Yes, I'm certainly against the blind and destructive jingoism that 'pride' can imply and, indeed, generate. This doesn't, however, mean that there can't be an affection for and an attachment and affinity to Britain (I don't think of England, or any of the other parts of the British Isles, in isolation) – and to a particular area that, for whatever reason, has special associations. I think it's important to have a 'sense of place'. For me that place happens to be East Yorkshire, where I was born and where my family has lived for several generations, but I've also felt at home in other parts of the country where I've lived and there are other areas that I feel particularly drawn to. My England (Britain) is a personal thing, not a nationalistic sentiment.