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  “ Patriotism: Your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.” George Bernard Shaw The dictionary definition of patriotism is “the feeling of loving your country more than others and being proud of it” according to the Cambridge English dictionary. So why is it that Patriotism looks so much different to this description in real life? In real life it looks very much like a lot of people screaming that my country is better than your country, while doing nothing to improve the international standing of that country, I'm sure that Garry from Gateshead with his union flag T-shirt and bunting all over his house feels patriotic, but looking at it from a different perspective, Gaz, you look like a twonk, I grew up around some people who's version of patriotism, is keeping the country to ourselves, or, in some cases, keeping the foreigners out. Patriotism, is a thin wire, some walk it fine, others fall into the pit of ...

  “ The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a persons conscience” Harper Lee – To kill a mocking bird This week, Twitter has been ablaze with righteous indignation from the right wing and their attack dogs in the media about the appointment of Sue Grey as Sir Kier Starmer's Chief of staff, and one could argue that to the cynical mind it shows poor judgment on the behalf of the Labour party, but what is a little bit of poor judgment in a political system that is filled with goofs and gaffes that make you wonder how stupid they think we really are? It seems to me that the conservatives think they are not only above the law, and above criticism, but they seem to think that they are the only ones to be able to pull of the dodgiest of shit, and it shows their total arrogance and belief that they are the chosen ones, with their old boy network and membership of secret societies, they really do have an unearned sense of entitlement, and this exte...