Talk:Britishness

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To say that somebody is European (as a citizen) meaning that they are a citizen of the European Union would be a foolish pratice which unfortunately has become the norm for the Americas. If you say you are an 'American', it is widely accepted that you are a citizen of the United States of America. However, surely somebody from anywhere in the continent (such as Brazil or Canada) could call themselves Americans (in the geographical sense of the word). This leads to confusion so I hope that it does not become usual practice in the European Union. Due to this, I have changed the page to show that European Union citizen should be used to describe somebody who is a citizen of the European Union. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.65.176.20 (talk • contribs) 11:44, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

Britishness is a clearly defined political concept thus the redirect was removed - will be developing page to cover topics such as identity and nationality linking to Blunkett debates, Gordon Brown and the various CRE pronouncements 01:22, 25 May 2006 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Weggie (talk • contribs) 02:22, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Scotland and Britishness

It would be preferable if we could expand this into a proper discussion on the nature of Britishness and its inter-relation with other identities in the UK, rather than something specific to Scotland and Scottishness. It seems rather weighted to devote an entire section to Scotland without considering the situation in the other constituent countries. --Breadandcheese (talk) 05:34, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the comment. Is this better now? By having a more general title, people can now expand to cover the other parts of the UK in subsections (eg 'England and Britishness', etc) Cheers Fishiehelper2 (talk) 09:12, 29 January 2008 (UTC)