As far as Wales is concerned there really isn't an issue, the idea of Welshness is very inclusive, this sadly appears not to be true of Englishness.
I do think it is partly a result of colonialism & imperial hangover, I see similar ethno-nationalist attitudes prevalent in France & the Netherlands.
200 years? 300 years? Who knows, Suella. Who knows.
But there has to be consensus on the issue. And blood tests obviously. And possibly some kind of identity scheme involving easily recognisable symbols. Or cymbals. Why not? I love ethnic music.
Using Braverman's moronic logic, neither of England's goalscorers against Albania were eligible to play. Myles Lewis-Skelly's grandparents are from Caribbean countries, and Harry Kane's father is Irish.
Only 75%, that makes me feel pretty ill, on the face of it I am shocked at that but deep down not surprised. We have a long way to go in this country to rid ourselves of racism.
Pretty surprising (for me, having not lived in Britain for decades) to see that age is such a strong predictor of agreement. The country appears to be getting less tolerant at quite a rate.
Why are South Asian/Indians more rascist than white? I note that these people voted for Trump in USA and are now finding out he doesn't think they are American.. Is it rascism related to their caste system/different religion or something else?
I don't read it as them being more racist. the question isn't "would YOU accept non-white people as English", it is "CAN they be English" — their answers might reflect their own experience of not being accepted as English
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I do think it is partly a result of colonialism & imperial hangover, I see similar ethno-nationalist attitudes prevalent in France & the Netherlands.
I have different data
200 years? 300 years? Who knows, Suella. Who knows.
But there has to be consensus on the issue. And blood tests obviously. And possibly some kind of identity scheme involving easily recognisable symbols. Or cymbals. Why not? I love ethnic music.
We have to utterly cry down the far right bullshitters who want to bring this hateful ideology off its deathbed.
Whew!