Which British culture are we preserving ?
The tally ho, let's go hunting and live in a big country manor drinking pims and educating our children at Eton whilst looking down our noses at everyone else in the land.
The new rich and famous, wags, footballers and celebs?
The hardworking tax payers who slog each week to pay our mortgages and rents etc.
The Jeremy Kyle un-employable scum class who have kids scattered everywhere and drink special brew all day or sell drugs for the big hard gangsters ?
Just look at this country and it's culture?
The south hate the north
Scoucers hate Mancs
City hate united
Yorkshire hate Lancashire
Geordies hate Mackems
Etc etc etc
I am very straight talking on the issue with religion and the Asian / Muslim debate.
Religion is bollocks and divides people, Christianity as I have known it is fading fast and any christening or wedding show a congregation of half hearted or non praying with hyms mumbled and everyone just cannot wait for the piss up.
However the Muslim faith is different the majority are bang into it 100% and truly believe their faith 100%. I have several Asian / Muslim customers and have often seen them in prayer and it scares the shit out of me how transfixed they become whilst in mid prayer.
The UK now have many cities and towns that have huge Asian / Muslim areas and the rate of population growth due to both birth rate and immigration is frightening. I travel the length and breadth of this country with my work and for those of you that don't and live in mainly white / black British areas then get in your car and have a look at areas in, Birmingham, London, Luton, Oldham, Rochdale, Bolton, Sheffield, Blackburn, Burnley, Bradford I could go on and on and on.
On a recent trip to Blackburn I was chatting with one of my Asian customers and through ignorance asked why there was three large mosques so close together ? Thinking that it may be three different Muslim groups. He laughed and simply explained that they just keep outgrowing them !! ( if you dont believe this then drive to the BB2 postcode of Blackburn and you will see three huge mosques within one mile of each other.
Every town and city I visit I have both Asian and white/black customers. The British talk of how the town has changed over the last 30 years and how the pace of change and growth is getting quicker.
Our two cultures are poles apart and more needs to be done to get children mixing at an earlier age.
The EDL was born out of Luton, a town that has a history of problems between the two cultures clashing. I would guess that others join who live in towns and cities that are also affected and then the majority join up for the opportunity to play up and be a big man for the day.
My fear is that this isn't going to go away and in twenty years we will either be a country with major problems or a country that is working well together in harmony. My head tells me that we will have major problems.
Britain has a culture where in many cases integration has worked well with thousands of mixed race marriages between black and white. These cultures have wanted to integrate. The areas that I have mentioned seem more intent on creating and growing Muslim areas and culture in terms of religion, dress and in general making no attempt to embrace aspects of British culture, be it music concerts, football etc ( I know a small percentage do ) which is great.
It's a fucked up situation, in the words of Depeche Mode
"people are people"
And on that note...................
I fuckin hate Leeds :)
