I am sure we all enjoyed the jubilee celebrations which confirm we are the best at putting on ceremonial displays.
The outpouring of Englishness and national pride was tremendous and long may it last.
As a sobering thought, this is exactly what the EU want us to give up and forget and all become nondescript Europeans beholden to non-elected bureaucrats in Brussels.
JH Watling
Fortescue, Sidmouth
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