Lots of questions here. 1) A recent survey suggests that for the first time more English people feel English rather than British. What's the difference? 2) Or was 'Britishness' (whatever that is - received pronunciation, 'stiff-upper lip', queuing, etc.??) was this actually '(southern?') Englishness'? 3) More importantly, does it matter to anyone if we calll ourselves English, Scottish, Cornish, etc.? 4) Anyone, that is, apart from the governent, which appears to think that talking about "British values" is a way of stopping Scottish referendums on independence and Islamist terrorism, and something that should be 'taught' in schools: is the government wrong? Aren't 'values' supposed to occur 'naturally' within a people? Can they be 'taught'? 5) The government claims that - in part - British values are those that, say, English people have in common with, say, Scottish people. Which ones are they, and which ones don't we share? Thanks for reading this. Thoughtful answers only, please
2007-01-24
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