Burke's point about the voting is a good one. We do, so we are. Perhaps part of the problem is that the British haven't quite grasped the idea of federalism ...yet?

I'm Canadian, and I'm Welsh, and I'm European. I refrain from saying I'm British only as a protest: too many English (including the Media - despite the BBC issuing guidelines) and a huge proportion of the rest of the planet, seem to use British and English interchangeably, which is just wrong.

The British also sometimes refer to me as an American; when I correct them, they point out their 'continental' reference, which is codswollop 'cause they'd never call a Mexican an American.

That's m' tuppence-worth, anyway.

sian