Just like the strawberries referred to in this letter published in the Western Daily Press on July 28th 2015, the English people have to be British all on their own. The Empire is history, the Scottish and Welsh people have their own Governments and the Northern Irish their own Assembly so all the London-centric British political establishment has left to govern is its last colony - England.
No wonder British/Unionist politicians (Tories, Labour, UKIP and Liberal Democrats) prefer Evel and other forms of contorted constitutional manoeuvrings rather than any semblance of an English Parliament. After all, such a parliament would see them out of a job!
Letter in the Western Daily Press, July 28th, 2015.
Political tale of two strawberry punnets.
On a recent visit to a supermarket, one of the “big four”, I came across a prominent display of fine-looking strawberries. As I approached the display it became apparent that the strawberries’ packaging was emblazoned with the Saltire and labelled “Scottish strawberries”. Closer scrutiny revealed that they were from Perthshire which, as I was on the South Devonshire coast in Seaton, struck me as rather a long way for them to travel – hardly a shining example of a supermarket supporting local produce.
In the next aisle were more strawberries, these ones labelled “British”, adorned with the Union Flag and grown in the counties of Herefordshire, Staffordshire and Surrey. However, there was no mention of them being English produce or any sign of the Cross of St George. So it seems a Scottish strawberry is Scottish and not British while an English strawberry has to be British all on its own.
Is this tale of two strawberries a metaphor for the state of Britain in general and the Union of Scotland and England in particular?
Needless to say, I bought some English strawberries from Herefordshire – and very nice they were too!
S.W.
English Democrats, Somerset
UPDATE. 27th August 2016.
It seems that TESCO have stopped labelling punnets of Scottish strawberries with the Saltire as English customers have complained that English strawberries are not labelled with the Cross of St George. All packaging will now be emblazoned with the Union Flag. Our neighbours in Scotland are, understandably, annoyed by this. TESCO have managed to upset both English and Scottish consumers.
As TESCO seem happy to sell milk displayed with the English flag why cannot the company label a punnet of strawberries in the same fashion?
Label produce from Scotland with the Saltire and that from England with the Cross of St George, Welsh and Northern Irish produce should be treated similarly. Such a policy would, I suggest, leave TESCO with lots of happy customers in whichever part of Britain they happen to do business.
It's not just strawberries! Any produce from England will be emblazoned with a Union Flag logo and described as "British". Thus English Cheddar cheese is "British" Cheddar. Cheddar from Scotland is "Scottish Cheddar" (if that isn't a self-contradiction!) Cheshire, Lancashire, Double Gloucester, Leicestershire and Wensleydale all bear a Union Flag, whilst Caerphilly has this dragon thing on it!
ReplyDeleteCottage pie? If the beef's English, then it's British with a Union Flag. If it's Scottish then it's described as such, with a Saltire. And so it goes on! The Supermarkets are part of the anti-England conspiracy.
Full marks to Marks's! Their English stuff has a St George's cross and is described as "The Best of English"
Clive,
Weston-super-Mare English Democrats.