tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612731037367610064.post5971197076446069861..comments2023-10-30T11:00:51.356+00:00Comments on Caro's Family Chronicles: A Genealogist's View of the 2011 CensusCarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04977450933277241692noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612731037367610064.post-5865921578815403372011-03-28T10:54:18.260+01:002011-03-28T10:54:18.260+01:00Not so sure that we "Northern Irish" hav...Not so sure that we "Northern Irish" have a national identity. More of a "national identity crisis"! <br /><br />ChrisChris Patonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05073425769475523109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612731037367610064.post-1315085663503522582011-03-16T11:27:33.030+00:002011-03-16T11:27:33.030+00:00Hope you dont mind me cross posting this on my blo...Hope you dont mind me cross posting this on my blog. You really have made me think about the British question. I was about to tick just English. I need to carefully consider this as I am sure this census has hidden political implications. I just don;t know what to think anymore. As a royalist though and her Majesty's loyal Subject I feel sure she would be devastated to see the break up of the Union.<br /><br />Hope you are well by the wayalisonhttp://towertales.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612731037367610064.post-85023837322442657532011-03-14T16:29:17.056+00:002011-03-14T16:29:17.056+00:00Hi Caroline,
I put English on my form as most of ...Hi Caroline,<br /><br />I put English on my form as most of my ancestry has turned out to be English with a heavy Gloucestershire bias on my father's side and Devonshire on my mother's. Although my grandfathers were born in Ireland and Wales respectively their own parents were English. I've always felt English and was very pleased when I found my genealogy supported this. I feel we don't have a national identity in the same way that Wales, Scotland & Northern Ireland (or Eire, come to that) do but also wouldn't want the UK broken up either.<br /><br />Annie <br />Hibbitt Family History<br />www.hibbitt.org.ukAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612731037367610064.post-78334665151995366052011-03-14T13:05:56.335+00:002011-03-14T13:05:56.335+00:00Caroline,
As an Anglo-Scot, I sgree with your comm...Caroline,<br />As an Anglo-Scot, I sgree with your comments. What we have in England is taxation without representative since domestic policies can be imposed on by MPs from the devolved countries - higher tuition fees and prescription charges being only the latest examples.<br />You might like to consider transporting your blog entry to a website called whatenglandmeanstome.<br />Ian CampbellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com