Sometimes people do sing songs which are about places but maybe Brits sometimes do it in a more subtle manner. So there is the likes of "Big River" by Jimmy Nail and "All This Time" by Sting both about Newcastle and the River Tyne."Tinsel Town In The Rain" by The Blue Nile about Glasgow.

More in your face examples are "Highlands" by Teenage Fanclub. "Mother Glasgow" by Hue And Cry.

Then the less pop/rock British type are "I Have Seen The Heilands" by Matt McGinn and who was it did "Ain't No Ferry To Glastonbury"?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBrvVdr6PsU


As to the British/UK thing. Egg shells there. In Northern Ireland there are a great many people who do class themselves as British Citizens. At least that is on their passports if they decide to take a UK passport. And I had one client recently from there who said that some youngsters (don't know if this is valid or not) who would maybe prefer to take a UK passport now take an Irish one just to qualify for free uni fees in Scotland. Of course there are also many who would hate to be called British. So I don't think we outsiders can dictate how they see themselves.