No wonder Brown's Britain propaganda has failed. Other than the obvious jonah reason, there is no such place. Either we live in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, or we live in England, Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland. 'Britain' doesn't include Northern Ireland, nor does the term 'Briton' refer to the many non-celtic inhabitants of the United Kingdom.
An entire, distasteful political culture and its agenda lies embodied in Brown's terminology 'Britain' and the cack-handed collapse of his attempt to foist it on the rest of us (the Times reports derisory numbers attending regional 'Britishness' meetings being hosted by cabinet ministers, Straw got down to single figures at some) reassures us all that we, at least, know where we are coming from, even if Brown is in denial.
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On the windbaggery scales, Brown makes Kinnock look a mere apprentice. His "Britishness" bash, early in his reign, was abandoned as soon as he realised there were no votes in it.
There is not an ounce of scruple in the man.
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