Anyway, from my point of view, I didn't see any problem with the multi cultural aspect of the ceremony.
I had no problem with it, although I was wondering whether there were so many black guys working with Isambard Kingdom Brunell at the time....
I'm not disputing your facts - just pointing out that the phrase multicultural encompasses those Indians, Pakistanis and Chinese too!
I actually was responding to your 'North' thing. When I say north, I mean NORTH, and not Manchester etc which are in the middle of the country anyway!
I was also pointing out a noticeable drop off of multiculturalism in any sort of amount when you get to, say, Glasgow.
up at first in Belfast in the 70's, where it wasn't multicultural, only sectarian, and there's nothing remotely good about that! Moving to Leicester when I was 10 was like a whole new world!
The first time I went to London... WOAH!!
Sectarianism is bad, I (and no doubt everyone else will) agree, and it is still there to a certain extent in Belfast and also Glasgow too, but that is Sectarianism, and that is only one aspect. If you take sectarianism away, does having only limited multiculturalism really have to be such a bad thing?
I don't feel aggrieved because there wasn't, say, a Jamiacan community on my doorstep.
And then to think about how many of those nations send athletes despite having domestic situations we couldn't imagine. It would be interesting to see medal success related to per capita income, and things like that.
Also, so many nations have such cool national hats!
I saw the likes of Syria go by and wondered if only people loyal to the regime were entitled to go...