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The current UK government is going against what the official life in the UK test (needed to pass an exam to get irl / citizenship) says the UK is...
Liberal tolerant nope
Working hard nope
Fair nope
Etc...
JWestland-
Absolutely, A really good example.
The last few years have exposed a curious fault-line in the British right.
Old-school conservatives think they stand for decency, citizenship, litter-free streets and the rule of law...
Through covid, partygate, and everything else, libertarian right are showing disdain for all these things - It must be really difficult to be a 'decent' lifelong Tory voter in these days
Rik_Van_Looy
This kind of takes us back to earlier discussion of patriotism... https://www.lfgss.com/comments/16565320/
My idea of patriotism is to pay your taxes, obey the law, be a good citizen etc.
It has fuck-all to do with where you were born, the colour of your skin, hair, eyes or whatever. On that basis, if really want to start deporting people, do it to the tax dodgers, culture war stokers etc
Sadly, to many people, patriotism is flags, blood & soil which is a massive worry.
Also the way it affects our attitude to our past also concerns me quite deeply and we seem to be going the wrong direction with this too