Too Multicultural To Celebrate St Georges Day..

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/663922/Anger-as-council-officials-say-UK-city-is-too-multicultural-to-celebrate-St-George-s-Day
you wont be surprised to know that Bristol is a Labour dominated council! bet the celebrated St Patrick's day.

[Mamyalynne]

Strange decision on their part, I live in a very multicultural town also Labour dominated.

There were lots of St Georges day events around the place.

[ChillDoubt]

Probably didn't want to risk local, ethnic shop-owners who've done their best to integrate to be attacked and/or killed, or similar events. Just a guess, mind.....

[Just-Jude]

St. George's day is just an excuse for the EDL to attack foreigners, it needs banning.

[ToraToraTora]

who's using the family brain cell at the moment JJ?

[bazwillrun]

nice try JJ...

[david small]

JJ your a naughty naughty boy.....in your bed..

[jno]

bizarre rationale; but how did your local council celebrate, TTT?

[Eve]

Very multicultural in Manchester but we had a parade and street festival today in the city centre with some small bands playing live music and other bits and pieces.

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/st-georges-day-2016-manchester-11215995

Unfortunately, I did overhear someone saying they initially thought it was some kind of far right thing because of all the flags out, a sad thing to hear.

[ToraToraTora]

well we do actually have a St Georges society here, they had a bash yesterday and some of the pubs had events.

[mikey4444]

We seem to have missed out on St Georges Day celebrations around here !

[Mamyalynne]

Get the community organised next year Mikey.

[mikey4444]

Mamy....well, I could have a go I suppose, but we would have to fly flags with dragons on them if we did ....might be appropriate come to think of it !

[ummmm]

It's not the councils that celebrate Paddy's day. It's the pubs...

[EDDIE51]

St Patrick's day is mainly sponsored by Guinness. It is they who supply the hats , T shirts, flags, decorations to the pubs. It is far and away their biggest marketing event of the year.
There is no single company that holds the same position for the English Saints day.

[naomi24]

jno, //how did your local council celebrate, TTT? //

It matters not whether his council celebrated or not. It didn't, as far as we're aware, say what the council in Bristol said.

[tonyav]

Was celebrated in West Brom ( has it is every year ), Sandwell is extremely multicultural.

http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2016/04/24/pictures-stone-cross-parade-celebrates-st-georges-day/

[Hypognosis]

Well, that's the saddest aspect of the EDL co-opting the flag of St.George. The rest of us had to drop it, like a hot potato, to avoid giving casual observers the wrong impression that we endorsed the EDL's views.

I have the added complication that it would only draw the attention of the neighbours (like mikey, I live in Wales but wasn't born there), most of whom barely notice me.

Mind you, even when I was England, I heard the phrase "I was born and bred here", quite a lot. I wondered if it was an expression of resentment that, by relocating (out of London, this time), to their town, I had, somehow deprived a local (or one of their relatives, even) of a job.

So it seemed like I didn't belong in England, either. (shrug)

[Peter Pedant]

St George is a christian saint for chrissakes
you cant expect Hindus, muslims Sikhs to come out in their glad rags and celebrate

yeah yeah I know he was un-sainted by the Pope in 1964
but the point is still valid. we used thereafter call him Mr George.

[tonyav]

How very dare he ( pope Paul VI ) demote our patron saint.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/saint-saint-kind-demoted/story?id=23477573

[jno]

naomi, there are those councils that use odd excuses not to celebrate, and those who keep their mouths shut - but still don't celebrate. There doesn't seem much real-world difference to me. I just wondered if TTT had enquired what his own council's excuse was.

The fact is, St George's Day doesn't seem to attract official celebrations anywhere much. Private citizens and groups are free to do so (which is at least more than you can say for Guy Fawkes day these days).