Are We Really Still Doing This?

We're circling the drain on the definition of being British now.When asked what British identity means by podcaster Elliot Bewick, Kemi Badenoch said it is a matter of abiding by cultural norms, standards, and laws.This is an incoherent, unsustainable definition, which precludes the possibility for people to be traitors — villains in our national story — by trying to make being British a normative category which is purely good things. And that just isn't true.Being British is a matter of having English, Welsh, Scottish, or Irish ancestry. Reducing British identity to a matter of self-identification marginalises relevant questions of ancestry, loyalty, and how national identity becomes more salient when confronted with its opposites.The arguments have been made. The civic nationalist, values-based case for British identity falls apart under scrutiny. Culture and countries are the properties of the peoples who invent them and pass them on via inheritance to their descendants. I refuse to lie because some people feel excluded by their inability to be British, no matter how good a person they are.Watch this video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/w2yZquePGT8Support my work on Substack: https://connortomlinson.substack.com/Follow me on X: https://x.com/Con_TomlinsonSupport my work:- https://buymeacoffee.com/connortomlinson- paypal.com/paypalme/ConnorJTomlinson- https://connortomlinson.locals.com/Listen to Tomlinson Talks on podcast platforms:Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/2lVAFqUZQQTQW8XiNhODP0Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/tomlinson-talks/id1811957060Amazon Music / Audible - https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/be9537ec-b746-4a5c-9d79-40f8d0a87f19