have they? Apart from those pally supporters of course. It’s our own governments and the left that have done this to us. We did it to ourselves.

[@junesmith6689]

Sooo great someone talks about this. It has saddened me for years 🙏🏼Matt G ✌️🇬🇧💕

[@alanbrown7155]

Clear out the court's clear out the MPs & Lord's clear out all the councils & start again with judges & police & MPs that are patriots & not greedy politicians & courts that deliver for the people of this once great country.

[@sarahamorris1480]

I am incredibly proud of our history and culture and the enormous striving, ingenuity and courage of our forefathers. I love the fact that we are now beginning to push back. Maybe it is because of our enormous achievements that this country and its white population are being so persecuted. We will not surrender our heritage. Well done Matt for keeping up the good work of speaking about this. #votereformuk

[@UKParadiseLost]

For a small nation we have been such a powerhouse of invention, discovery and Art in all its forms over the centuries that we unintentionally yet constantly remind certain other groups of their abject failure collectively to invent, discover or contribute anything very much at all to the world. We remind them of this fact by our very existence. That is why they hate us so much. It's a poisonous, unquenchable, devouring jealousy that they are surrounded everywhere by our contributions as a nation and because we are still the majority (for now) in our own country. It's a perpetual display of their own shortcomings and lack of achievement.

[@joe-vl3nd]

Happening in many countries especially the UK and US due to incompetent Politicians and Mass Immigration

[@lenwilkinson672]

Matt you are a great Englishman.Honest and truthful. .thank God for men like you. Regards and respects from a patriot.

[@andreastepien7628]

OMG! You are saying, exactly what I have been thinking for so many years now. It’s like you are an echo chamber. You help me feel less crazy!!!

[@tonyhodgkinson4586]

The English seems to be the only country that’s not allowed It’s identity

[@emersonmsd]

only in the UK! My colleagues at work presented me with a T Shirt for the European Championship with a St. George cross on the front and England on the back.Im living in Slovakia 😊

[@janeburke147]

It doesn’t matter about class either,I think we are all getting our share although I will say being working class & living on a council estate we have been absolutely overwhelmed since Tony opened the gates.There are too many languages to mention & not one speaks English.The English in my village still stop & hay hello & fuss the dog but it’s an awful experience & the park for children is used for men to stare at women & children 😞

[@rensha8635]

I have come to the sad conclusion that it is already over - our culture is being subsumed and it will over be a matter of a few decades until multiculturalism will reach every single county in the UK. sometimes you travel to other areas and think ‘this is how my village or town used to feel, and they still retain it here’. That is because in these places there are barely any immigrants (yet).

[@patriciadrury8557]

Proud to be English, Yorkshire born and bred 🎉

[@andyg4082]

Hi Matt I've just subscribed. We're with you all the way Boss 👍👍👍

[@stephie52]

Wasn’t this part of Blair’s plan? Every culture is embraced and celebrated apart from ours. We have to apologise for being; 1) white & 2) colonialists. Clearly why the entire world wants to live here!!!!!

[@JayGriffinblaze]

Who has asked you to apologise for being White? Quote? Evidence?

[@shaw99livecouk]

GDP is bums on seats. More bums on seats means higher gdp. Explains alot. Wealth per capita goes down . Benefits bill goes up.

[@paulanderson2033]

Highly articulate discussion of these trends

[@marqbeatty2694]

Welshman & British patriot. Now living in beautiful Dorset. I've lived & worked in England since age 20. I celebrate my country of birth & its great traditions & culture. However, I proactively fly the flag the St George at my home every time I hear some divisive character on legacy media blowing their ideological 'dog-whistle' proclaiming it's racist and offensive to display it.

[@LucienCanon]

Just look at Australia. Endless sprawling suburbs in all major cities that are just all newly built for Asian, South Asian, African and Latino immigrants -- but there aren't many Australians of real or deep roots residing within those new suburbs. Nothing our government can do could provide the immigrant familes of these new suburbs with a true sense of shared Australian identity -- so our government is simply rewriting our identity without the people's consent.

[@paulanderson2033]

Precisely

[@rexona1178]

You want to own a country you migrated into? We all own Australia.

[@LucienCanon]

@@rexona1178 my ANCESTORS were settlers, not immigrants. They established a polity. In this sense, we are the only indigenous group.

[@rosequartz1208]

@@LucienCanon - You do realise that the ‘real Australians’ are the Aboriginals. (Imagine how they feel) 🤷‍♀️

[@LucienCanon]

@@rosequartz1208 you don't know anything about Australia.

[@Olbol288]

We are 20 years to late to stop or even slow this down. England as we knew it is gone forever..

[@mikecrimlis3366]

Go away and take your defeatist attitude with you. Or are you one of the invaders?

[@nogoods3511]

It is always to late with people like you.... if this had started last month you would say the same thing. it is NEVER to late!!

[@Olbol288]

@@nogoods3511 not normally my attitude but I know a lost cause when I see one. I don’t know where in uk you live but take a real good look round, I live in a small village surrounded by other small villages and towns, the change in the faces I see and the shops is just the tip of the iceberg.

[@rensha8635]

@@Olbol288I agree with you. For many they are only just seeing the change whereas for many others (south east, midlands etc) we are well in to 30 years of it and when you end up in a high street shop surrounded by foreign languages and a Halal section in the meat isle, you can’t help but know it’s too late to prevent a native culture wipe out. When you see that the passer-by’s are largely of a new demographic and you know that ten years ago it wasn’t like this in your local area, then you know just how fast this is happening and therefore there is no chance of integration because they live together in different districts amongst their own cultural identity (which you can’t blame because it’s entirely natural to want to do that). Live in Cornwall or Devon or Somerset in your own wonderful bubble and perhaps you feel it’s only just beginning and there is a chance of recovery. Let’s not forget we have five to ten years ahead of a labour government whose hard left members are all for anti-western narratives. Labour will import more because that’s their future voters.

[@Olbol288]

@@rensha8635 Absolutely spot on with that statement

[@amandal8822]

It's the exact same here in Ireland.

[@user-rt7or6ip1q]

Absolutely spot on!

[@DC0485]

❤

[@richinderbyshire4779]

Bollocks to woke. English and proud.

[@kym1160]

So well said Matt 👏...and intellects like yourself, explain this situation so well ..thank you 👍

[@sheehan92]

Britain should try to be more like America. The British identity described by Matt here (God, Monarchy, etc.) has prevented the British people from fully realizing their potentials. It has also contributed to Britain's demise today.

[@stephenmann-zq7gz]

Kalergi plan

[@realitychick4502]

We have an international health system an international welfare system and an international housing system. Borders gone ,no nation no citizen. The only reason you have any documentation now is to pay taxes to support the extortion racket 😢

[@peterstabler2321]

Here in Newcastle we celebrate our Geordie Nation on a regular basis - no tin hats needed here thankyou.

[@Andy78L]

Bang on. Thanks Matt

[@sbam4881]

The people that say "diversity is a strength" are also the ones who blame the conflicts in the Middles East and Africa and their inability to lift out of poverty on Europeans drawing maps and borders (like Sykes-Picot) that mixed different tribes together instead of along strictly homogeneous lines. So which one is it? You can't have it both ways. If diversity is a strength, they should be thankful that borders were drawn that way. However, if having different cultural groups in one country is the cause of conflict and poverty, diversity is hardly a strength, is it.

[@JayGriffinblaze]

You think poverty is caused by having different cultural groups in a country? Alrighty then Socrates.

[@sbam4881]

@@JayGriffinblaze I wasn't stating my opinion either way. Just pointing out lefty hypocrisy.

[@JayGriffinblaze]

@@sbam4881 Your framing is ridiculous, as the ones you claim make those claims for diversity are not the ones that drew those borders - the opposite in fact. You also quite clearly stated poverty as being caused by having different cultural groups in a country. That's never been a claim of the left. You seem confused.

[@danran100]

British identity is not baseball caps, rap bollocks or any other crap that comes from the USA.

[@bobrussell3602]

I often wonder why, over the last 30 or 40 years, I have never read in the MSM the phrase ' When in Rome, do as the Romans do'.

[@stevew1669]

Thank you, Matt. We need you to put a little coolheaded, well researched reasoning into this debate. Keep it up!

[@davestevenson9080]

National front, BNP and the like were all spot on decades ago

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Jonathan Bowden saw this all coming. The people of Barking did everything to wake up the rest of the nation about mass immigration 25 years ago.

[@chrisbeard1750]

You are, of course, absolutely right. Our English identity is diminishing by the day.

[@juleshorse9056]

Why should we reframe? Why cannot we be proud of our nation, flag, achievements, enterprise, culture and values?

[@lindahorn9644]

We are proud people Matt ..

[@user-sw2lv3zp6o]

Institutional racism: I first came across the concept in 1985 when I was preparing a set of A-level lessons on the sociology of race. It immediately struck me as being a nebulous concept, and nothing has happened since to change my view.

[@wasgzzak8837]

Then you really don’t like being challenged and have happily lived in a position of privilege for most of your life. It applies across ethnic, economic and race divides.

[@user-sw2lv3zp6o]

@@wasgzzak8837 Position of privilege? That makes me laugh.

[@joanware6473]

Trouble is the children dont know they are brainwashed, it is up to the parents and grandparents to undo all this abuse to our children.

[@elkpaz560]

Watch how they define child abuse to catch any parent who wants to provide an alternative to their children's school propaganda.

[@wgj4813]

Matt Thank-you for explaining out loud what britishness is and what other identities are.