Re: Young Scots are strongest supporters of the Union
Sorry for my delayed response, I think most of the things you have stated are the reasons behind the rise in English nationalism, it is to do with the fact that the English are referred to as British and that there is no differation and it would probably still be the case if the United Kingdom was still exactly that, United.
But it isn’t and the English are realising that the Scots and the other respective home nations have been grated a sense of national identity on a political level, which is something the English are denied.
I don’t think that is a fiar assumption to make in reference to the terminology of “German” by Germanic I mean as opposed to Celtic , which culturally Germanic of course is the foundation of the English nation, the English are referred to as Anglo Saxon even if 70% of the population apparently derives from the first bronze age settlers, people who are aware of Anglo Saxon, Viking , Norman history of England will no doubt acknowledge the fact that it was Germanic and in no way have images popping in their heads of the Luftwaffe bombing our chip shops.
The British culture in England is English; all we need to do is swap the Union Flag with the cross of St George and British with English, and that is most defiantly happening. Look at English football supporters for example, hardly any union jacks amongst them anymore.
There is also a resurrection of perhaps the “true” English flag as it is being described which is a white dragon, which stems from the origins of the welsh red dragon, in which the Saxons were represented by a white dragon the Britons a red one when the Germanic invasions of Britain and what is now England began.
And there is no doubt English nationalism is in its growing stages but it is growing at a rapid pace, it does not get to much coverage in the news for obvious reasons, the current government doesn’t want the union to break up, and we are the only major player of course. But their have been numerous TV discussions, loads of national and local news articles, radio discussions organisations set up and political parties to the issue etc.
So obviously voices are being raised and people are having to listen, except of course the current British Government.
The internet can give the idea of what’s going on and that’s why there is numerous blogs websites etc to the issue, and no the England first party is most certainly NOT who I was referring to, I was referring to a party called the “English democrat party”, not exactly sure its ideology is on par with a few posters, but it is the only realistic and the most prominent of English Nationalist parties.
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