Mike Prince

Sonny Green speaking at the Together Alliance march, "I love you loads, love is always the answer" "Here's what England means to me" "When its sunny, its too hot" "When it's cold, the weather's rubbish, nothing is quite good enough, and that's exactly how we like it" "England to me is a cup of tea, being asked how many sugars and saying none, I'm sweet enough" "It's sarcasm bent on bravado, the way we talk without saying much at all" "It's not, where are you from" "Its, who do you support" "It's, how's your mum, is she alright?" "England to me is a Tesco meal deal, don't forget your clubcard" "It's two pints of lager and a packet of crisps" "Yeah yeah you are really fit but my gosh, don't you just know it" "It's Thursday, be a little Friday, a little Friday being half a day" "It's going on a long journey and goiing, are we there yet" "England to me is Turkish barbers with the sharpest trim" "It's the shopkeeper letting you off 20p when you're skint" "It's English neighbours saying, happy Eid mate" "And Muslim mum's saying, merry Christmas love" "It's the (something) down the high street and everyone around the same table sharing food" "It's Scousers singing, Mo Salah Salah" "And Nooners reminiscing about Ian Right Right Right" "It's Bob Marley and Reggae" "Oasis on the karaoke" "It's Sweet Caroline on the terraces" "Three lions every summer" "And if you think you've seen flags now, wait until the world cup's on. Then you'll know about flags my son" "Don't believe the news, don't believe some political parties" "Here's what I believe" "Let's have a proper party. All are welcome. Leave your politics at the door. Bring your best karaoke voice" "We'll play Twister, and Monopoly, until it gets late" "Cause here's what England means to me" "It's about loving each other no matter what colour you are, where you come from, or who your God is" "Because when I look in your eyes I see mine reflecting back" "And I'll never forget that" "And I'll never forget what my nan told me, that if you ain't got nothing nice to say, don't say nothing at all" "Cause this is England" "Whether your staple diet i mashed potato or rice" "Yeah its nice to be important" "But it's more important to be nice" "I love you guys, keep fighting the good fight yeah" "That's the real England, don't believe the fascists mate" "They've got nothing on us" "Let's go baby"