Originally Posted by Oliver
The opening ceremony was a celebration of ENGLAND, not Great Britain.
We had 4 hours of "England's green and pleasant land" including people mincing round maypoles, and 1 minute 30 seconds in total of Scottish, Welsh, and N Irish content where schoolkids sang mawkish songs for 30 seconds each. On the same theme we were "treated" to the so-called National Anthem - a dirge which contains the words 'Rebellious Scots to crush" and expected to join in!
I'm not saying it wasn't impressive as a spectacle - but don't try to pass it off as a celebration of anything other than Englishness.
PS: There is no such thing as "our National Health Service" - there are infact 4 discrete and automomous Health Services within these islands.
If you really want to know what many Scots think - http://newsnetscotland.com/index.php...save-the-queen