The Shameful Conquest of England

England remains a nation discontented with itself. Its relationship with its neighbours both within the UK and in the EU remains either unsatisfying or unsettled, depending on whether voters are on one side of the Remain / Leave divide or the other. There is a clear feeling among English-identifying voters that their nation has been hard done by and that its current appearance is a poor reflection of its former glories. The authors suggest that England’s overall attitudes to the Union as a continuing constitutional reality are ambivalent at best and, in the case of primarily English-identifying voters, 72% would say “so be it” if another constituent of the Union chose to go its own way.