Sentence examples for be a British value from inspiring English sources

But isn't politeness supposed to be a British value?

Before the rise of the cretinous UKIP types, diversity and tolerance was a British value.

"It's not a British value that we have.

"The union flag should be a British symbol of unity around our values... and we should assert that the union flag is for tolerance and inclusion".

The rule of law may be a fundamental British value, but we recoil at legislation that might impact on our right to roam free in the public realm.

In a statement to VICE News, the spokesperson said: "Everybody is equal in Britain — equality is a fundamental British value and one that we are proud to uphold.

Some educators say Prevent has already had a chilling effect in schools, and that freedom of speech – itself a British value – is being compromised.

You cannot convincingly claim, as Mr Cameron did, that free speech is a core British value, if you then go on to explain that you are going to "put out of action the key extremist influencers who are careful to operate inside the law but who clearly detest British society and everything we stand for … and stop them peddling their hatred".

If freedom of speech is a great British value, as the prime minister claimed, then we must all fight any attempts to restrict it.

While many people surveyed confused workers from Poland and Eastern Europe with refugees, 82 per cent believed protecting the most vulnerable was a core British value.

That Cameron and co have neither the courage nor the will to "do unto others" (a British value, perhaps?) is deeply distressing and repugnant.