For England and St. George!  

I had a bit of a spat on Twitter earlier.  Actually it turned into quite a good debate, or as much of one as you can have with 140 characters at a time!   It was with a couple of people who probably very proudly describe themselves as ‘English nationalists'; who believe England should reassert itself as a sovereign nation state again. I, however, am a Unionist. I am proud to be from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. I consider myself as British first and then English.   The UK is my country, and being English born, half Scots (on my mother's side) and with Welsh heritage on my father's side (gwyn is the Welsh word for white) it makes me appreciate the different cultures, traditions and histories from right across our island nation. The opening criticism on Twitter was that I had done nothing as an English MP to speak up for England in Parliament...