Furious.

[Shadow Man]

Within fourty seconds of seeing Pomp and Circumstance and Land of Hope and Glory on the Proms I furiously have complained to the BBC.

As a British person I am extra proud to be English. This evening is one of the last remaining bastions of Britishness left in our culture, and I, for one, adore the regality of the whole show. I therefore embrace the nations flags of Northern Ireland, Scotland and even the Welsh Dragon. I also just about accept the Republic flag of Ireland, to a small degree.

During Land of Hope and Glory I further embraced the tricolor of France. Yes, they were capitualting cowards with little more than garlic for arms, but Jerry did harm them, so hats off. What I can not except, and refuse to embrace is the bloody German flag waving at OUR proms!!!!!!!!

Land of Hope and Glory was made especially famous in both WW1 and WW2 as a statement against Jerry and their facist regime. How dare they!!! and how dare the bloody politically correct BBC allow the German flag to be waved!!!

My Great-Grandfather died at the Somme along with 20 odd thousand other Brits. Probably a lot of AB family members. His son, my Grandfather fought in Africa during WW2 against great odds to defeat Hitler!!!!!

I am furious, and this has ruined a rather nice evening and poor old Elgar must be stirring in his grave!!

Please air your complaints to the BBC if you feel the same.

Spitfires to the lot of them. Bloody krauts.

[Sasha13]

lol.

[weeal]

Burton upon Trent

[Kleiber]

Sasha, you're right - Germans are not all nazis. My father was Polish & hated the Germans, but he eventually forgave (even though he fought in the war & his father was murdered by the nazis). I have a good German friend, who once said to me, "We must all forgive, but should never forget - our children must not make the mistakes that our fathers made" and I think he's right. Many Germans were forced to fight against us in the world wars - if they didn't , their families would be killed. If any of you were in that situation (Shadow Man??), what would your choice be?

[THECORBYLOON]

Was it Elgar who wrote the Enema Variations?

[weeal]

some, younger, Germans actually refuse to believe the holocaust even happened, they say it was a lie. shocking stuff

[shaneystar2]

What a load of crap ....my husband is German .Is he solely responsible for the war ?
This means my dear old father in law now deceased was a Nazi does it ?
No ....no more a Nazi than you or I ..just a poor bloody squaddie ..cannon fodder the same as our chaps .Grow up .

[whiffey]

All poignant but pointless. In the Islamic state to come there will be no Last Night of the Proms, Elgar will be burned as a racist effigy and people will wonder what it was like ever to be white and European.

[captains log]

thought you went to bed an hour ago with corrine and the farleys rusk whiffey

[Shadow Man]

Shaney star you have missed my point.

That point being is the proms is BRITISH!!!!.

Ask your husband how he would feel if I waved a Union Flag at the German National Operatic society on their national day??

[whiffey]

I don't know about Corrinne, it's as much as I can do to get Melanie to drop them.

[cazzz1975]

corrine, rusky and melanie?

http://troll.freeservers.com/ricktr.jpg

[shaneystar2]

I am quite sure that being the most liberal minded man that I have the pleasure to be married to he wouldn't mind in the least !
Having said that he has lived here for the last thirty five years and is quite anglisiced so it wouldn't bother him one way or the other.

[Kleiber]

Shaneystar, I agree with you - and Shadowman, yes, the Proms are British, and should be a testament to British pride, but without the racism expressed earlier. Honestly, there's no need for it (and I took offence at your quip about "even the Welsh dragon"!!)

[Shadow Man]

Racism???? So the Welsh are a different race are they. Wow, you learn something new everyday.

[Kleiber]

Answers on a postcard, please, from all the Celts out there...

[meglet]

Have to say i took a mild offence to the "even the welsh dragon" comment too! The welsh are a part of the Britain to, what was that all about Shadow Man??

[captains log]

shadow man you are just a bloody thick racist litte crud and shaneystar2 is so right and corbyloo am I the only one to get what you said about the enigma/enema thingy, thought that was so funny I nearly p@ssed myself on the budgie

[Shadow Man]

Was it really that funny????

[whiffey]

What about the Welsh the noo ?