Originally Posted by BonnieDundee:
There is no need to be rude, I'm not sure where ignorance factors into this. This is about opinions.

I don't think you have lived there longer than I have, I've lived there for over 16 years.

And I'm Cornish by ancestory, I'm sure you don't appreciate new immigrants to England deciding it should be part of a federal EU state.

You forget, as far as I'm concerned, Cornwall is part of England.
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Originally Posted by jojoctt:
What is Britishness?
How do you personally define it?
Would you consider yourself firstly as a British, then Scottish, Welsh or English? Or simply the other way round?

Have a look at this website::-)
What is Britishness? Citizenship, values and identity - Red Pepper

Being White and having ancestors here for at least 301 years (good reason for that).

The country was united in 1707, so you must have had ancestors here since at least then.
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Originally Posted by whiteandproud14:
Being White and having ancestors here for at least 301 years (good reason for that).

The country was united in 1707, so you must have had ancestors here since at least then.

I believe it would be more accurate to say that the country was RE-united in 1707.

Before the Romans arrived, Britain was one country. It was the building of the boundary walls that created the division of the land, not the people.
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What is British culture?
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what the cornish need is a dose of multiracial reality, then they like a few others on here might wake up and look at the bigger picture.btw i am white english and married,and the both of us are working.that places us both in a minority , does it not.
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Britishness? There's no such thing.
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Originally Posted by Westcountryman:
You forget, as far as I'm concerned, Cornwall is part of England.

That doesn't change anything. You still aren't Cornish by heritage as you aren't a Londoner by heritage(as far as I know.). Whether Cornishness is a subdivision of Englishness is another debate.

And actually you are incorrect in de jure terms.
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Originally Posted by alfred the great:
what the cornish need is a dose of multiracial reality, then they like a few others on here might wake up and look at the bigger picture.

What bigger picture? That we are really English?
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