Posted: Sep 29, 2017 1:42 pm
Sendraks wrote:mrjonno wrote:Regional differences only really matter in a country when people identify more with their region than the country as a whole. When that happens you basically have a failed state which the UK is on the brink of becoming with people identifying with being Scottish, English, Irish more than being a citizen of the UK
There are plenty of people who are sufficiently tribal that they identify with their county, rather than being "English." If their county identity neatly overlaps with that of a preferred sports team, so much the better.
You can have multiple identities but when that is subset overrules the larger group (ie being English or Scottish being more important than being British) you don't have a country any more. Nothing wrong of course with a country splitting up and that probably makes sense. Then again not really sure London has that much in common with Hull either