"The problem for English nationalists is, there is no civic nationalism in England, not for immigrants, not for anybody. English have no collective political representation that allows for an expression of our collective political will, and many or most of our cultural and civic institutions have been appropriated for Britain. Scotland has a Scottish parliament to which all Scots, regardless of ethnicity, elect their Scottish representatives. The Scots also have a National Library of Scotland, a National Portrait Gallery and a National Gallery, and much else besides. Taken apart these things mean little, but taken together an immigrant to Scotland - and I lived there myself for five years - is left in little doubt as to what nation they are in. Minority ethnicities in Scotland are much more likely to prefix their ethnicity with “Scottish” than ethnic minorities in England are inclined to prefix their ethnicity with “English”. In fact ethnic minorities in England almost always refer to themselves as “British-[insert ethnicity here]“. It makes sense as that is how the Government defines them".
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We would like to know the point of view of different english people.
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