Thinking about a New Britannia

Yes Tony, what do you believe a 'new Britannia' entails and what should ultimately be the aim going forward?

Yes fam. That is a BIG question... I'm really thinking about it at the moment...  But, I would say that we cannot have a divided nation. We cannot let the old identity politics keep playing out where people align with "race" rather than Anglophone culture, nationhood and citizenship. there needs to be more internal branding to keep the nation together and politicians should try to take the lead by embracing a level of patriotism the way Obama is patriotic to the US. We cannot have people that are British citizens that hate the nation where they live so much. We need to have a talk about Empire and to heal the wounds of the past so we can move forward as One Britannia. We would need to make a concerted effort to make sure that Parliament and Government look more diverse. The many heritages make it easy for us to connect with the world. People of colour could be doing much more foreign diplomatic work with our roots. I think we need to have a one off amnesty for illegal immigrants and integrate them into the nation and then set limits on our borders and a more difficult criteria for entry. I think the philosophy of Britain needs to be explicit and known. Every child at school should read and understand John Stuart Mill's On Liberty as the basic philosophy of our nation and how it set's us apart from mono-cultural societies and why it is good. The history of the British Empire and how it led to modern Britain should be taught in all schools and the Empire without the Imperialism should form the basis of a multi-coloured Britain. So the story of Sikhs, Hindu's, Muslims, Africans, Caribbean's, Scots, Welsh, Irish and how they fought for Britain and contributed to it's development and were technically British as colonial subjects should be compulsory. Then New Britannia transcends "race", it is not a story of White Englishness but a colourful story that tells the truth about Britain's past and how it shaped it today. That is a bit of what i'm thinking...