BES Assignment Three: Interview with George Camm

Interview Assignment

George Camm, originally from Nuneaton, Warwickshire (Shakespeare's County) moved to London in 2010 to study Philosophy at Heythrop College, University of London.

Family:

My family is very close, I'm the youngest, I have two sisters 23 and 25, parents both in their fifties. My sisters lives in Manchester and I live in London and although we are all far apart we are still a real close family.  My attitudes towards marriage and divorce are, I consider marriage to be very important and the strongest form of love you could show for anyone, fortunately I haven't had to be a part of a family breakup with divorce it affects more than the couple, but the children and the whole structure of marriage.

Faith:
Religion means different things to different people in Britain as the country is so diverse Britain’s religious identity is changing but it is still important, with HM Elizabeth II being head of the church of England faith it’s very important. Although, church numbers are getting smaller, people still live in a 'Christian way' I consider myself a Christian in the church of England domination, I rarely go to church but I hold many Christian values.

Identity:

 English- I consider myself to be English over British, this is the same for people from Wales being Welsh people from Scotland being Scottish... but people often don't think that people from England won't consider them to be English. British characteristics very stereotypical to some extent are true. The UK's strengths are NHS, quality of schools, housing, public transport, Olympics London 2012. Weaknesses are decline in the British Empire and the commonwealth.

US/UK relations are strong but I feel the UK was bullied by Bush but Blair did a brilliant job. Currently I don't rate Cameron and Clegg (UK) but got to deal with it and Obama started off brightly but hasn't done anything very big from a UK view apart from he travels more than the Queen!

Politics:

Issues facing UK today is unemployment, finical crisis, and drink/drug problems of the UK. I don't like the current government but the opposition Labour Party has gotten really poor and their leader Ed Milliband is nowhere near as good as Blair but because there is a coalition government in the UK it suits the current political situation of the UK right now but not for the long term

Interest:

I am very English so cricket, football (soccer) haha, going out with my friends and Mallory Sturtz! and watching films/tv