Man in a Shed: What about English identity ?

Sunday, October 05, 2008

What about English identity ?

There's a good post over at the Britology blog which explores Is there such a thing as ‘multi-cultural England’?

PS I've been trying to figure out who the Steadfast Trust are and who's behind them. I note the Wikipedia entry got the chop. Anyone know ?

5 comments:

IanPJ said...: http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/ShowCharity/RegisterOfCharities/ContactAndTrustees.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1105806&SubsidiaryNumber=0&TID=2947659; 9:31 pm
Man in a Shed said...: Thanks Ian - that's a bit more and some names to google.

The idea of the charity look very interesting. I have wondered about how to teach my children about their English heritage.

But equally there are organisations that are fronts for other agendas and I want to be careful.; 9:46 pm
Letters From A Tory said...: There is no such thing as multiculturalism, let alone multi-cultural England.; 9:51 am
Ellee Seymour said...: Not where I live either, but in major cities, I would say there is.; 3:15 pm
Anonymous said...: The Charity Commission report on their decision to turn down the Ethnic English Trust's application for charitable status also offers some insights into Steadfast.

http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/tcc/issueguidealpha.asp

A google on the name "Steadfast Trust" turns up some interesting endorsements.; 9:59 pm

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