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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
Multiculturalism largely works in the UK amd has done for hundreds of years. The question is can it work in France?
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My feeling is that the UK is relatively tolerant as we tend to be a private group of people. The phrase ‘an Englishman’s home is his castle’ looms large. What we do in our private lives is private and, as long as no one gets hurt, we all respect this. This even extends to how we interact with each other. We are much more likely to meet each other in public than in each others homes. I love the saying that the pub is Englands front room.
We are all individuals with less of a sense of belonging to a group than some other countries. Interestingly, some of our most celebrated events in history are ones where we did all come together - two world wars and one World Cup and so on…