Should have been "..provocation of the Establishment and their supporters."

I also do not think that the present climate you describe, stigweard, as being prevalent in England is 'well deserved', neither. Absolutely not.
Certainly not in regard to it's citizens, anyway. In fact, I think the war mongerers should be the first ones (if not the only ones) on the front line. Those people tend to wear suits most days, and the vast majority don't have faces.
Even better get the future perfect UN to stipulate that anyone who wants to invade anyone else should play Chess instead (... no ABBA or Tim Rice jokes, now; ok?).
Something like that, anyway...

Far from being a 'Pro-IRA' thread, or indeed an 'Anti-English' one, this discussion, which goes all the way back to last May has been an exploration process of what the term British means to you.
And why.

I, for one am delighted that the importance of 'Britishness' is not widespread among those that have contributed positively to this thread.

'Britishness' means 'anti-everything' in my opinion; it is seen that way throughout the World. It is just one of those words that has never shaken off the connotations of an 'over-pride' in one's homeland.

I believe everybody should be proud of where they come from. Identity is that what roots us, and every person in the World deserves that dignity afforded them.

'British' ties everybody together to London, and strips even the English of their identity.

Good man(?) stigweard.