BROKEN : The UK’s foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt is believed to have celebrated Saint George’s Day by writing to the Georgian President accusing his country of culturally appropriating the first English born saint.
“Putting extra English flags in your flag isn’t fooling anyone,” England’s foreign secretary is said to have sternly rebuked the Georgian state, “not to mention naming your entire country after a famous English dragon slayer everyone knows was born in Basildon in AD45.”
It’s not yet clear how the Georgian government will respond to the surprising missive, but Mr Hunt was forthright in telling how he believed the sudden diplomatic furore could be resolved.
”Barry. Graham. Arnold. Any baby names book will give you a long list of male names to choose from when renaming your country to better enhance your relationship with the burgeoning global powerhouse that is post-Brexit Britain. I suggest you do a google search first though to ensure there isn’t already a country called Roger.”
And it’s not just Georgia that is in the firing line as the Tory contender for next PM takes steps to shore up his nativist support base.
”Jeremy will also be writing to the Palestinians to express surprise at how many of their men have the natural English name of George. And to the Roman Empire to urge them to promote Saint George to a rank fitting with his status in England.”
Our own Saint watcher had this to say:
”It’s a pain in the backside, to understate it, how the right wing appropriate our cultural symbols and toxify them. They’ve made Saint George’s Day a problematic event for many now and to be honest it was a damn sight better when all the racists were kept in a box.”
The Georgian government is yet to respond, which it is believed sets the trend for how many nations, large and small, will deal with the U.K. if it doesn’t recover its senses.