Why We Need to Talk About Englishness

Why We Need to Talk About Englishness

An anti-immigration protestor outside the Bell Hotel in Epping in July. Byline Supplement is not identifying them as a member of the far-right Photo: SOPA/PA/AlamyPatriotism, according to the musician Billy Bragg, can essentially be understood as giving a shit about your country. Not thinking it is better than every other country. Not Boris Johnson’s ‘world-beating’ nonsense. Or Nigel Farage’s Union Jack socks. But a love of country that is incl…