Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
No-one said it was a bed of roses. However, it's abundantly clear that, despite the best efforts of politicians for 70 years, the notion of the nation state and its attendant nationalisms are stubbornly persistent. This is because people like them. They like identifying with people who speak the same language, eat the same food, share the same cultural reference points. They prefer such people to the alternative. This is why the notion of a European identity equivalent to one's national identity is plainly laughable.
I think we both know that isnt true when it comes to food. Immigration saved us from a century of pork pies, pasties and mashed potato.

Thank **** for the Indians, the Chinese, the Turks and, to a lesser extent, our Italian friends.