Celebrate Englishness on St George's Day!
David Blunkett, the former home secretary, has spoken out to encourage the English not to be "apologetic about our history" and to be proud of the cultural mix and acceptance - forming "a new English identity for the modern age" and celebrating St George's Day in a positive manner on April 23rd.
David Blunkett wrote in The Guardian on 19/03/2005:
"...how do we affirm our Englishness as part of being British in a new way? By celebrating our culture, from the music of Vaughan Williams and Elgar to the poetry of Christina Rossetti, Wilfred Owen and Philip Larkin and the quintessentially English humour of Tony Hancock, Round the Horne and Monty Python; by celebrating our landscape, our heritage of Victorian cities, our history..."
St George's Day can be a way of reconnecting Britain's diverse community with national history, giving people of all backgrounds a sense of Englishness and confidence in identity.
All Bombardier drinkers can share this unity and sense of Englishness on April 23rd. So celebrate with us!
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