Talk:English independence

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Cite your sources

Just a nudge that unless the material in this article can be attributed to a reliable source within the next day or two, I plan to remove all unsourced content; possibly redirecting the page to English nationalism. It is time to cite your sources please. --Jza84 | Talk 17:01, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep this page as it is something I agree on!

David. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.27.29.58 (talk) 01:29, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Removed false claims of support

I've removed several claimed supporters of English independence from the "Supporters of English Independence" section.

Several of them were unsourced, and appeared to be based on the assumption that (for example) a supporter of Scottish independence would necessarily support English independence. This is nonsense, and ignores the fact that there are four constituent nations of the UK. It is entirely consistent for a supporter of (say) Scottish independence to say that the status of Wales, Northern Ireland and England is a matter for the populations of those countries, and therefore to hold no view on the matter.
The reference quoted for Michael Portillo was to a YouTube video where he was chairing a discussion and clearly posing devil's-advocate questions, not expressing a personal view.
The reference quoted for Billy Bragg was to an article where he was advocating regional devolution, which is completely different from English independence. The fact that he was writing in the context of the Scottish independence referendum is a red herring.

As a comment above suggests, cite your sources - and don't misrepresent what they say. - Mortonhall (talk) 12:59, 21 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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independent england - any good source?

https://independentengland.org — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.112.31.26 (talk) 08:58, 25 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Census information

Should the reflection on the supposed decline in English identity from the 2011 to 2021 censuses not reflect that the survey design changed from 2011 to 2021, putting English below British as an option? This likely influenced the result. New Sarumite (talk) 19:14, 23 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

English identity section

"The 2021 census found that only 15.3% of people living in England declared themselves as "English", a significant decrease from 60.4% in 2011. 56.8% declared themselves as "British" only in 2021. 14.3% declared themselves as "English and British", an increase from 9.1% in 2011."

This means nothing. In virtually all official forms from education onwards, you're essentially expected to input British (especially if you're White then White British) because that's what the Government prefers, and so people are just filling out what they think is correct. It doesn't reflect on actual every-day identity. 2A00:23C5:6D32:B501:FF34:4A7D:6EAB:B071 (talk) 19:50, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]