Thatcher was livid with the Archbishop of Canterbury for declining her 🇬🇧 jingoism after the Falklands War, and that his sermons thanked God for the end of warfare, not victory, and mourned the Argentinian dead.
They briefed he was ‘unpatriotic’.
Runcie had won the MC in WW2.
They briefed he was ‘unpatriotic’.
Runcie had won the MC in WW2.
I interviewed Robert Runcie as a student for a radio station. He had pulled men out of burning tanks as a tank commander in the Second World War. Including a German foe. He didn’t need lessons on patriotism or anything else from any flag waving clowns.
Presumably this former RAF officer who served in WW2 would also now be deemed unpatriotic. Bet he didn’t have flags all over his house. #FlagShaggers 
To those posting pics of politicians with the EU 🇪🇺 flag:
Yes, it’s a flag, but it represents probably the greatest lasting peace project in the history of human civilisation. It lasts because countries are willing to pool their values, assets, and flags, for the common good.
Yes, it’s a flag, but it represents probably the greatest lasting peace project in the history of human civilisation. It lasts because countries are willing to pool their values, assets, and flags, for the common good.
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