tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post115597450005234787..comments2024-03-27T21:30:35.824+00:00Comments on UK Commentators: "It’s about us"Labanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1156118499715709742006-08-21T00:01:00.000+00:002006-08-21T00:01:00.000+00:00Britain does not need to choose between America or...Britain does not need to choose between America or Europe, and indeed I'd say we need to be a fully independant nation.<BR/><BR/>I don't think 'our' history will count for much in a few years if the demographic projections follow the expected path. (Although I doubt they will cause the war is coming.)<BR/>Throughout history conquered people had their history replaced by that of the invaders only giving a cursory mention to the previous occupants of the land.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1155987637117683262006-08-19T11:40:00.000+00:002006-08-19T11:40:00.000+00:00It seems that Britain just can't seem to find a pl...It seems that Britain just can't seem to find a place for itself in the world. Even Tony Blair is caught between Atlanticist and European instincts. <BR/><BR/>Our history will play a large part in finding British identity in the 21st Century. As Simon Schama said, "It's out cultural bloodstream, the secret of who we are ... it teaches us to let go of the past even as we honour it."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com