Cornwall and Yorkshire show regional identities run deep in England, too
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Pete Woodcock, University of Huddersfield
We are living in an increasingly decentralised UK. Devolution to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland – along with the Scottish independence referendum and a rise in nationalistic sentiment – have posed obvious opposition to the idea of the UK as a nation state.
Yet recent research and articles suggest that there are further challenges looming – particularly within England. As Matthew Johnson puts it, there is “a feeling that British politicians define English interests as those of London”, and that “those in the northeast, northwest, and southwest have their own ideas about identity”.
These ideas differ from the dominant London-centric concept of Englishness. Issues of English devolution are currently framed for the most part in economic terms, especially by mainstream parties – as epitomised by Osborne’s attempt to manufacture a Northern Powerhouse. But my research suggests that there is more to Englishness – and that territorial identitie...
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