Yesterday in the Daily Record, a leading Scottish newspaper, was this intriguing news item:-
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/editors-choice/2011/08/13/scots-win-battle-of-patriotism-over-english-study-shows-86908-23341652/
SCOTS are fiercely patriotic compared to the English, according to research.
They are more likely to celebrate St Andrew’s Day and fly the Saltire, while many English folk fear displaying the flag of St George would spark accusations of racism or right-wing bias.
More than three-quarters of Scots also consider themselves to be “patriotic”, with almost two-thirds happy to show their national pride in public.
But only half of people down south feel the same.
A spokesman for http://www.scotpoll.com/, who commissioned the survey of 2000 folk, said: “Scots are well known for their patriotism but it seems they are well ahead of the English in the pride stakes.
“Some of the biggest dates in our calendar, such as New Year’s Eve and Burns Night, see us cover the country in our flag without any shame or embarrassment.
“It’s a shame English people can’t follow in our footsteps and show the same pride in their nation.”
The poll found a third of Scots celebrate St Andrew’s Day, compared to just 19 per cent of those in England who mark St George’s Day
Here is the website of the pollsters whom I have emailed to ask for a copy of the poll:-http://www.scotpoll.com/
I don’t find the scale of this result entirely credible, as my experience is that English people are now much more patriotically ENGLISH than even a couple of years ago. The result might well reflect either the question or the sample questioned. Nevertheless I do think English people are still much more confused and conflicted between ENGLISHNESS and BRITISHNESS than Scots tend to be.
Also Scotland has the blessing of a highly active and successful nationalist party – the mission of the English Democrats is to emulate that success for England and so to give the lead to the English to feel free to be at least as Patriotic about England as Scots are about Scotland!
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