How does anyone reach adulthood and believe this craphttps://twitter.com/andrew_lilico/status/1102230984093777921?s=21 …
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He didn’t say he had an affinity for Britain - I have one too, and like coming back and eating Stilton and walking in the hills. he said Britain was special and mattered in a way that other countries don’t because of its history and undefined duty, possibly bestowed on it by God
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Indeed - I have an incredible affection for UK & even moreso for the five mile stretch of north and east London I’ve lived in most of my life! But I also know I’d feel that way if I had grown up in south east London or France or Neptune. AL appears not to.
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Well, I’m not sure God had anything to do with it but it’s a matter of fact that Britain has played an extraordinarily influential role in world history in the last few centuries. We are not A.N. Other country.
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Am not disputing that
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There's a difference between "affinity for Britain ", and "believing Britain matters in a way other countries do not".
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No Julia. I am sure most people in every country feel affinity for their country. He was expressing English exceptionalism that somehow we are better than all the rest. That way lies the dangers of nationalism.
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No, the weird thing is you actually feel you might lose this affinity
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Because of some remainers, you don’t suddenly look out of your window and everything is ordinary. To me that shows the opposite of believing
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I feel an affinity for Scotland not the Britain (England) that's taking me out of the EU
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It's all about the three C's in his blinkered history.
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