How to actually preserve British culture and values?

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Seeing all of the flag-flying and marches in the name of "preserving British culture" and "promoting British values," I was wondering if anyone has any advice on how to actually do these things rather than stoking division and hatred?

I already support museums, visit the National Trust sites and national parks whenever I can, and buy from local businesses as much as possible. I love listening to British music and attending events with local artists. I do my best to buy local produce, and I love a good farm shop when I can afford them! I also take lessons in my local language, one of the several dying British languages people are doing their best to conserve. I'm thinking maybe I should find some volunteering opportunities too.

Is there anything more I could be doing, or that others may not have considered? I'd love to see this sudden surge in patriotism used for the good of British society and all of the diverse communities within it!

Again. This is a discussion forum. You are not texting your mate. Anybody can respond to your posts-it’s kind of the point.

Personally, I hate Guy Fawkes night /Bonfire Night. Me because of the noise and distress to animals-some people I know because it represents persecution of Catholics. And I consider literature belongs to the world.

Well yes, but those great authors were English and have had an influence worldwide which is something to be proud of.

It doesn't matter whether you don't like Bonfire Night, I don't particularly like it myself, mainly because my dogs hate it and I don't like standing around in the cold. I used to take my kids to a display when they were younger as it is tradition and they loved it.

Someone else posted some comments and I said they had a point. If you want to have a discussion about those comments, then surely the person you need to be having the discussion with is them. They were the one who clearly had an opinion on the matter, and would presumably be happy to discuss it with you.

Now, if you will excuse me, I'm outta here.

Only 27% of the Welsh population speak Welsh, so it’s not just ‘people from England’ refusing to learn it. It’s clear a large percentage of the indigenous population don’t bother either.

@MoominMai personally I would be happy for 10 like yourself to replace all of the bulging belly, tattooed , aggressive and xenophobic arses that dominate these marches . Would be more than happy if the US would do some swaps, they can go and eat crap all day long, wear MAGA hats and have guns and we can have 10 ‘desparate to leave US’ in exchange . I’m sorry a certain section make you feel so unwelcome, I am white British but politically ‘in the middle’ went back to my original home town ( mining community last year’ and realised I simply don’t fit in the land where Lee Anderson is a ‘ top bloke’ -

The history of immigration in Scotland is really interesting. West of Scotland has had successive waves of immigration since the 1800s on a scale relative to the native population not seen outside of London, compared to the rest of the UK. Many of us are products of that first wave of Irish/Italian mishmash escaping various famines and the second wave of skilled craftsmen from India and Pakistan escaping partition.

I think a lot of the reason these guys found the Scots friendly was to do with food - a shared love of spicy condiments, carbs and deep frying everything. This of course finds its finest expression in such fusion delicacies as haggis pakora.

Then you have the East, with all the Nordics and English (English as far as Edinburgh anyway lol). God knows what's going on there but they've been moving in a long time.

Sure your average 80 yo would be used to new people popping up by now. It's certainly been happening throughout the whole of his lifetime.

Moaning about fireworks has become so common over the past 20 years that it's arguably a national tradition in itself.

Scotland is known for being egalitarian and if someone is born there, they are a Scot regardless of ethnicity. What's more they are very Scottish regardless of how they live at home with other cultural influences.