Me And EU

The EU referendum is coming up; I’m feeling a little down because I’m truly undecided: I see pros and cons for in and out.  I’ve been going back and forth on this.  The top and bottom of it is, however, that I feel British, not European.

That got me thinking about what makes me British:

• The Queen (obviously)
• Rain
• Queues
• Peculiar Spellings (previous answer refers)
• Earl Grey Tea
• Big Ben
• Cadbury’s Chocolate
• The NHS
• Polite Silences
• Football (NOT ‘soccer’) (What kind of word is ‘soccer’ anyway?  It’s just weird)
• Carry On Films
• Stamps
• Snow Panic (Three flakes?  Shut down the country!)
• Shakespeare
• Fair Play
• Humour
• Austen
• Pragmatism
• Coronation Street (even if you don’t watch it, there’s nothing more British than busybody small business owners clustered together down the pub, gossiping)
• Stiff Upper Lips

None of these things help my decision, sadly – unless Europe wants to make this a republic, in which case I’m throwing the towel in and voting out.  I’m a royalist through and through and I have the stamp collection to prove it.

Tell me, what do you immediately think of when you think of Britain and the British?  Stereotypes welcome here.