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An excellent article from the New European on Brexit and the politics of English identity in relation to UK. http://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/the_problem_with_the_english_england_doesn_t_want_to_be_just_another_member_of_a_team_1_4851882?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social_Icon&utm_campaign=in_article_social_icons

@natbot That's a brilliant assessment of English identity and I think it's pretty much spot on. The English haven't quite separated "England" and "Britain". There is no English identity, only British - but with Britain defined from a bygone era.

@natbot Yep. I think there has been a hesitancy to accept Englishness. It's mainly associated with noisy holidaymakers and thuggish football fans. I think the EU referendum helped claim that back, and is an attempt to redefine it. 

I suppose it's a bit like how we'd be ashamed of saying we were Scottish due to the stereotypes associated with it, but have fully embraced it now and have pride in it.