The reason why im both so proud and depressed

when thinking of this country and its greatness first we look into history.

The romans tried to conquer us.

1. lost 2 legions by smashing there boats on the white cliffs of dover

2. when they did land they got beaten up by a bunch of burley farmers.

3. then they got to whales and lost 2 legions to the welsh

4. they couldnt take over scotland so built a big wall to keep the scottish out.

5. the roman empire collapsed but the scottish (then called celts) were still there.

1066 the french arrive with william the conquorer

1. williams grandad was an exciled ENGLISH king

2. that makes william english

3. which means the french never conquored.

4. britain wars against france until the early 20th century.

5 . france with its country of 4 times the size never get close to taking britain.

6. british empire continues to grow so that it covers more than 1/4 of the worlds surface.

world war 1 and 2

1. we win world war one along with some help

2. inbetween world war1 and 2 we give our empire back to the original countries showing the mercy we had.

3.world war 2, france and the rest of the vast continent of europe is taken over. little old britain holds the nazis out.

4. we win the war

so overall what a great country we have and when i remember these things i get very happy. I feel proud to be british, proud of free health care proud of democracy and proud of our diverse public.

then i walk into a council estate.

and all of those feelings leave instantly.