Here's some bigoted twerp called Ben proving himself in a Telegraph comments thread:
How did English youth "learn" "hostile drinking" from "the Scots", Simon? Were there cells of subversive Celts hidden, mole-like, in every English pub, ready to spring into action as agents-provocateurs as eleven o'clock approached?
As usual, an interesting and sensitive article has been ruined by the inane bigotry of the Heffer-lump.
The pub is a glorious manifestation of Englishness; Hefferish bigotry is its disgusting and ludicrous dark side.
Celts? An ancient white tribe, surely? The Scots are all sorts, but not 'Celts'.
The UK "Celtic" ancient white tribe myth is the "disgusting and ludicrous side" to Scottish bigotry. And whilst we're at it, let's not forget Welsh and "Cornish" bigotry.
By all means defend the Scots, Ben, but the UK Celts are something else entirely - an exclusive romantic invention of recent centuries - based on a 1707 linguistic label from a Welsh Nationalist called Edward Lhuyd.
This blog is not right wing or left wing. It is old style Socialist, true Socialist, and simply points out the facts regarding asymmetric national devolution, which is based on Edward Lhuyd's 1707 'Celtic' labelling of certain languages and historical revisionism, and how it disadvantages ALL people in the largest and most ethnically diverse UK country of all - England.
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