indeed, because patriotism (especially English) was frowned upon for many years and equated with the far right, its improved a bit now.
but especially under Blair we were told Scottish & Welsh nationalism =good, English Nationalism = bad
I didn't know that. I remember when I first heard about St George's Day and I spoke to my English colleague and asked whether people would celebrate, dress red&white or something like that. And she said no. I myself would dress red&white for St George's Day, why not? I celebrated national days with my Portugese friends and with my South African friends, and Hungarian; and I remember one New Year's Eve when we celebrated New Year 3 times, hour after hour - one Lithuanian, one Polish and one English. I love it. I love it when people are being patriotic, when they tell about history of their countries and what they are proud of.
But I also remember a story my friends told me - how they went to a pub to watch a football match and they had a Polish flag with them spread over back of the chair, and one man came up, pulled the flag and walked over it. I have never heard about something like that happening in Poland, in Poland you can get beaten up if you walk the wrong alley, but nobody will profane your flag, it's like a sacrilege