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Englishmen are less likely to refer to non-Englishmen as English because British civic/national identity is more appropriate for them and non-English immigrants themselves identify as British over English. In Ireland, the two identities are merged.
I don't know why you're talking about phenotypes.
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I don't agree with Oliver that the English are more nationalistic, the Irish are more nationalistic than most Europeans let alone English, but the English identify mostly as English before British, and if you go to towns and villages in England you are more likely to find the St George's cross hanging outside pubs than the Union Jack. The English are more Unionist and pro-British than Scottish and Welsh, and all the state institutions in England emphasise only Britishness, to appease the Scots, Welsh and Irish. Scottish and Welsh devolution was a Labour party scheme to shore up support in those countries against the left-wing 'nationalist' parties like the SNP and Plaid Cymru (which has backfired for them).
I don't think any English person considers SE Scotland as English, it hasn't been English since the High Middle Ages, may as well start talking about reclaiming Calais first (not a bad idea just quietly). One could justifiably argue British nationalism is a form of English imperialism over the Insular Celts, so there's no need for revanchism.
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With the English I find that they seem to take more pride in things like cuisine, industry, music, their countryside, abroad they seem less shouty about their nationality but here I do notice a quiet but visible nationalism and the Irish nationalism seems to be more about the concept of Ireland rather than the achievements of the Irish people, Irish are more willing to call a Nigerian Irish while most people in a rural English town would never call a Nigerian descent person English.
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I think the divide there is mostly between PC and non-PC people in both countries. English nationalism in itself has a reactionary quality that Irish nationalism doesn't since it's not the state nationalism, it's an ethnic designation against the more civic identity of British nationalism. Lefties like David Baddiel (Jewish) and Billy Bragg (half Italian) often talk about 'reclaiming Englishness from the racists'. The English are lucky to have lots of things like you mention to take a proxy national pride in, but it would be nice if it could all be synthesised into a more complete nationalism like others.
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I've seen that poll before. I think it's true they identify as English first, but they seem more nationalistic for their country (sovereign state) rather than their region/nation. And while Saint George's Day is celebrated, I got the impression it's not very popular. I guess I may have been mistaken.
Labour are Socialists and devolution of ethnic minority regions is a global Socialist ideology that's done almost everywhere.
You're right about Southeast Scotland (applies to the Scottish Lowlands as a whole, but the southeast is most similar). But you'd think a few English ultranationalists would care about it, especially since those types are really against Scottish independence. Just look at the ultranationalists from the Balkans for comparison. Though I agree Lowlands Scots aren't really English anymore and its rational for the English to not claim it
And I suppose you're right about British nationalism being a type of English imperialism. But as long as they don't sacrifice Englishness for Britishness, which they mostly don't.
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I don't really think that's possible unless they break away England from the UK (and maybe form an economic confederation with Wales, Scotland, and Ireland). Scots, Welshmen, and Irishmen don't have the taboo of having to reign in their ethnic identity unlike the English. The former two cause of being ethnic minorities and the latter cause of being a homogenous nation where civic identity and ethnic identity are equated. If England becomes separate from the UK, then they'd be in the same position as the other nations in the British Isles.
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