poop, do you identify as anything? You say "nativist" like it's a dirty word, but to me it's instinctive to feel a sense of nativism. It's not even like I'm proud to be English, I can think of many other countries I'd rather be from, but I am from England, I am English, that's who I am. All that means to me is I have a birth right to live in this country. It just so happens that right extends to the rest of the UK, not just England, and I probably could live in Wales, I'm only ten miles away as it is, but I could never identify as Welsh, that would seem ridiculous to me. I'm British by law, and English by identity. I could move to New Zealand and gain citizenship, but I would never call myself a Kiwi.

I would feel like a guest in any other country, even if I was a citizen. Citizenship is law, nationality is identity. You can be British, but you can't be English, or Scottish. Well, you can if you want, but to me it's ridiculous, like putting a dress on and calling yourself female.

Please don't call me a TERF.