Plymouth

Is it not true to say that we English have to be the luckiest people on earth, not the British, but the English. It was not Britain that defeated the Spanish Armada, it was the English. When people refer to the victory of the Anglo-Saxon model of economics they mean the East Coast of America and England, not America and Britain.

I must say that I absolutely detest being referred to as British, I am not, I am English, I do have an identity.

However, I would prefer a world which was more like the sea. There are no borders, the ashes of my father can flow wherever they will. Nobody can say you can't come here, you can't go there. It is the sea from which we came and it is to the sea to which we will return.

That is why Plymouth Hoe, and Plymouth itself is so important. It is from where the Pilgrim Fathers sailed to America, it is where there is a huge War Memorial which celebrates all those who have no grave at home, there are no foreign fields for them, no parades, just a memorial commemorating their sacrifice.

That is why I detest with a vengeance Gordon Brown and Tony Blair. By allowing ourselves to toe the American line we have besmirched the memory of all those who died in the service of their country, in both World Wars. The war against Iraq has ruined us all. I feel that those who lost their lives in WWI were wasted, but those of WWII did have justice on their side, that the war was honourable and most importantly it was a just war against an abomination which was Nazism. I feel that the war, and subsequent occupation, of Iraq, makes me feel like a Nazi.

You are quite right about the sea, for those in peril, we can only hope that one day soon we may have the chance to vote. For me, I will say none of the above, the political system has been destroyed, it is time for a new politics, a new non-divisive, cohesive coming together. May I even go so far as to suggest an anarchist approach based on a very simple principle, do unto others as you wish others to do to you.