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What does being British mean today — and is it OK to be proud of it?
From national identity to patriotism, hear what people in Newcastle upon Tyne have to say about what being British means to them. Where do people draw the line between pride, belonging and how Britain is seen by others?
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00:00don't have enough time to explain Britishness in 2026 it's a weird thing
00:05at the moment I mean I think it's obviously sort of turned to a different
00:09connotation I mean there's loads around my like I live in Durham and there's
00:14like loads around me and obviously we know that we know what they're like
00:18putting them up for so yeah I think yeah everyone decodes them in different ways
00:23yeah I'd say just because there are some bad people using this like should not
00:29rob us of being able to use the flag and yet there are bad people there are
00:34people that are completely bigoted and a racist but that shouldn't stop us and we
00:39should not be made to feel guilty I think yeah I think they they're just like
00:44wary of what people will take that as like if they're saying that they're probably
00:47British people might take it yeah other ways that you can present yourself as
00:52being British without having to like tie yourself up with the Union yeah Jack the
00:57sad thing is if people feel scared because of it but then that's the
01:00culture that has become this very much you're either far left or you're far
01:05right and if you're anything in the middle you you're put into the far right
01:10category and I think we should absolutely be proud of being British you've got
01:27loads more of a cultural base and like diversity now

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