English nationalism
English nationalism is the name given to a political movement of English people seeking the re-establishment of an independent sovereign state of England, via the dissolution of the United Kingdom, or self-government for England via a devolved English parliament.
England is the only constituent country or home nation of the United Kingdom currently lacking a devolved administrative government or assembly, although the London region of England has similar powers.
The English nationalist movement has its roots primarily in the sense of being English rather than British that is held by many people in England, and secondarily by the reactions to the establishment of devolved administrations in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and other old European nations like Catalonia and Flanders.
Although it has lacked a parliament or government of its own since the Act of Union 1707, many English people still regard their nation to be a country in its own right and not merely a constituent part of the United Kingdom. This sentiment is especially strong in regard to the attempt by Tony Blair's Labour government to regionalise England.
See also
- English Question
- West Lothian Question
- Barnett Formula
- Scottish Raj
- Regions of England
- Campaign for an English Parliament
- Devolved English parliament
- English Constitutional Convention
- English Democrats Party
- English Independence Party
- English Votes on English Laws
- Green Party of England and Wales
- Kingdom of England
- Parliament of England
- English people
- England
- Nationalism
External links
- We Are The English
- Devolve England
- The Wessex Regionalist Party
- Mercian Regionalists
- English Constitutional Convention
- The Campaign for an English Parliament
- The English Democrats
- English Independence Party
- England First Party
- An English Independence Discussion Space - For the necessary socialist development of the coming of a modern proportionally represented English Parliament