£230 Bill for St George's Day!

chartwell · 11-06-2008, 11:45 AM

Govt owns up: only £230 spend on St George's Day - Yahoo! News UK

LONDON (AFP) - A minister has admitted that the government spent a mere 230 pounds promoting St George's Day over the last five years.

Culture Minister Margaret Hodge confessed that her department spent 116 pounds on promoting England's national day this year, two pounds more than in 2007 -- and absolutely nothing in the previous three years.

The admission provoked outrage from at least one patriotic member of parliament.

"I think it is a shameful indictment and it needs to be changed," said deputy Andrew Rosindell, who is chairman of parliament's all-party Saint George's Day Group.

"We must be the only country in the world that spends nothing or virtually nothing on celebrating its national day. It is a great pity.

"I was expecting it to be low but not that low. Other countries in the world such as Australia and the United States spend a lot of time and effort in promoting their national days and we should be doing more.

"There needs to be a change in the culture of government in the way it approaches something like this."

Saint George's Day, which falls on April 23, is an annual non-event in England.

It is generally punctuated by breweries trying to cash in and promote a party atmosphere; left-wingers saying that patriotism should be reclaimed from the racists; a variety of English eccentrics; and everyday folk wondering why the English just don't seem to bother.

The fact that Saint George's Day is not a public holiday only adds to the general lack of interest.

- nothing more needs to be said except where is the comment from the English Nationalists especially the Eng Dems who are supposed to be so great? It's clear that they are not taken seriously by anyone. Come on Mr Constantine!!!

cassie · 11-06-2008, 01:27 PM

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Vortex · 11-06-2008, 09:17 PM

Disgraceful but not surprising.

Hunter · 11-06-2008, 09:25 PM

Don't forget that Hodges is the person who thinks everyones problems can be solved with a cup of tea and a chocy biscuit.

She must be spending a hell of a lot on chocy biscuits if she can't affort to spend more on promoting St George...

Britannist · 12-06-2008, 09:31 PM

More on the subject of this thread at:

"Labour has spent just £230 in the last five years promoting St. George's Day"

11-06-2008, 11:45 AM	#1 (permalink)
chartwell Junior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 60	£230 Bill for St George's Day! Govt owns up: only £230 spend on St George's Day - Yahoo! News UK LONDON (AFP) - A minister has admitted that the government spent a mere 230 pounds promoting St George's Day over the last five years. Culture Minister Margaret Hodge confessed that her department spent 116 pounds on promoting England's national day this year, two pounds more than in 2007 -- and absolutely nothing in the previous three years. The admission provoked outrage from at least one patriotic member of parliament. "I think it is a shameful indictment and it needs to be changed," said deputy Andrew Rosindell, who is chairman of parliament's all-party Saint George's Day Group. "We must be the only country in the world that spends nothing or virtually nothing on celebrating its national day. It is a great pity. "I was expecting it to be low but not that low. Other countries in the world such as Australia and the United States spend a lot of time and effort in promoting their national days and we should be doing more. "There needs to be a change in the culture of government in the way it approaches something like this." Saint George's Day, which falls on April 23, is an annual non-event in England. It is generally punctuated by breweries trying to cash in and promote a party atmosphere; left-wingers saying that patriotism should be reclaimed from the racists; a variety of English eccentrics; and everyday folk wondering why the English just don't seem to bother. The fact that Saint George's Day is not a public holiday only adds to the general lack of interest. - nothing more needs to be said except where is the comment from the English Nationalists especially the Eng Dems who are supposed to be so great? It's clear that they are not taken seriously by anyone. Come on Mr Constantine!!!

11-06-2008, 01:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
cassie Uber Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,924	Cross of St George News Blog _____________________________ "Charity begins at home, but home is clearly not England!" The Cross of StGeorge blog _____________________________ Last edited by cassie; 11-06-2008 at 01:29 PM.

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Britannist Uber Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 22,896	More More on the subject of this thread at: "Labour has spent just £230 in the last five years promoting St. George's Day"

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11-06-2008, 09:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
Vortex Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,056 Party: BNP	Disgraceful but not surprising.

11-06-2008, 09:25 PM	#4 (permalink)
Hunter Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 822	Don't forget that Hodges is the person who thinks everyones problems can be solved with a cup of tea and a chocy biscuit. She must be spending a hell of a lot on chocy biscuits if she can't affort to spend more on promoting St George...