Though the UK can easily compete with the US on patriotic songs etc , patrotism is in fact regarded with a lot morescepticism in the UK these days than in he US. People are particularly wary of flag waving, and the Union Jack has negative connotations for many people, as it was used extensively by the far right in the 70s and 80s.
Before anyone decides to start a fight about this can I reiterate I'm not British, and I don't have what could be called favourable opinions of how the UK is run or how it's behaved historically.
There's a transcript here of a recent debate on patriotism at Oxford University for anyone who might be interested.
http://www.orangeindex.co.uk/debates/oxford.html