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mokryna Mon 21-Sept-20 09:36:49

Not on official official documents of course but in your mind where do you place yourself and in what order?
I think of myself a EuroEnglishFrench person.

Stephenmarra Mon 21-Sept-20 16:11:50

I would say North Cumbrian then English. Although if they moved the Scottish border a few miles to the south I wouldn't complain.

paddyanne Mon 21-Sept-20 15:59:51

Sanjoy Dos posted this on line for Scots who done believe in Scotland .

This is why I believe in Scotland.
I came to Edinburgh in 1986, I am a first generation brown immigrant who came to England in 1966/7. When I moved here, I started my own business, took up golf and whisky. I basically love it here. My paternal grandfather spent 4.5 years in jail in India. He was a follower of Gandhi and the @Quit India movement@ . He would have been very amused to see the Scots so unsure of themselves that they actually voted against their own self determination, I was bought up to believe that self determination was a basic right.. I believe we have a generation of people here in Scotland, who can find the way forward to adulthood for this nation. I believe that Scottish nationalism is inclusive. I believe our place is with Europe not the Old Etonian cabal that sits in Westminster. Independence is just adulthood. Scotland ticks all the boxes for me. I believe in a kind of radical humanism which is based on the idea that with the right education, communication and perspective human beings can sort most of their problems.

Jayt Mon 21-Sept-20 15:58:03

I’m Scottish

grandMattie Mon 21-Sept-20 15:57:51

Alien as in - from outer space or alien as in - from non-UK countries?
(Martian from choice)

Greeneyedgirl Mon 21-Sept-20 15:57:45

Ah ha lemongrove? Don’t be too sure.

varian Mon 21-Sept-20 15:54:37

It does sometimes seem that there might be a few aliens, or at least some that believe we're all controlled by aliens.

lemongrove Mon 21-Sept-20 15:33:16

I think we know that Gners are members of the human race btw ( unless there are a few Martians among us)?

lemongrove Mon 21-Sept-20 15:31:37

English first then British

sparklingsilver28 Mon 21-Sept-20 15:21:40

English - to the back-bone!

TwiceAsNice Mon 21-Sept-20 15:19:03

Welsh then British definitely not English even thought I live here now . (Because daughters and grandchildren do!)

Fernbergien Mon 21-Sept-20 15:14:13

English

Marydoll Mon 21-Sept-20 15:11:24

Scottish, (and proud to be), British, European.

felice Mon 21-Sept-20 15:08:37

Belgo/Scot a proud European.

varian Mon 21-Sept-20 15:01:33

Glaswegian, Scottish, British, European and a member of the human race.

annodomini Mon 21-Sept-20 14:51:44

Scottish and British.

AGAA4 Mon 21-Sept-20 14:51:24

British. Born in England but have lived most of my life in beautiful Wales.

Kate1949 Mon 21-Sept-20 14:50:22

British, Brummie but with no British blood. Both parents from Southern Ireland.

NotAGran55 Mon 21-Sept-20 14:50:01

English southerner but would like to be Geordie .

pollyperkins Mon 21-Sept-20 14:47:11

British. And proud of it (or I was before brexit and this shambles of a government.) But I say English when abroad as they understand that better! I would have liked to stay in the EU but would not say European!

Bodach Mon 21-Sept-20 14:36:34

"Scotland has given more to the world than any other nation on earth apart from the ancient greeks" (Winston Churchill) AND HE HATED US!" (my capitals) Oh dear, paddyanne, you obviously haven't taken on board any of my advice about not believing all these foolish myths about Churchill's views on Scotland and the Scots. I'll grant you that Dundee's voters were probably not high on his Christmas card list in 1922 - but to extrapolate from that to accuse him of hating a whole nation and its people is to enter the realms of fantasy and malice.

Oh, and my Scottishness and Britishness are one and the same.

Greyduster Mon 21-Sept-20 14:11:02

A Yorkshire lass - everything else is a poor second!?

Jane10 Mon 21-Sept-20 13:37:41

CherryCezzy - good point! Well said.

CherryCezzy Mon 21-Sept-20 13:04:01

Human.

Millie22 Mon 21-Sept-20 13:00:36

English and proud to be

Gwyneth Mon 21-Sept-20 12:58:47

Welsh, then British