The Celtic Fiction That Created An Unjust Elite... & Demonised England...
The Houses of Parliament - home of the so-called 'UK' Parliament - which discriminates against its largest, most ethnically diverse country, England, in favour of white tribal myths in Scotland and Wales. The interests of fifty six million people versus the privileges of eight. No contest. The Parliamentary hogs from all corners of the UK will never initiate just change, and will continue to demonize England - for as long as they can. The situation is not sustainable in the long term as more and more people in England, of all ethnicities, are beginning to wake up to the facts.
One of the biggest causes of artificial divisions between the English, Scots and Welsh is the use of the word "Celt" or "Celtic".
It has been proven by DNA studies that the English were and are not Anglo Saxons, the Anglo Saxons (who didn't call themselves that) were a minority who married in to the existing population to form the early English, and the Scots and Welsh were and are not Celts.That's all down to Welsh Nationalist Edward Lhuyd's jottings in 1707.
It's a myth. There may be cultural or linguistic influences (even that is uncertain), but we are not separate ancient tribes - and certainly not ancient WHITE tribes.
It's a myth. There may be cultural or linguistic influences (even that is uncertain), but we are not separate ancient tribes - and certainly not ancient WHITE tribes.
The fact that the 'Anglo Saxons' were a minority who mixed with the existing population to form the early English is fascinating. So there is continuity in England, back to prehistoric times, and the original foundation of Englishness was an inclusive mixing of newcomers with people already here. This opens up interesting avenues to explore - the origins of English language and culture, for instance. But the timidity of historians and the bristling hostility of the so-called 'Celtic Nations' prohibits this.
The so-called Celts have become another group oppressed and abused by the awful English in centuries past.
The term is often used in a racist sense by some Welsh, Scots and even Cornish (bandwagon-jumpers) writers and campaigners to imply a sense of belonging to this island far longer than the people of England - or, in the case of Cornwall, the rest of England.
The so-called Celts have become another group oppressed and abused by the awful English in centuries past.
The term is often used in a racist sense by some Welsh, Scots and even Cornish (bandwagon-jumpers) writers and campaigners to imply a sense of belonging to this island far longer than the people of England - or, in the case of Cornwall, the rest of England.
Wrong, amply proven by DNA studies and, quite frankly, even if it was correct, a terrible attitude.
So, why do many English bloggers and web site owners seem so happy to perpetuate the Celtic myth?
So, why do many English bloggers and web site owners seem so happy to perpetuate the Celtic myth?
Were we once Romano-British? Nonsensical phrase - the Romans left hardly any genetic footprint. They occupied and ruled. An impact on culture? Most certainly! But not enough genes to have created a 'Romano-British' genetic fusion, and not enough power-sharing to have created a 'Romano-British' ethnicity. Are we or our language 'Germanic'? This is a term coined in relatively recent times. Rather an odd classification when viewed with modern DNA evidence. Celts? DNA evidence uncovers the truth, and we now have an exciting chance to view our real history, free of the likes of the Venerable Bede and Edward Lhuyd angles.
But no, we musn't upset the ridiculous Celtic narratives of a tiny minority outside of England.
On another matter, the sins of Empire... Scotland had already bankrupted itself on a colonial venture before the union with England, and was disproportionately active in the British Empire. Ireland was partitioned by a Welsh Prime Minister with fervent backing from Scots Protestant MPs.
The Scottish Clearances? Scots elites, not the English, did that - and Scotland's hugely disproportionate showing in the British Empire proves it wasn't some meek, 'oppressed' minion of England.
Let's look at Wales. Let's say it hadn't been annexed into the Kingdom of England. Well, an alternative scenario might be interesting to look at. Let's say England had erected a wall between itself and this much smaller country. It will almost certainly have been invaded and there would be no Welsh identity today. No propping up its finances with Barnett largesse. Goodness knows what it would have been like today, but it would not contain people like Rhodri Morgan, proudly saying, 'We've made the English jealous!' as he abolished prescription charges for even millionaires - on English Barnett largesse.
It may have been much nicer financially for everybody in England if Wales had been absorbed and flooded by people from a nation far away.
At least we wouldn't have all this current twisted, elitist nonsense.
And let's not forget that Wales voted for Brexit.
On the subject of inclusivity, let's not forget that immigration to England is far higher than to Scotland and Wales (even proportionally) and that the white Celtic myths and victimhood narratives of Scotland and Wales do not bear putting under any objective microscope.
And yet they get copious amounts of cream from the current system.
Once Scot Tony Blair began fanning the flames of Scots and Welsh nationalism in the late 1990s, we began a course of division and elitism, based on myths and racism.
The Barnett Formula, declared unfair to the poor of England by its late creator, Lord Joel Barnett, is still in force (and the Scots had a different formula favouring them before that), asymmetric national devolution has created the West Lothian Question in which non-representative MPs vote on English legislation - and sometimes tip the scales, and all of this discriminates against the UK's largest and most ethnically diverse (even proportionally) country, England.
If you live in England, you have to accept that "your" legislation is sometimes decided by non-representative MPs. It is happening. Just check Hansard.
The Barnett Formula provides funding on a NATIONAL basis for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, above the English funding. It does not apply to anybody living in England.
And poorer areas are not just confined to the North of England, despite the UK Government's deceitful 'regions' carve up attempts. Three of the poorest streets in England were discovered to be in the so-called 'affluent' East of England! And there are areas across the whole of England that are poorer than the Scottish average.
So, backing up ancient white divisive myths is a priority when it comes to a minority (eight million - the combined populations of Scotland and Wales), is it, UK Parliament?
Anti-English bile is present in places like Canada and America - eager to find fake roots (via the Celtic myth) and eagerly buying anti-English hate (England has long been a convenient scapegoat as nobody in government speaks for it). In some cases, the bile is passed on from forebears, in others from the myths and nonsense emanating from Scotland and Wales which have spread out there via the media and the fake 'Celtic diaspora'.
The Mel Gibson film Braveheart is a complete work of anti-English fiction.
The bile spouted by a (very vocal) minority from Scotland and Wales also creates tensions in England itself. I have heard several new arrivals in England on my everyday round who have read or heard the bile and believe England is evil and was the sole driver of any past wrongs.
This is not the truth, and not the way the UK Government should be dealing with things. Of course, England is demonised, and even mention of the name discouraged. There are no attempts to establish an inclusive, civic English identity.
Ironically, it was an English politician called William Wilberforce who led the fight to abolish the British slave trade from the late 1700s onwards.
The UK Parliament is no longer fit for purpose, and hasn't been for years. It tries to create further divisions in England with its attempts to carve the country up into artificial regions (the North East voted solidly against that, but still the UK Government persists), and its MPs are like pigs at a trough. There is poverty across England (ever been to Great Yarmouth?), yet millionaires get free prescriptions in Scotland and Wales, and the 'regions' of England are a recent UK Government invention, not based in history.
And we know why.
The UK Parliament is completely scurrilous, and turkeys don't vote for Christmas.
It's the same with the BBC. Furiously 'politically correct', this organisation is a piece of broken apparatus just like the UK Parliament. It bolsters up fake white Celtic myths and one-sided victimhood narratives in Scotland and Wales, blames England for everything, and backs plans to dismember it.
The largest and most ethnically diverse UK country, England, gets horribly discriminated against by the UK Parliament, and the BBC backs it. Flying an England flag in England? Aren't you a dubious individual? BBC 'journalists' turn out copious amounts of anti-English bile and historic white myths for Scotland and Wales, and nobody bats an eyelid. We dropped the licence fee many years ago and will never sponsor its outdated bigotry again.
The only ethical way forward is with a complete reorganisation of 'UK' politics, with a domestic English Parliament and funding provided according to areas' needs, not ancient white myths and bristling, jingoistic, attitudes from a tiny minority in Scotland and Wales.
We're either a UK or we're not.
If a new UK which recognises and cares for ALL its countries as countries, is non-racist and inclusive and serves everybody equally is unobtainable, then the UK must go
Because it IS NOT a united kingdom at all.
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