When we, the elderly, watch the decline of our country, and Britishness with patriotism, for centuries being the backbone of our nation, now replaced by multi-culturism.

Refusing to fly our national flag for example, and the banning of Christian regalia.

Christmas and all that it entails has changed because it might affect the feelings of the immigrant.

Not being able to laugh at ourselves without the possibility of a penalty.

Taking the Mickey at one time was the format of many of our late comedians' repertoire, forbidden because political correctness carries a penalty.

Industry has become foreign as many of the giants have gone, or are owned by foreign companies, betrayed by alternative governments.

Our fishing industry is at an all-time low, our waters given to European trawlers.

British steel is practically non-existent, complementing the rise of the European steel industry.

Farming is at the mercy of Brussels and as long as it compensates the French farmer Britain gets the dregs.

Britain, a once proud and generous nation, is in the hands of those in Brussels and the MPs we foolishly voted into office.

Those dead war heroes who fought for our freedom would cringe if they could see what Britain stands for today.

Gone is the Land of Hope and Glory, and Britannia no longer Rules the Waves, with patriotism only a word, betraying what the brave fought for.

Without Britishness we are deep in a matrix of multi-culture, and only time will tell whether it replaces Britishness and patriotism, or are those now only just two words?

Frederick Gibbon,
Masefield Road,
Hartlepool.