No way back for Britain: federation or independence are the only options

Another way to address the question of the constitutional options that should be put to all the nations of the UK at the same time as a Scottish referendum on independence for Scotland (see previous post) is to say that we should all have a vote, not just on independence for our respective countries, but [...]

Are you British?

Native UK citizens (those born and brought up in the UK) have multiple national identities: British together with combinations of English, Scottish, Welsh and (Northern) Irish. However, which is their ‘primary’ identity? I would contend that most people identify in the first instance with one of the ‘constituent nations’ of the UK rather than with [...]