Boris says Celebrate St Georges Day!

Yes and naturally the BBC disapprove (cue old 1970's footage of the NF on the news) but Boris, where are the St Georges Day events? - on the 23rd April?

All I could find on the Mayor's web site:

http://www.london.gov.uk/gla/events/apr-09.jsp

Are a Shakespeares Birthday event (19th April) and a concert in the square (25th April) nothing on the 23rd. Oh well, at least the Mayor is making the right noises, unlike Mr Livingstone who would not endorse anything English while there was any minority culture or religion that had not yet been celebrated.

Preserving an English identity

As St Georges day approaches, it is good to see the importance of preserving our unique identity in a globalised world being discussed - at least in some of the less PC media.

Paul Kingsnorth makes the case for the link between our local landscapes and our idenity in this article in The Daily Telegraph here:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/portal/main.jhtml?xml=/portal/2008/04/19/ftengland19.xml

Though I fear his list of reasons why our identity is being lost does not mention the main culprits - the EU and our political classes who do their bidding in imposing the Europe of the Regions - but a step in the right direction anyway.