Article: Variety is the essence of our green and pleasant land; Michael Fabricant believes the fundamental decency of the English shine s through.

If the Government's constitutional changes result in a breakaway Scotland and Wales, the significance of England as a nation will grow still further in the future. We already have a national flag, but what is it to be English? Is there such a thing nowad ays as an essential Englishmen?

Some years ago, the Eurovision Song Contest required competitors to appear in their national costumes. The Dutch wore milking parlour outfits complete with wooden yokes and milk pales, the Germans wore lederhosen. After much discussion in the offices of Light Entertainment at the BBC ...

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