I wish there had been an official 'Britishness Day' back when I was growing up.
I would have spent it doing the things I did during the rest of the year but with a Union Jack draped around my body.
The whole idea of having a Britishness Day is very appealing to me, as is the proposal of having youngsters swear an allegience to the Queen.
advertisement
I know you wouldn't do both on the same day but what if you did? Why would this really be a such a big deal? They should be honoured.
You pass your exams, give an allegience to the Queen, and set off into the big wide world.
But to have a REAL Britishness day you would need to roll back the years.
For instance, it would be far more effective if you actually made Britain greater just for one day. And the government could help.
I'm not asking for complete changes here but Lord Goldsmith could chew over a couple of my ideas.
We could begin by switching off all the speed cameras and putting the price of petrol back to 50 pence a litre.
For those smokers out there - go light up where ever you want - in fact for just one day I suggest everyone else leaves the room and stands in the doorway when you smoke.
And I don't drink, but how does 10 pence for a pint sound?
It would also be great idea to take all reality TV shows off our screens for 24 hours. No more Big Brother. No more D-list celebs gallivanting around in a jungle, and definitely no more sports stars in dancing shows.
For just one day I would like all Premier League games to kick-off at 3pm and all the players get paid the minimum wage.
I also want a ban on any claims of any sort resulting from anything that really isn't worth claiming over. Got a small scratch at work? No, you can't claim for it and put a small firm out of business.
And as a general rule for the day anyone on a state pension gets everything for free. No questions asked.
To really make things great again how about we also ban mobile phone, e-mails and any use of the i-pod.
Finally, to prove that we really have become a better nation, how about ensuring we kick out all the people who aren't really British anyway.
Like the ones who moan all the time about how Britain isn't Britain anymore because it's been taken over by somebody or other.
If you liked this article and would like to share it with others on the web who might be searching for good content we've made it easy for you to do it.
At the bottom of all articles, you'll see links to six sites. These sites - commonly called 'social bookmark' or 'social news' sites - have large communities of web users who share and rate interesting, useful and fun things on the web.
Clicking the links will automatically add the address of the story you are reading to one of these sites, letting you share it with others. Each site will ask you to register to share stories. Registration is free and once a member, you can store, recommend and search for stories that interest you.
Print
Email this
Comment
