'Say that again!' Nigel Farage aghast at number dubbing themselves as English in UK city
Nigel Farage was shocked to learn just 8.2 percent of people in Leicester "now class themselves as English".
Nigel Farage speaks to St George's Society chair on closure
Nigel Farage was left shocked at the number of people living in Leicester who no longer class themselves as English as the St George Society is forced to close down.
Speaking to Stephen Warden on GB News - Chairman of the Leicestershire branch - Mr Farage asked if he felt the lack of membership was due to a "diminution in Englishness and wanting to celebrate it".
Mr Warden said: "There is certainly a diminution. In fact, looking at the 2021 census in Leicester, there's been a 52 percent rise in the Asian population in Leicester in the last 10 years.
"This is legal immigration so they are doing what a lot of expats are doing, but unfortunately it's diluting Englishness in this city. In fact, from the same census, only 8.2 percent of people in Leicester now class themselves as English."
The statistic left Farage in shock, as he simply said "wow" in response to the figure.
The Royal Society of Saint George in Leicestershire was left with only five active members when it made the decision to stop the group, claiming "St. George is all but dead and buried".
Though the group still have members in Leicester, there is no branch after the decision was made to close it in March.
Mr Warden spent £1,500 of his own money advertising the group, yet only attracted one new member over a period of years.
He said: "I know in my heart, I did everything humanly possible to get new members in from the local environment, they just weren’t interested in joining. The pool of possible members has diminished."
St George is the English patron saint while also taken as the national saint in other countries.
The branch found it particularly difficult to find new members to replace older ones who could no longer take part, leaving them with no choice but to close the branch.
Stephen says he approached a local educational institute who refused his fliers due to “fear of offending international students”.
Stephen, who remains a member of the society as a whole, also claims to having proposals for a St. George’s Day parade rejected by Leicester City Council.
