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date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:53:24 -0700 (PDT),
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Richard Barnbrook forces Boris to Celebrate St George's Day
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Question No: 1595 / 2008
Richard Barnbrook
Can the Mayor confirm how much funding he will be allocating to next
years St Georges Day celebrations in London?
Answer from the Mayor:
A GLA budget allocation of £100,000, the same as 2008, and subject to
approval, is currently projected for St George's Day celebrations in
2009.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1163842/Cripes-Boriss-plan-celebrate-St-George-blazes-PC-brigade-think.html
London Mayor Boris Johnson is to defy the politically correct brigade
by staging a week-long festival in the capital to celebrate St
Georges Day, with the red and white cross of Englands patron saint
flying proudly from his City Hall offices.
The move follows a series of incidents in recent years in which people
have been banned from displaying the English flag on the grounds that
it is racist and could offend Muslims because of St Georges
association with the Crusades.
But Mr Johnson believes such arguments are unjustified and plans a
series of events around St Georges Day on April 23 to honour the
historical achievements of England and the English.
date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:53:24 -0700 (PDT)
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Re: Richard Barnbrook forces Boris to Celebrate St George's Day
In article ,
John M Ward wrote:
> In article
> , wrote:
> > Wednesday, August 27, 2008
> > Question No: 1595 / 2008
> > Richard Barnbrook
> > Can the Mayor confirm how much funding he will be allocating to next
> > years St Georges Day celebrations in London?
> > Answer from the Mayor:
> > A GLA budget allocation of £100,000, the same as 2008, and subject to
> > approval, is currently projected for St George's Day celebrations in
> > 2009.
> Yes? So a simple (and, indeed, somewhat simplistic) question is being
> spun as "forcing", especially when it had been obvious all along that
> this was going to happen anyway...
> We are now in March 2009. What is the reason for mentioning this now?
[...]
I note that no response has been forthcoming from the "whiteman" or anyone
else in this past month. I think that tells a story...
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John M Ward - see http://www.horsted.john-ward.org.uk
--> In favour of returning all local decisions to local people!
date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:09:30 GMT
author: John M Ward
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