December 13, 2005
Invading English legions ... somehow
I think you'll find that any continuing occupation is the doing of the British government rather than the English:
However, the decision not to opt for greater integration is very pleasing; like wise with the single welsh police force (as opposed to a cross border force) we are beginning to more clearly define our borders with England, and create an element of separation between ourselves and our occupiers.After all, how can the English mobilise any kind of occupying force without all the state machinery necessary to run it.
Of course, way back when, such an accusation may well have been true but it is certainly not the case these days and hasn't been for some significant time.
It's an interesting time we find ourselves in. I find it fascinating that accusations of English 'occupation' and 'Empire' and what have you can come from a people who have their own national political representation, particularly when such representation is not afforded to the very people accused of using it to the determent of our democratic superiors.
