Britain's deep wells of memory and myth

The subjets of memories and the myths are related with the sociology because can to create national identity and determine social relations with the "others".
In this article varioyus authors have a discussion about the idea David Marquand´s idea and the identity of UK.
The letters about David Marquand´s article talk about it. First, David Marquand makes connections between Tory-defined version of "Englishness" and the Europhobia. The Enlishness grow up in the south against the cities, their multuculturalism and the north. But this is a pointi of view old, traditional and tory then the professor Paul Salveson says we need to create a new, progresive Englishness and we must to descentralize the UK. So the nations, Scotland and England, will have an egual and friendly relationship.
To Michael E Williams the David Marquand´s careful analysis of English Europhobia is like a depressingly accurate. This author do a short summarize about  theScotland´s historical alliance with Europe and the European Wales while England, speficucally London, is still at odds with the nations it was at war with then.
Beside, John Owen disagree with the opinion of David Marquand about the Englnd´s identity crisis when he says the Welsh well is not as deep as the Scotish. Owen arguee the Welsh have more homogeneous origins that the Scotish.
The last Writer, John Hodgson, question if Scotland becomes independent and the United Kingdom is dissolved, what would we call a rump state consisting of England, Wales and Northern Ireland?


The link:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/dec/21/britain-deep-wells-memory-myth