Mate, just my humble opinion and not a comment on lads like socks and the other lads on here who have commented because I know they are genuine, but things like this, St George’s day, the jubilee, Buying a poppy blah blah blah are used nowadays as a “look at me” thing…….there’s no meaning or substance behind it, there’s no concept of the idea of nationhood or identity, there’s no will to change….it’s something you do so you feel like you did something…….it’s the “egg and chips in Benidorm because I’m British” mentality.
All go and stand round the local war memorial once a year so everyone