I've noticed recently that I haven’t
seen anything with an English flag on it yet. Only the Union Jack. This
surprises me a little because I got into the topic of national identity in one
of my modules in semester 1 and discussed a study which was deducted across the UK and which identified that people from England tend to see
themselves as English first and British second, whereas in Scotland or Wales
for example, people would tend to say that they feel British as a first or main
identity and Scottish or Welsh as a second one.
I don’t know if this is maybe a tourism thing to sell all kinds of goods with the Union Jack on it or if it’s because Newcastle is a city with many international students. Or maybe it has political reasons I'm unaware of. I just randomly realised that I haven’t seen a single English flag since I’ve come to England.
