Why can't Englishness be left-wing?

Why does English patriotism and moderate nationalism have to always be linked to racism and the far right?

If Scottish nationalism is so acceptable, moderate and left-wing, why can't English nationalism be the same?

England has a rich and long history of left and anarchist radicalism. Why can't this be articulated through an English identity in some way?

Why does it seem to be so hard to be a progressive English patriot?

Is it really true that it is not possible to be a progressive patriot of any kind? Maybe so.

But freedom is always left-wing if you ask me, and freedom is denied to England and the English by the current U.K. constitution.

If you can be an anarchist for Scottish independence, why can't you be an anarchist for English independence?


The attempt to portray Englishness as ony capable of being right-wing in recent years has often been a Blairite smear to shore up the imperialist U.K.
Blair was power-hungry and a British nationalist.

It is British nationalism that is irredeemably right-wing, not English nationalism.

I prefer Eric Blair to Tony Blair.




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