By Liz S
Well here we are again , another St George’s day and another yearly ‘special’ celebratory video from the now, checks notes, UK PM , Sir Keir Starmer.
Prior to him becoming the new UK PM, as in when he was merely the official opposition UK leader , Keir used to also do a ‘special’ celebratory video for his (real) country’s Patron saint, that is England.
Scotland & Wales are not given the same ‘special’ celebratory video from Sir Keir the UK PM as that job is delegated to the minions (understudies) in the respective two English colonies, i.e. Scotland & Wales via the respective Labour branch office managers.
One particular St George’s video in 2023 from Sir Keir, when he was the official UK opposition leader , was one where that video included areas within Scotland , where he, Sir Keir, was praising parts of England and so the images should have only been of areas within England, a genuine amateur error ? Or was it a tactical subliminal message to tell the Jocks that we, England, own you.
This year in his video Sir Keir is seen walking up the internal stairs of 10 Downing street which are bedecked all the way up the stairs with the English flag. (Labour loves Flags).
The other images we see in the video, together with Sir Keir’s ‘special’ celebratory speech, is the English football shirt, his own Navy tie that he is wearing that day which has a pattern of English flags all over the tie, various images of the English flag and also included is personnel from the armed forces.
(Armed Forces who apparently only fought for England and no other country within the UK, or why else would they, as an image in this video and also as ones that he mentions in his speech, then be included in this St George’s Celebratory video from him the English PM but actually the UK PM- same thing really is it not).
So as a UK PM one would have thought that role would have been one where he or she as the UK PM would then have had to see them be neutral in public, after all usually what we see when speeches are made by WM politicians, including leaders of UK political parties, is the presence of the obligatory Union jack to represent what is supposdley what ?
The UK (if include NI) or just Britain ?
Remember it’s Sir Keir who tells us Jocks that we should be proud to be BRITISH , in fact those of us proud to be only Scottish and so seek independence for our country are regarded by the likes of Sir Keir as being ‘extremists’ and ‘Separatists’.
So we should remember in respect to nationality and identity it is only Sir Keir and his fellow countrymen and women who are allowed to celebrate their Englishness and identify as being English and proud , that is they are the only nation within the UK who are allowed to be celebrated as being distinct from their Britishness.
Keir’s speech included him declaring why he was:
“Proud to be English” (surely he is proud to be British as well, I mean he’s stated it enough in other speeches).
Keir also mentions “standing in the old Wembley in 1996” during the football tournament which Keir said “embodied the best of our country” (no mention by Sir Keir of football tournaments where English hooliganism seemed to embody the worse of some of their citizens within their country, via the same sport, as in football).
Sir Keir also mentioned what he thought it was “really like to be English” after the Southport incident as in he said “the coming together of the country, people who went out the morning afterwards all across Britain with shovels and brooms and brushes to clean up their communities rebuilding walls, repairing damage, that is the spirit in which we reclaim our flag”. (he is talking about the English flag but seems to also be talking about ‘British’ riots )
As he us conflating England with Britain yet again, as I know of no one in Scotland who needed to use “shovels and brooms to clean up their communities” after Southport and after the riots that were, as riots , isolated only within England (and minor ones non related in NI) and not any riots in Scotland nor Wales in his so called “Britain” in this cleaning up exercise across the ‘country’.
Then Sir Keir asks us to pay tribute to those in the armed forces “who laid down their lives to keep us free” (which Scots and Welsh armed forces also did , so perhaps Sir Keir needs to remember that , as in that it was this so called Britain that was defended by the ‘British’ Armed Forces and is still being defended by Armed Forces personnel from all over the UK, and not just by English Armed Forces).
He then speaks about the “armed forces, NHS Staff, teachers, small businesses who serve their community”, “the shared history, shared inheritance and the values that have endured most of all” which he then ends in defining as “Let’s hear it for England and St George”.
Of course the above professions as noted by Sir Keir , the UK PM , are not confined to only being professions within England as we in Scotland, Wales & NI also have these professions too.
Yes and I do know that Sir Keir is English , but in his current role as UK PM he supposdley represents the whole UK, when many a time he just loves to tell us in Scotland (force upon us) that we should regard ourselves as first and foremost as being British, British patriots, where most of his speeches refer to Making Britain great again in some way. ( an English political pipe dream).
So for him , to once a year, change into an English nationalist politician and now an English PM, where in his speech he conflates Britain with England and where his nation , England, and it’s flag is something that should be regarded with pride and so celebrated.
In him using many many English flags as symbols to represent his real Nation, England, that is considered as the one nation within the UK that owns all other nations within the UK, and they do too, politically and via the media .
If my country was independent then I would care not a jot about Sir Keir’s once a year annual St George celebratory speeches.
Not that the media will highlight this or complain as they too are mostly the same nationality as Sir Keir, those who are non English within the media give the impression that they want to be English First.
As they too as a media conflate Britain with England, indeed they too declared that after the Southport incident there was “Riots across the UK”, and now we hear Sir Keir also promoting this fake news today in his speech , as in on why he’s proud to be English as all of “Britain” he said ‘cleaned up their communities’ after the , checks bloody notes, riots , as of course whenever it is solely within England that there is an incident that is #BAD it then it immediately morphs into #UKBAD or #BritianBad.
Vote SNP in 2026 as a first step to eventually allowing Sir Keir to one day really celebrate his beloved England First, that is when we in Scotland will hopefully also be able to, one day , celebrate too when we are finally a part of an independent country.
Liz S
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/pm-england-faces-a-never-ending-fight-for-our-flag/vi-AA1DrMnw
Talking-up Scotland 'Albatraz' 
He’s playing to “his crowd”.
Only trouble is, no one is paying any attention to his games.
He’s an opportunist with no principles whatsoever.
From the Marvel universe : The Shallow Charlatan.
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Fantastic Liz S.
An imperialist English warmonger celebrating along with his ‘fellow’ imperialist English warmongers, their patron saint, who was possibly an Imperialist Roman soldier warmonger.
It must make the imperialist English warmongers, Robinson and Farage proud to be part of the innocuous microaggression that is embedded in the history of their colonialist country!!!
JB
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Powerful, and a great, confirming, read.
Thanks Liz.
Danny Mitchell.
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The PM of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is displaying in his recent remarks on St Georges’ Day a consistent attitude.
I contributed what follows to TuS btl on June 10, 2024: it’s based on an article the same Labour leader wrote for The Telegraph on April 20, 2024 (with my emphasis):
‘And now, as Labour leader, the privilege of meeting people in towns, villages and cities right across our country, who all seem to share the same stoic wit and quiet decency. It’s a daily reminder of what the Labour Party is and who it serves. Because whether it’s establishing Nato and the NHS as monuments to our collective sacrifice in the 1940s, or the renewal of our public realm at the start of this century, Labour is at its best when it has celebrated, defended and served the values of our country and its people.
‘For me, this is what real patriotism is about. It isn’t just about respecting our shared symbols and sentiments. It’s also about serving the country we love. My entire career– from being this country’s chief prosecutor to leader of the Opposition – has been dedicated to public service. That’s why, after all the changes I have made, this is now a Labour Party that will always put country above party.’
The remarkable thing – given the above references to his ‘country’ and its achievements in establishing NATO and the NHS – is the title of Starmer’s comment piece and the ‘shared symbol’ he is discussing here: ‘Labour is now the true party of English patriotism – I have no time for those who flinch at our flag. The cross of St George belongs to all who love this country’.
(see https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/20/labour-is-now-the-true-party-of-english-patriotism/ )
It could hardly be made more explicit: the ‘country’ being referred to throughout is England!
In an article about English patriotism with its multiple references to his ‘country’, to then use the phrase ‘always put country above party’ is crass for someone seeking votes in Scotland and Wales, and who recently said he would put Scotland “at the beating heart” of the UK in he gains power in Westminster (see Holyrood Magazine 24 May, 2024: ‘Starmer pledges to put Scotland ‘at the beating heart’ of clean-energy Britain’)
In an article about his English patriotism, to make reference to ‘establishing Nato and the NHS as monuments to our collective sacrifice in the 1940s’ is even more crass – are these achievements to be attributed only to the Labour Party of his country, England? And to add, did those beyond England not sacrifice too?
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Thanks Liz.
I remember with as much clarity as is possible, that in 2014 and the lead up to the Scottish independence referendum, we were all ‘a family of equal nations’ and the ‘UK’ was the bees knees why on Earth would you want to ‘leave’ their ‘UK’ (‘UKOK’ remember that!).
They stayed well clear of the British and Britain titles, because they knew that for many in Scotland, that meant British (Brutish) rule over all else, like Scottish culture, sovereignty, and identity etc.
Given that Starmer is so keen to promote ‘British’ and conflate that with his ‘England’ and English nationalism, leaving Scotland out of such faux granduer and patriotism…might he then make sure to NOT include Scotland in his involvement in heinous wars given that foreign policy, military policy etc, are powers reserved to the EngUKGov, and in which Scotland and the ‘devolved’ government of Scotland has no say whatesoever?
We all know the answer to that.
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No matter what Politic program you watch when they say the country its always England they mean and what I have posted below just proves what it is Scotland will always pay higher prices to safeguard the south of England.
Miliband said, “I’m not going to take a decision that is going to raise prices in some parts of the country. That is not what I’m going to do.
Get over it it you subsidized Jocks That is Starmer telling us be grateful for what England does for us.
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“Miliband said, “I’m not going to take a decision that is going to raise prices in some parts of the country. That is not what I’m going to do”
Really ?
Yet when he was interviewed by ITV in March of this year, where they reported that he said this (and he did , because he also tweeted this himself).
‘It’s going to make a difference to so many pupils and so many patients’ Ed Miliband says schools and hospitals will get ‘tens of thousands of pounds’ off their energy bills as they get new solar panels The plans are part of the first major project under Great British Energy“.
Where ?
In England , as opposed to being in the country where the (pretend) GB Energy HQ is located, as in Scotland.
BTW when interviewed he , Milliband, also said this would be happening “across the country” , now we have heard a UK politician say this many a time, including all UK PM’s, only to know that the ‘Country’ can be either the whole UK or just England.
Mostly they are referring to only England.
So via GB Energy’s ‘First project’ these solar panels being placed in Hospitals and Schools, well the UK government , as well as controlling reserved policies like Energy, they are also in charge of the English NHS and also English Education, so when Milliband says “across the country” is he really meaning only across England ?
Well he also declared in another interview that these solar panels for Hospitals and Education establishments would indeed be in England.
Also on April 14th Milliband tweeted:
“Clean energy = lower energy bills for schools = more money to spend on what matters for pupils. That is why Great British Energy is rolling this programme out across the country”
This was in respect to a tweet that he, Milliband, retweeted from Sadiq Khan the Labour London Mayor who tweeted:
“NEW: I’m proud to announce the first schools across London to benefit from our £2.9m Greener Schools programme. This will help schools to cut energy bills and spend more on books, technology and staff – while tackling air pollution and cutting carbon”.
So London another beneficiary of this ‘First project’ for GB Energy.
But wait let’s be fair here , they did not indeed forget Scotland, as they also gave money to our government for renewable energy schemes , but just not that much money really compared to what they are spending in England via GB Energy.
The UK Government tweeted in March 2025:
“A new wave of community clean energy projects will be built in Scotland with £5 million funding from @GBEgovuk and the UK Government. The funding will help communities roll out new renewable infrastructure like hydropower, onshore wind and solar.”
Someone tweeted in response to this tweet on the amount of money for Scotland:
“When you see figures in the low millions being banded around related to energy projects across Scotland you should be asking and is that it“?
Also they , the UK government, will give £2.88 million for Wales and £1.62 million for Northern Ireland to spend towards Renewable energy schemes in their respective countries.
(BTW the UK government website states that there will “£4.85 million for Scotland” and not the £5 Million that they stated in their UK government tweet, as they also stated that the total amount for all three devolved governments will be £9.3 Million).
London , a city, got £2.9m for some of their Schools.
Where as Scotland, a country, gets only £4.85 million to help “roll out new renewable infrastructure like hydropower, onshore wind and solar“.
On the UK government’s website they state “In England around £80 million in funding will support around 200 schools, alongside £100 million for nearly 200 NHS sites”.
“In addition,(English) local authorities and community energy groups will also be supported by nearly £12 million to help build local clean energy projects – from community-led onshore wind, to solar on rooftops and hydropower in rivers – that can help drive growth”.
“Community energy groups will be able to access a share of £5 million in grant funding to support projects that will help communities generate their own clean power. This will build on funding to back projects including a new hydro-power technology in the River Dane to generate renewable energy for homes and businesses in Congleton, Cheshire“.
“The UK government is providing £6.8 million for existing Local Net Zero Hubs located across England“.
All of the flannel we had from Sir Keir Starmer on Scotland being the only place where they, Labour, could locate the GB Energy HQ office. So we got the ‘HQ’ (nameplate) but not the GB Energy Chairman as he is based , checks notes, in England. Also it seems that the majority of money is also mostly going to England.
They get the feast we get the crumbs, again.
Vote SNP in 2026 as a first step to us eventually being an independent energy rich country, where as a independent nation our elected government can then invest far far more in renewable energy schemes within Scotland than this Labour UK government are ever willing to do and ever will do. As for them, as a UK government, it will always be ‘England First’ for all government money, projects and schemes.
Liz S
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Finally looked the Starmer video up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbC66EUqNbI and cracked up when he claimed he and Sunak were working class, but at about 1.45 in when he said “…all across Britain..”, it was offed….
I have no problem whatsoever over anyone celebrating their sense of Englishness, even Starmer, but this political propaganda piece was just ridiculous….
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Indeed Bob, that’s why the UK , as a state , just does not work. (especially for Scotland, Wales & NI).
We have Starmer, who is English, making an embarrassing video to appeal to whom, well to those within the one nation , who via their larger population are the King makers in all UK GE’s for the English parliament at WM, as in the English voters.
I too have no problem with him celebrating his nation, but it does become a problem when his alter ego , the BritNat one, demands that everyone should be proud to be British.
Where any pride that a Scot has in their own nation, Scotland, should then only be limited to it being a minor celebration of their nationality , and so never forgetting that they , as Scots, are British too as part of Starmer’s Britain. (indeed they want us to think we are more British than Scottish).
(Where some ignorant UK politicians even refer to Scotland as being a region of the UK and not a country, we are also no longer even the ‘North’ of their ‘country’ (Britain) as that is now Northern England).
Also recently some research was done on how (some) English people feel about ‘Keeping the Union together as a priority” where this was found to be the outcome:
“Interesting new research out today finds that English voters do not see keeping the Union together as a priority. It also finds a sense of “grievance about the perceived cost and political influence of other nations”.
My God this is based on all of those UK parties, including Labour, insisting that we, Scotland and other nations within the UK , but not England, are all subsidised by the UK. (do they really mean subsidised by England and so do these English people, in this survey, also think that too).
I think we all knew that eventually this would come back to ‘bite them’ , as in all of the UK political parties, as some of the English people would eventually seek to challenge why this was the case (even if it’s false and so not the actual case).
Of course the UK WM parliament has 543 English constituency MP’s to represent England politically, so one wonders exactly how much more influence do these English people in that survey want for England?
A total of 650 MP’s in WM, Scotland allocated 57 MP’s , 32 MP’s for Wales and 18 MP’s for NI, Yes just look at all of the “political influence” that we three other nations have in their so called “Mother of parliaments” within the UK , as in WM.
(I think it is clear who, as a nation within the UK, has the most influence politically, that is England, they also have dominance in the UK media , UK Sport and in the UK Entertainment industry where they have a extreme dominance over other nations in these fields within the UK)
The UK government has the majority of the powers, control and money, also they have the most significant policies via reserved policies, that as policies that are applied in respect to the whole UK . (also the UK government is the government that is responsible for the English NHS, English Education, the English Emergency Services etc etc ).
We also see devolution via English Cities with English City Metro Mayors.
So really come on, our devolved parliaments in Scotland, Wales & NI had to be implemented because the status quo , where within WM in London the English dominated UK government formerly ruled over us all within the UK , and that was a system that could never be sustained as being either acceptable or fair for Scotland, Wales or for NI.
Hopefully more will vote SNP in 2026 etc etc
Liz S
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Fans of classical music have just been informed by the BBC about the programme for its 2025 Proms season. It will last eight weeks and include over 80 concerts.
Most of the concerts of course are in London but concert goers in Scotland may be encouraged to seek out tickets for events closer to home upon reading about events ‘across the UK’ in the BBC’s marketing.
‘Across the UK
‘We’re excited to be returning to the Glasshouse International Centre for Music and the Bristol Beacon for two more weekend-long Proms festivals this season, which also include visits to Sunderland and St George’s Bristol. Bradford and Belfast will also be raising the Proms banner this summer for some more brilliant music-making across the UK.’ (my emphasis)
See https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5hs74tkf0cX4k5cYhhDjmxV/proms-2025-your-guide-through-the-season
But ‘across the UK’ is not quite what it seems! The events ‘across the UK’ are in: Sunderland, Gateshead (location of the Glasshouse Centre), Belfast, Bristol and Bradford, as well as London.
Nothing in Scotland! Nothing in Wales! ‘Across England with one in Belfast’ would be the accurate description!
Candidly, so long as Scotland’s license payers are not bankrolling this London festival I’m not overly concerned. But I do want the marketing to represent reality. The kind of disregard is so casual and so pervasive, so at odds with being within a supposed ‘precious’ Union of nations.
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