This Is England Page #5

This don't feel good, at all.

Look at the size of that brew.

Who drinks a brew that big?

I bet you all thought I was a right f***ing

horrible, horrible, horrible

little bastard the other day, didn't you?

- A little bit.

- A bit?

Tell the truth, Wood, man.

I was f***ing horrible, weren't I?

- A bit of a bastard, man.

- Yeah.

Yeah, well, you were a snake.

You were a f***ing serpent

from the Bible, weren't you?

Do you wanna know why, Wood?

Do you want me to tell you why?

Yeah?

Cos see that man, there, Milky?

That man there

took abuse off me.

And I said some horrible things, Milk,

and I'm f***ing sorry.

You let me abuse him.

And what did you do?

What did you do, Wood?

- I didn't do anything.

- I can't hear you.

- I didn't do nothing.

- Exactly. Nothing. F*** all.

Neither did any of yous.

Not one of yous stood up

and made yourself count for that man there.

And that was f***ing wrong.

Milk, honest to God,

I'm really glad you came here today.

And I mean that, mate,

I really mean that.

Cos I've got one question to ask you.

Just one question.

When you've heard it, if you want to leave,

you can leave, that's fine by me.

But I've got one question to ask you.

Do you consider yourself

English or Jamaican?

(CIock ticks)

English.

Lovely. I love you for that.

That's f***ing great. I'm proud, man.

Learn from him.

That's a proud man, there.

That's what we need, man.

That's what this nation

has been built on.

Proud men. Proud f***ing warriors.

Two thousand years,

this little tiny f***ing island

has been raped and pillaged

by people who have come here

and wanted a piece of it.

Two f***ing world wars,

men have laid down their lives for this.

For this, and for what?

So we can stick our f***ing flag

in the ground and say,

"Yeah, this is England

and this is England

and this is England."

And for what?

For what now?

Eh, what for?

So we can just open the f***ing floodgates

and let them all come in?

And say, "Yeah, come on, come in.

Get off your ship. Did you have

a safe journey? Was it hard?

Here y'are, here's a corner,

why don't you build a shop?

Better still, why don't you build a shop

and then build a church?

Follow your own f***ing religions.

Do what you want."

When there's single f***ing parents

out there, who can't get a f***ing flat

and they're being given to these...

And I'm gonna say it,

cos you're gonna have to f***ing hear it.

We're giving the flats

to these f***ing Pakis. Right?

Who've got 50 and 60

in a f***ing flat on their own.

Right? We're giving that to them.

There's three and a half million

unemployed out there.

Three and a half million of us,

who can't find f***ing work.

Cos they're taking them all.

Cos it's f***ing cheap labour.

Cheap and easy labour.

F***ing cheap and easy,

which makes us cheap and easy.

Three and a half f***ing million!

It's not a joke. It's not a f***ing joke.

And that Thatcher sits there

in her f***ing ivory tower

and sends us on a f***ing phoney war!

The Falklands?

The f***ing Falklands?

What the f***'s The Falklands?

F***ing innocent men,

good f***ing strong men.

Good soldiers,

real people losing their lives,

going over there thinking

they're fighting for a f***ing cause.

What are they fighting for?

What are they fighting against?

F***ing shepherds!

Shepherds with f***ing...

Shut up about The Falklands.

- Why?

- Cos I want you to.

There's f***ing loads of d*ckheads dying

out there for nothing.

My f***ing dad weren't a d*ckhead!

What are you doing?

- F*** off! Shut up!

- What am I doing wrong?

Whoa, there, little one.

What's wrong, mate?

- Tell me the truth. Come on.

- I just f***ing...

That's it. Go on.

My f***ing dad died in that war!

- Your dad died?

- Yeah. Get off!

- F***ing hell, mate, I'm sorry.

- F***ing shut up about it!

I'm sorry, mate.

F***ing hell, I'm sorry, lad.

I'm sorry. I never knew he died, man.

F***ing hell.

Oh, look, mate, if I'd have known,

honest, I wouldn't have said, man,

but what I'm telling you is the truth.

I can't lie to you.

It's a pathetic war, man.

And you want your dad's life

to mean something, don't you?

And this breaks my f***ing heart to say it.

We shouldn't have been there.

She lied to us.

She lied to me. She lied to you.

But, most importantly, she lied to your dad.

If you don't stand up and fight this f***ing fight

that's going on on the streets,

your dad died for nothing.

He died for nothing.

You've got to carry it on, man, in here.

In your little f***ing heart,

you've got the pride of your dad, man.

F***ing hell.

That little f***ing whippersnapper

has set the standard.

- Can you believe that, Banj?

- You can't, can you, at that age?

F***ing hell.

What a gem.

What a f***ing gem.

All right, look.

There's the line, boys.

That means

you're all quite welcome to just leave

and leave now and never come back

and that's it, the end of it.

But if you wanna stay,

this is a proper fight.

Now yous all either cross that line

and go your merry little way...

...or you stay where you are

and you come with me.

The choice is yours, boys.

F***ing hell!

That was a bit quick, weren't it?

I ain't being f***ing brainwashed, Combo.

Oh, listen to f***ing Sigmund Void there.

You're well out of line.

Well out of line, man.

Come on, lads, let's have you.

Come on, then.

Come on, Puke, mate.

Sit down.

You what?

Kes, just sit down.

No. No, you can't be serious, mate.

We'll talk about this outside.

Kes, just sit down.

Puke, man, f***ing come.

What you on about?

Look, he's f***ing right.

What can I do, man? Are you coming?

No.

- Gadge, come on, Tubs, man.

- F*** off calling me Tubs!

I'm sick of you, Woody.

This is why I'm staying,

because you're always taking the piss,

making me feel that f***ing big.

He's put things into perspective.

Look at the other night.

You didn't step up once then.

Join me.

Milky, man,

I know I let you down the other night,

but I swear to you

I'll never f***ing do it again. Look at me.

I'd never do it again.

I swear to God I wouldn't, man.

You're my bro, man. What the f***?

Come on, mate.

(Combo tuts)

WOOD Y:
Shaun? Come on, man. We're off.

LOL:
Come on, Shaun.

- No.

Shaun, man, you can't f***ing stay here.

Shaun?

He's just a kid. The things you've said

have made him want to stay.

Woody, I wanna make my dad proud.

Listen, love...

See you later, mate.

See you later, Lol, love.

He's 12. I can't leave him here.

- Go.

- Nothing we can do if he wants to stay.

You f***ing look after him, do you hear me?

He can look after himself. He's proved that.

COMBO:
See yous later.

Come on, love.

Come on, now.

See you later, mate.

Don't forget, you've got a snake

in the grass with you there.

You're a good man.

A brave good man, man.

A really good man.

A cup of tea for the boys there, Banj.

Few Pot Noodles or something.

I'm f***ing gagging for a sh*t, me,

I'm telling you.

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