Is Britain becoming more sectarian? A discussion between Paul Embery and Lord Hannan
After I recently argued on my Substack that Britain may be experiencing a drift towards ‘soft Lebanonisation’, and in the wake of the plastering of national flags across towns and cities throughout the country (as part of what has become known as the ‘Raise the Colours’ campaign), I was invited on to the Spectator podcast to discuss the question: ‘Is Britain becoming more sectarian?’
I was joined in the discussion by Conservative peer Daniel Hannan. The podcast can be heard below.
A reminder that you can follow me on ‘X’: @PaulEmbery
Daniel's comparison to South America is bizarre, as South America did not all of a sudden have millions of people of another religion and culture flood their country, unless he's going back to the conquistadors.
North Americans all fly their flag and they don't feel uncomfortable.
Let's not forget, Daniel's Tories (who call themselves CON-servatives but have conserved nothing of our culture or industry) have brought in all this demographic change, and Labour our rubbing their hands with all their new arrival voters!
Furthermore, I recall many Indians agreeing to fight in WW2 to
A) Stop Japan, as Japan wanted to take India for themselves and was building the Burma railway to get there!
B) To get Britain to agree to independence.
So whilst many Indians fought bravely, and some for the colours....Many many others fought for the points above and not for the love of a far-off Queen !
However, it's another great podcast by Paul :)
Having been born and brought up in Northern Ireland during the height of the so-called 'Troubles' in the 1980's, believe me, Britain will find it truly difficult to function cohesively should any degree of toxic sectarianism take root.