UKIP, immigration and national identity in England
Eric Kaufmann,Birkbeck College, University of London
[email protected]; twitter: @epkaufm; web: sneps.net
For RSA – ESRC – U. Manchester symposium on 'Individual Interests and Collective Values: Increasing cooperative behaviour
and constructive communication
UKIP: the importance of White British ethnicity
UKIP and the White Working Class
UKIP and Englishness0
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ite V
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.5 .6 .7 .8 .9% of White British Identifying 'English Only' in Census
wards where UKIP stood candidates Fitted values
UKIP 2012 Local Election Vote and Englishness of Voters
England:84% of Britain
Britain English ‘Only’ ethnic core:57% of England
White British: 77% of England
Other White British:Scots, Welsh, Irish, Ulster British
A New Britishness?
• Top-Down Britishness agenda difficult
• Complexity theory: nations as emergent
• Constructive Ambiguity• Bespoke Nationalism