"Have we actualy decided if the average citizen of England, Scotland and Wales is anti-Irish?

Well, we haven't gone down the Scottish and Welsh paths, just yet, Dave. But if we examine the term 'British', we may not need to.

I wasn't 'testing' you, by the way, or otherwise 'playing silly games' (a pre-empt for anyone who wishes to sidestep the discussion again...), but it was/is interesting to see how the term gets thrown about by those who aren't totally aware of it's connotations...., and those who are in no doubt as to it's meaning.

This is the premise, after all.

The 'Irish Unionist' is 'British'.
The 'English Unionist' is 'British'.
Isn't 'British', Unionist, in that case?

And if one equals the other, does the term not subjugate the sub-group one comes from (i.e. Scot, Welsh, Irish, Manx, Cornish.......)?

Is it not 'anti-Irish' by definition?
Is the average not somewhere between 'apathetic, and downright hostile'?

Am I allowed to say quod erat demonstrandum, now?

Or is there a more Politically Correct way of defining British, these days?

;=)