Looking forward to the census results revealing just how many Brits actually feel european as a primary *national identity*.
Does anyone seriously think it’ll be higher than 0.1%?
Does anyone seriously think it’ll be higher than 0.1%?
https://twitter.com/mikegalsworthy/status/1368288617349713921
I think most Brits who feel ‘european’ do so in the same way we feel feel ‘progressive’ - as a social signifier, not a national identity.
Saying ‘I feel european’ is not a pledge of allegiance to Ursula von der Leyen, or the twelve starred flag.
It’s overwhelmingly a social indicator, not a political one.
It’s overwhelmingly a social indicator, not a political one.
And it’s a misplaced social signifier. There isn’t a homogeneous ‘European culture’.
There are dozens of wonderfully different and diverse worldviews, attitudes, foods, music, and cultures comprising that large landmass across the English Channel.
There are dozens of wonderfully different and diverse worldviews, attitudes, foods, music, and cultures comprising that large landmass across the English Channel.
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