Why would we be wanting to wish each other happy independence day ? We aren't Americans.
Exactly. There's some on here wish they were though.
Yes, WE ARE British and proud of it!!
But, look around us, how much American culture are we now surrounded with, as I, and you, use American software with an IT system that, to me, only reflects the USA - Christ, usually there is only English - USA version available on our gadgets, with spell checker even confusing me on the correct spelling of many words!!
That is the price we have paid for the United States bailing us out just as we were about to become part of the Third Reich. So, what would you prefer if you could adjust that bit of history - in my field it is called "counter-factual history"?
No, today let the Americans and the free people of Europe celebrate Independence Day, as really that is what it is for each and every one of us: freedom away from the likes of the Third Reich and the Soviet Union.