What now for Britishness?

[atomic_joe2]

Despite the No vote in Scotland's referendum, there are still questions to be resolved about British identity, writes Richard Weight

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[myste_uk]

OP: Weird one for me, this. "Britishness" isn't something you can point to. I'm happy to be called British but just as happy to be called English, Essex or Harlow with all the connotations of those words too. We're all a jumble!The problem with the word "British" is that it is too often used synonymously with the word "English". As a Welsh person married to a Scot and living in London, I feel less and less inclined to refer to myself as British because I resent the oft-met assumption that it means English. In an ideal world I would be proudly both Welsh and British, but Britishness is increasingly defined in a way that denies my heritage

[erasethisworld]

I'm also Welsh and I went to university in London and your entire comment resonates so strongly with me. Da iawn.

[myste_uk]

Diolch :)

[bnmc2005]

I love this post. Thank you.