I’m a big proponent of UK federalisation, so some thoughts:
– Cornwall isn’t big or populous enough to support being its own region.
– Neither is Northumbria really, it should be split in two with the east going to Yorks and the west going to Lancs. It’s much easier to go North/South in these areas than East/West so a coast to coast Northumbria region makes little sense. Cumbrians won’t much like being lumped in with Geordies either.
– Some of these names need work. The archaic Mercia and Danelaw are too jarring and antique for a radical shakeup of the UK’s political geography. That being said, as a proud Brummie myself, West Midlands is a crap name too.
I think you mean a federal England. Aside from that I would 100% welcome this. I’m sick of the lack of strong regional identities. The regions also deserve their own flags and regional celebration days. Cornwall deserves that and bilingual road signs. England is so much more diverse than people think, far from apathetic Whitehall’s pretense that it’s just an extension of London.
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I’m a big proponent of UK federalisation, so some thoughts:
– Cornwall isn’t big or populous enough to support being its own region.
– Neither is Northumbria really, it should be split in two with the east going to Yorks and the west going to Lancs. It’s much easier to go North/South in these areas than East/West so a coast to coast Northumbria region makes little sense. Cumbrians won’t much like being lumped in with Geordies either.
– Some of these names need work. The archaic Mercia and Danelaw are too jarring and antique for a radical shakeup of the UK’s political geography. That being said, as a proud Brummie myself, West Midlands is a crap name too.
I think you mean a federal England. Aside from that I would 100% welcome this. I’m sick of the lack of strong regional identities. The regions also deserve their own flags and regional celebration days. Cornwall deserves that and bilingual road signs. England is so much more diverse than people think, far from apathetic Whitehall’s pretense that it’s just an extension of London.
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