{"id":69888,"date":"2016-04-23T09:19:10","date_gmt":"2016-04-23T09:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=af43cc17ec8957cf4cc66e302dc62263"},"modified":"2016-04-23T09:19:10","modified_gmt":"2016-04-23T09:19:10","slug":"press-release-st-georges-day-2016-david-camerons-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=69888","title":{"rendered":"Press release: St George\u2019s Day 2016: David Cameron’s message"},"content":{"rendered":"
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St George\u2019s Day 2016: David Cameron\u2019s message<\/a><\/p>\n

Full transcript<\/h2>\n

David Cameron said:<\/p>\n

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St George\u2019s Day \u2013 England\u2019s national day \u2013 couldn\u2019t fall on a more appropriate date: the anniversary of William Shakespeare\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

This year marks 400 years since the passing of the world\u2019s greatest writer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Yet his words about this nation, \u201cthis precious stone set in the silver sea,\u201d remain as potent as the day he wrote them.<\/p>\n

Shakespeare\u2019s genius captivated and changed the world, and men and women across England continue to do that today.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I think of the Malaysian football fans cheering on English clubs, the Chinese children reciting English poems, the English bands blaring from Brazilian radios, English charities and aid money saving African lives, and English soldiers\u2019 names \u2013 so many of them \u2013 carved onto white stone in foreign fields.<\/p>\n

For many years, St George\u2019s Day hasn\u2019t had the recognition it deserves.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Perhaps our stiff upper lip has been too stiff.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But it is vital to let our pride and patriotism show, remembering who we are and what has made us great.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Because this is a country that is practical and passionate.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That is fiercely independent and sticks with its allies.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That\u2019s how we helped win 2 world wars, it\u2019s how we invented so much, created so much, it\u2019s how we became part of the proudest multi-racial, multi-ethnic democracy on earth.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So, this St George\u2019s Day, let\u2019s recognise our achievements.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s build a greater future.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s celebrate \u201cthis blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

David Cameron: This St George\u2019s Day, let\u2019s recognise our achievements. Let\u2019s celebrate "this blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69888"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69888\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}