Yesterday I had a discussion with two of my work-mates about whether they were British or English.  Both of them said they were English and I say I'm British.  To say your English is to ignore hundreds of years of history that has united our kingdom.  I like England but I don't want to be part of a small country, I want to be part of Wales, Scotland, England, Northern Ireland, the Outer Hebrides and the Inner, the Island of Mull, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Belfast, etc, etc.