For around 20 years, the government of The UK has only really been the government of England in huge areas of policy. John Denham More Quotes by John Denham More Quotes From John Denham English voters, especially, leave voters, tend to prioritize their English identity and want English interests put ahead of the Union, it's not that they are anti-union, it's that their idea of Britishness is as an extension of Englishness and English interests. If the two come into conflict then they prioritize English interests. John Denham The English-centric idea of union was fostered as part of the imperial Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the truth is that old idea of the union lost its sense of purpose decades ago. And in that time, the other parts of the union asserted their identity( or in Northern Ireland, identities). If government really wants the union to survive, it has to be a partnership between all the nations. John Denham
