Let me add to the list of things to be proud of:
-Pub Grub
-Variety of beers and spirits
-Stephen Fry
-Birmingham (heavenly place)
-Tesco
-Christmas hoopla with snow
-Chicken tikka massala (created in scotland)
-BALTI (created in birmingham)
Yes, we make nicer indian food than indians
-British cheese
-Chocolate Fingers (ya, ya, someone will make a dirty joke)
-Creme eggs
-Fish and Chips
-Scotland
-The queen and all that pomposity
-Our wonderful history
-Our ruddy great language that all the world wants to speak