Thread: £230 spent on Saint Georges Day over the last 5 years!
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Old 11-06-2008, 21:42   #29
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Re: £230 spent on Saint Georges Day over the last 5 years!
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Originally Posted by c_r View Post
Well these EU grants come from the taxpayers at the end of the day don't they? Why do we not see English politicians jetting about the world to promote St George's Day on EU grants?

To be honest I think the Welsh are just a lot more patriotic than the English about things like that anyway.
My theory about that is that it was a way to be subversive in the days when English rule was a whole lot nastier than it is today.
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