England is ruled directly from Westminster by institutions and
parties that are both English and British. The non-recognition of
England reflects a longstanding assumption of 'unionist statecraft'
that to draw a distinction between what is English and what is
British risks destabilising the union state. The book examines
evidence that this conflation of England and Britain is growing
harder to sustain, in light of increasing political divergence
between the nations of the UK and the awakening of English national
identity. These trends were reflected in the 2016 vote to leave the
European Union, driven predominantly by English voters (outside
London). Brexit was motivated in part by a desire to restore the
primacy of the Westminster Parliament, but there are countervailing
pressures for England to gain its own representative institutions,
and for devolution to England's cities and regions. The book
presents competing interpretations of the state of English
nationhood, examining the views that little of significance has
changed, that Englishness has been captured by populist
nationalism, and that a more progressive, inclusive Englishness is
struggling to emerge. We conclude that England's national
consciousness remains fragmented due to deep cleavages in its
political culture, and the absence of a reflective national
conversation about England's identity and relationship with the
rest of the UK and the wider world. Brexit was a (largely) English
revolt, tapping into unease about England's place within two
intersecting Unions (British and European), but it is easier to
identify what the nation spoke against than what it voted for.
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