28 January, 2007 |

Feeling of national consciousness of the British (Part 2)

The feeling of national consciousness until recently existed only in the cultural environment, and, in general, British government has been recognized by all four people, except for a small amount of inhabitants of Northern Ireland. However, in 60-70th years the nationalism has got over in a policy in Scotland and in the Wales. Appeals to independence of these two countries of England have led to the beginning of creation of own parliament in the Wales and transfer of greater powers and freedom of actions to the Scottish parliament. The requirements to decentralize economy inside of the England reflect its regional distinctions. As Englishmen as the nation are rather diverse, their customs, accents and behavior are also considerably different. The inhabitants of northern England, for example, consider them better than their southern neighbors, and on the contrary. Inhabitants of different counties and districts keep fidelity to their environment that is often expressed in sports, the politician, competitions, cultural actions and style of their life. 

In Wales there are also distinctions between the inhabitants of the industrial south and the basically agricultural north, between the wests which inhabitants speak Welsh language, and the English-speaking east and a southwest. And still, the majority of the Welsh precisely allocate them as the separate nation which is distinct from Englishmen. Their national and cultural uniqueness takes roots in their history, literature, the Welsh language which speaks 26 % of the population, sports and national festivals. It is also reflected in close communication between industrial and agricultural societies and supported by political, religious and public distinctions between two people. Today the Welsh struggle against the replacement of their culture and language with English equivalents, opposing with uniqueness of people of political authority of London. 

Similarly Scots are united, protecting the nation and culture, because of historically developed hostility to Englishmen. Scots honor their traditions which are reflected in local festivals and differing from English legislative, religious and educational systems. Scots are dissatisfied with the fact that all political authority is concentrated in London that the government does not develop the economy of Scotland (though to Scotland it is put more than budgetary money, than to England or the Wales). More than 30 % of Scots want political separation from England. Thus, it is possible to make a conclusion, that modern British is a mixed and non-uniform people whose “distinctions” are aggravated with emigrants and their cultures. Accordingly, the problem of identifying of a term “Englishman”, the Welsh, the Scot or the Irish who would approach under all the stereotypes connected with “the typical British”, becomes very difficult, if not impossible. 

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