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Poles are not racist [873]
The September issue of Multi Cultural matters has shown the results of a survey in europe regarding racial tolerence.
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The report shows that while 25% of Britons say they want to live in an area where ‘almost nobody is of a different race, colour or ethnic group from most people living in this country’, this actually places the UK amongst the most tolerant nations in Europe given the comparable percentages for other countries which are -
• Switzerland 17%
• Sweden 20%
• Germany & Luxembourg 22%
• France & Norway 23%
• Italy & UK 25%
• Finland & Spain 31%
• Netherlands 32%
• Austria, Ireland & Poland 33%
• Czech Republic & Slovenia 34%
• Denmark 36%
• Portugal 38%
• Israel 40%
• Belgium 41%
• Greece 44%
• Hungary 60%
Source: European Social Survey
The report shows that the majority of people in the UK identify most strongly with their locality or town over regional, national or global identity: 56% of the population identify with locality first, compared with 25% that identify with the nation, and this is something that cuts across the generations. The report argues that a new national day should allow people to celebrate their local as well as national identity.
The suggestion has not gone down well with everyone - Neil Carberry, Head of Employment Policy at the CBI, is quoted in the press as saying that although the idea of celebrating national heroes was a "positive one", there was "no reason" why this could not be done on an existing bank holiday. He believes that an extra bank holiday could cost the economy up to £6 billion.
