Great news. I wonder whether most of Dartmoor is owned by companies registered in Grand Cayman, the British Virgin Islands or the Channel Islands.

I don't national identities need to be defined. Attempts by politicians to define national identity are normally laughed at (see Gordon Brown's Britishness) or dangerous.

England's problem is the conflation of English identity and British identity, which is politically motivated.

I see the logic of it.

Sunak is basically doing what any English Tory does, relegating Englishness to sport or something whimsical like old maids riding to holy communion while emphasising political Britishness.

It is not Sunak's Indian heritage that hobbles his Englishness. When a journalist reported that Sunak's parents emigrated to England (they emigrated to Southampton, England), Sunak felt it necessary to issue a correction.

This is the action of a Unionist/British nationalist rather than an Indian.

The other obstacle is, of course, unionism (or Britishness) and the resulting denial of Englishness (at least in political form).

In their next video the Lotus Eaters ridicule Fraser Nelson for claiming that Rishi Sunak is English.
youtu.be/50FHI5kHUAc?...

The ethnic nationalism and obsession with skin colour of the goading Lotus Eaters (and their like) is one of the two biggest obstacles to an inclusive and democratic English identity that could achieve an English parliament.

I've come across them while out with the dogs, and yes, they are quite tame. Respectful of humans. Not sure if their is a lone male out somewhere. He might be a different prospect.

Pig update. They're up on Aish Tor rooting for acorns under oak trees.

Here's one they dug earlier.

Me neither, until today.

I think most MPs just tow the party line. If the Green Party had adopted an English parliament as party policy, then no doubt she would have campaigned for that.

It's only mavericks like Frank Field or John Redwood who tend to go against the party line.

Like most things in England, I suspect the housing crisis is largely to blame. A lack of punters spending money because it all has to go on rent and properties that are more commercially viable as living accommodation rather than nightclubs.

Nightlife in provincial England is gone, Yes, it's still great if you can go to Dalston or Fabric, but towns across England are now nightclub-less.

When we moved to Devon, Exmouth had three nightclubs. Now it has none. Two turned into housing, the third just shut.