English nationalism refers to a nationalist outlook or political stance applied to England. In a general sense, it promotes England, as a focus for patriotic sentiment and national identity. In addition to this, it denotes a political movement that seeks self-government for England. Regarding the United Kingdom, English nationalists have advocated a devolved English Parliament within the UK. Other...

The raw deal of the English There is a perceived problem in England that the English are getting the raw end of the deal in the Union. The Scottish have their own Parliament that votes on issues exclusive to them while the English have no such thing. Yet Scottish MPs can vote on English

This is the sort of moderate, reasonable English nationalism which ought to consign the BNP to Gehenna, where they belong. The English Democrats note the injustices caused by having a Scottish parliament and a Welsh assembly, but no equivalent legislative body for England. They want 'fair play' in immigration; a reconsideration of the Barnett formula; an English national day and a parlia...

I wonder if Wonko would object to me printing this letter? Dear Mr Burnham, I just listened to you talk about the English NHS for 5 minutes yet you didn't mention the word England or English once. You talked about "the NHS", "the health service" and "the country" but all the time you were talking about the English NHS, the English health service and England. You are an English Secretary of St...

Cranmer reports that the BBC the Arts Council of England have commissioned a  new national anthem for England by one Sam Dunkley. Is he pulling our leg? It seems not, you can hear it here! Here it is: I am England, England is inside of me. I am England, England is what I want her to be, I am England, I am English, I am England to my core, And wherever you may find me, you'll find England....

England has been a unified country for more than 1000 years. England and Wales were united by the Acts of Union (1536-43), which gave Welsh representatives the right to attend the English Parliament. The union of Scotland with England and Wales in 1707 saw the creation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain. Thus, the English parliament became the core of a new British parliament and a new British...

Now we know. English MPs voted by 311 to 209 for the new student fees arrangements, with 8 abstentions. Political Betting analyses the numbers and concludes that England’s MPs are now distributed 296/188/43 plus one Green, Speaker, three Deputy Speakers and a vacancy. The Coalition’s theoretical majority there is 150, while the Tories alone have an outright majority of 64. Some form of...

David Cameron is visiting all the home countries ( remember that phrase? ). everywhere he will offer mutual respect and listen to the national leaders, except one country. Who speaks for England ? The Union can't be saved by respect for the devolved governments or more appeasement on powers etc, when there is no respect for England. We need an English Parliament, with an English government an...

Channel Four are to show a four part series set around the English civil war, and this has prompted Ronan Bennett in the Guardian to pen a piece on the English revolution. He disputes that the Commonwealth of England was an aberration in English history, and argues it changed things fundamentally, despite the return of Charles

Writing in the Birmingham Post on the need for English regional government, Phil Davis, of the abolished Campaign for English Regions, has this to say on English national government: As for England as a country, an English national council formed by the regions could also speak on purely English matters, avoiding tortuous and unworkable Parliamentary exclusions