Yes, There's a Crisis in Our National Identity but an Oath of Allegiance Won't Change That

Daily MailMarch 12, 2008

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DO YOU feel like a citizen of this country? You might have been descended from a hundred generations of natives of these isles. You might have been born here, schooled here, worked here and lived here all your life.

You might even have risked your life fighting for Britain's freedom or, like myself, been descended from those who laid down their lives for Queen and country.

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Yes, There's a Crisis in Our National Identity but an Oath of Allegiance Won't Change That

But, according to a government report yesterday, even if you experienced all this, you can't feel British. To help them feel British, said the report commissioned by Gordon Brown, school children must attend formal citizenship ceremonies and swear an oath of allegiance.

What's more, 'any formal citizenship ceremony for young people should draw on the ide...

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