Another sign of K-selection:

PATRIOTISM has boomed in the UK with many Britons considering themselves English over British, a new poll has revealed

The statistics released by YouGov revealed the amount of people describing themselves as English rather than British has risen by five per cent since 2015, now amounting to whopping 19 per cent of Britons.

John Denham – a former Labour cabinet minister who led the study – admitted there is a growing correlation between identity and political behaviour.

Also the head of Winchester University’s Centre for English and Identity Politics, Mr Denham said: “Voters who most strongly identify as English are much more likely to reject Labour as a party and key Labour messages, like support for the EU….

He said: “The next big issue that’s going to come up in British politics beyond Brexit is Englishness.

“There is a value that unites the vast majority of British people away from the small metropolitan clique, and that value is patriotism.”