UK: National identity in Britain
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The union of Britain and Northern Ireland is under threat. Can any of our political parties hold it together?
At its core, British identity is a combination of three national identities; English, Welsh, and Scottish. Added to this mix are the numerous other national identities of immigrant communities. At times throughout history these identities have coexisted under one British identity harmoniously. At other times, tension between these identities has had deadly consequences.
Two general elections, one in the UK and one in Ireland, have once again thrown the issue of the future of the union into sharp relief. Matters of identity, nationality, and patriotism are now key to understanding the current state of British politics. In this context, we thought it might be worth looking at how people living in Britain identify when it comes to nationhood.
It’s worth saying that for this research, we concentrated on identity relating to the countries that make up Great Britain (not the ...
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