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[Graham Todd]

On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:38:09 +0100
Chris Rees <utisoft at googlemail.com> wrote:

> And actually, I think of myself as European, as do most of the people
> I know
[snipped]

Most of the people I know think themselves governed by a European
Parliament , or that the British Parliament has become subsidiary, and
given up its sovereignty to the European Parliament.  The majority of
people I know would wish that sovereignty would return to the British
Parliament at Westminster (though I am not one of them).

I live in Kent (in the south-east of England close to the cross-channel
link) yet those around me think of themselves as "British" or "Brits":
they don't think of themselves as "English" nor "European".  Most of the
ferries that cross the English Channel, and the trains that travel to
France through the Channel Tunnel, depart from Kent, but Kentish men
(or Men of Kent!) do not regard themselves as primarily European, but
primarily British.

That's not true of everybody; some are internationalists, but for the
vast majority, most are xenophobes.  You are lucky in having most of
the people round you consider themselves as European.

This must be really boring for these who do not live in the United
Kingdom, so I intend to stop contributing to this thread from now on....

-- 
Graham Todd