Which is where the "Post-Imperial Guilt" mentioned earlier comes in.  It is a phenomenon of the priveleged classes, on the whole; the Working Class (or whatever you choose to call it) by and large does not have such feelings, having never been master of an empire, but rather, that empire's first colony.  As I said in other words earlier, the intelligentsia (in Britain generally, but particularly in England) have long looked to cultural models that are not nationally-based, and the education system has tended to reinforce this.  We have a situation, then, where ignorance of (and perhaps contempt for) "folk" culture combines with a strong tendency to assume that attempts to define or reinforce "Englishness" must be racist, in function if not also in intent.  Hence the Camden example; I don't remember that particular case, but in practice it wouldn't have got very far.  The EFDSS, for all its faults, has never been a racist organisation: "English" in that context means simply "occurring in England".  There is a good deal more to be said, but just now, I think it's time to go to the pub.

Malcolm