I have been embroiled in this argument over and over. England is not evil. The English people are not evil. Politicians and people of power are the ones who commit these atrocities and they are the same whatever nationality they are. The popular press are evil in perpetuating these myths.

Mr Grasse is not wrong in his book, it is only his terminology. If by 'England' he means the ruling classes he is spot on. As 'England' does not exist as a political entity in it's own right and has not for 300 years I have no objection to the term being taken over to mean something else.

What we need now of course is home rule for Lancashire and a new name for that bit of Britain south of Scotland and east of Wales!

Cheers

Dave