MORE than a quarter of Britons think getting drunk abroad is a national characteristic, according to a survey marking England’s national day on Saturday.
An Opinium Research poll of 2,012 British adults found that 60 per cent thought drinking tea was a national trait, closely followed by talking about the weather.
Forty per cent associated a ‘stiff upper lip’ mentality – stoicism in the face of adversity – with being British. Meanwhile 32 per cent thought supporting the royal family was a British characteristic, as the country gears up for the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton on Friday.
Twenty-eight per cent thought that getting drunk abroad was a British attribute, while fewer than one in three thought working hard made people British.
‘Our research has revealed that it’s hard to pin down what it means to be British,’ said Opinium Research managing director James Endersby.
‘With several stereotypical attributes making the list as well as wider personality traits, it goes to show that Britishness is a complex mix of characteristics.’
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