Did I miss something? Since when has London been putting on an American style parade on New Years Day? Just one more step on the slippery slope to the Americanisation of England and the loss of our British identity!
That's one way to cure the hangover: Revelers take New Year's Day dip in icy firth as thousands gather on streets of London for annual parade
By EMILY ALLEN
Last updated at 6:41 PM on 1st January 2012
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Let me make myself clear…………I am not anti-America!
That said, I am anti-Britain being Americanised! We, in Britain have a unique identity with a rich and varied history and I for one, think it is one we should strive to maintain. Instead we seem hell bent on becoming a clone of the USA.
We should be striving to keep our individuality not become a poor imitation of any other country and be proud of our heritage, there’s a lot to be proud of, after all people all over the world do everything they can to prove their links to our component parts. The very Americans we seem to be trying, as a nation, to become are always banging on about how they have finally proved their ancestors were Scottish or Irish and even on occasion Welsh (not hard I would have thought since they all stem from the Pilgrim Fathers anyway unless they are descendants of the Native American tribes that were the original Americans)
Britons, why not stop trying to be something your not and put all that effort back into being proud to be British and let’s put the GREAT back into Great Britain!
