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A definition of England
The problem with English nationalism
is that it depends on an exceptionalist mythology
that is steeped in racism,
an unwarranted sense of superiority,
and, since the end of the British Empire,
a set of self-pitying grievances
directed against imaginary enemies.
The central tropes of EU-phobia exhibit all of these.