http://www.ippr.org/publications/55...ed-england-as-an-emerging-political-community
I haven't read this through yet, so I don't know where it's study will lead but I thought it was an interesting thing to look at as the reaction to the rest of the UK getting vociferous about being their own countries - very foolishly in my opinion and mostly at the behest of self-serving politicians.
Here's a related bit of discourse on the BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18355571
I haven't read this through yet, so I don't know where it's study will lead but I thought it was an interesting thing to look at as the reaction to the rest of the UK getting vociferous about being their own countries - very foolishly in my opinion and mostly at the behest of self-serving politicians.
Here's a related bit of discourse on the BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18355571