Are you patriotic? What does being patriotic mean to you?

Once upon time patriotism must have been wonderfully positive and emotive. Today, in my minds eye I see the emotion, but it being a negative. That it now smacks of extremesism and not in a good way?

I ike being English, a Brit. Our young royals are doing a sterling job, all things considered. I’ve never considered myself a royalist, far from it, but Dianna Princess of Wales was something else. A very special lady. It was tragic she lost her life just as she was gaining control of it.

The world has become a terrifying place ( yes, I understand we are now more able to see what’s going on everywhere, more than ever before)..It feels uneasy…but I digress. Am I a patriot? Not per se, it’s more to do with gratitude. I can think of many places worldwide I wouldn’t have liked/survived being born and growing up in. So, England I thank you and I’m happy to be here.

This morning on LBC Radio they spoke about Trump and his latest moves, keeping Europe out of discussions regarding Ukraine and from that moment on I began to have feelings of Patriotism for Europe. I voted to remain during Brexit and we lost that. Is that flame now going to be rekindled? I hope so.