Has St George's Day Become Toxic?

well the labor leader care starma was full of endorsements for St George's day yesterday and of course it is a time uh that many indulged in the quirkier side of English culture like those Mor dances in London yesterday yes and of course the Prime Minister was giving out St George's flag cupcakes on his plane yesterday but the capsel also bore witness to uglier scenes when this St George's day demonstration descended into violent clashes with the police and a number of arrests so so question to end the show with is St George's day traditional or is it toxic joining us now a Le Jor who thinks that people should be able to celebrate St George's day and we must carry on with it and lenda cor who thinks it is time to leave it in the past why because of idiots like that yesterday it's not just yesterday Richard I'm 50 I'm going to be 52 years old this happened in the' 70s 80s 90s 0s every single time St George's day it what what I associate with it is thuggery football Hooligans and racial discrimination that's what we saw yesterday and that's what I've because they're winning every year and also because actually the majority I'm not saying people shouldn't be able to celebrate St Georgia's day but actually the question is what are you celebrating what are the what are the English celebrating because when you celebrate St Patrick's Day or St Andrew's day you're celebrating Liberation from oppression the English were never oppressed we were the oppressors so what are you actually celebrating and who does celebrate Lee jugut celebrates yeah I think a lot of people actually celebrate it because I mean this small portion of people this far rightwing which I don't condone their behavior I don't think anyone does but St George's day has such a significance in our country it really does from the time that we're at school we learn about the fighting of the Dragon it it stems creativity it gives little kids an what does it do how do we reclaim the symbols Lee the flag without people like narinda feeling you know getting a bit of a chill well I think it's understandable that you may have that chill because you associate the flag with that farri group but I think fundamentally the fact that the prime minister is doing it on cupcakes people celebrate it it's empty that is empty fax celebration empty like a bit of gives people hope it gives people Joy it it's a nice day of Celebration we celebrate Eid we celebrate devali it's something for our country to enjoy but we don't enjoy it though there is no enjoyment in St George's day what we saw yesterday was an absolute disgrace is not what being English is some communities in the UK across Villages across towns people do celebrate it you go out and you see people dancing on the that's a nice thing to see why do you think England has the problem and Wales and Scotland don't with this far right thuggery I don't think you know we're focusing on a farri group that's basically come into London to ruin such a significant that happens every yearly every year this happens it happens every year you have trouble on St georgees you have trouble at football matches you have trouble at you have trouble every single time they get these flags out this flag unfortunately I don't think it's associated with the flag I think it's got nothing to do with the flag I think it's just that far rightwing group and a few names that we won't mention because they don't deserve air time but I think they're ruining it it's part of our history it's part of our culture it's a nice day when we were in the Euros I was proudly flying the St George's flag England right actually I think when the the English women won the Euros we proudly when you say every time the the St George's flag comes out it leads to trouble it doesn't happen every time there are moment the majority of the time those on at at 1% time when we were all proud and it was okay isn't enough because 99% of the time this flag leads to trouble I disagree because I mean when the Lioness has brought it home I think it was such a proud moment for our country it's not every time the boys play football and in the EUR world it's a great feeling for as a country we bring we come together there's so much conflict out there at I agree we do need to be B together we bring together I do think we need to be brought together it together let's bring it together here in the studio we ask you has St George's Day become toxic and most of you said no 55% uh thank you both narinda Lee good to see you this morning happy the day after St George's day exactly St George's Boxing Day

Channel: Good Morning Britain

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Length: 4min 27sec (267 seconds)

Published: Wed Apr 24 2024