On your survey, I wonder if all the respondents were British citizens. If not, the fact that 18 percent feel little loyalty toward Britain. If they are, for example, a Pakistani studying in college in Britain, there isn't much reason for him to feel "loyal" to a Britain, whatever it means.
If they are all British citizens, then you'd think the question should include something along the lines of "if you do not feel loyalty toward England, why are you here?". It would be interesting to learn why someone would jump through the hoops of gaining citizenship, but not have any feelings of patriotism for the country. If they were born in England, and feel no partriotic feeling for England, where in the world (if anywhere) do they have patriotic feelings? Red China?!
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Actually, here's some explanation at the end, and it just says he interviewed Muslim adults in England, British not citizens. That may explain a lot of the lack of connection to Britain.
I don't feel a lot of loyalty (or any) to the foreign country where I reside. |
