Comments by "Derek Mills" (@derekmills1080) on "Culturally Incompatible Migrants Won't Integrate into British Life" video.

  1. A sad reflection on current problems, of which there are many, is an underlying, appalling lack of education of huge numbers of the population. When potato head encouraged people to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the ‘end of the war’ in 2020, I and a neighbour in the next road, ignored his request. We both erected a flagpole with our wonderful flag in our front gardens and had bunting of all kinds draped everywhere. We both did NOT display everything for May the 8th (the end of the war in Europe), but the end of the world war, on the 15th of August, 1945. There is no confusion with dates, knowledgeable Britons (should) choose this date, the one that Emperor Hirohito made his historic announcement on radio to the nation of Japan. Our American allies choose the commemorative date the 2nd of September, when the ‘instrument of surrender’ was signed on board USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. My friend and I are both ancient; he had family who fought in Burma and elsewhere; my father was a Sherman tank commander, seeing action in North Africa and Italy. I made a stencilled notice explaining the date for the end of WWII, not just in Europe. Additional bunting and pennants for the Army and Royal Armoured Corps were festooned in my garden. Some time later, in 2020, we both lamented most people’s lack of knowledge - even lack of interest - in the most historic event in our parents’ lives. Americans, thankfully, have no such disinterest, their splendid flag is everywhere (I believe its pattern has some connection with leaded windows in Selby Abbey in the North Riding of Yorkshire). Incidentally, my immediate neighbours seemed to avoid any conversation about my flags and bunting. Very, very sad. The wonderful Union Flag came out again, of course, in both our gardens, at half mast after the death of HM the Queen and at full mast for the Coronation. We both live in a middle class area of town, but patriotism and a sense of history is not well represented. 👍🇬🇧👍🇮🇱👍🇬🇧👍🇮🇱👍🇬🇧👍
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