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BBC News By Jennifer Scott Published image copyrightPA Media/Getty Images image captionSir Keir Starmer will need to decide on his approach to patriotism as the new Labour leader Early in his tenure as new Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer said he wanted the party to be "proud of being patriotic". In his first speech to the party's conference as their leader last September, Sir Keir said to voters: "I ask you: take another look at Labour. We're under new leadership. We love this country as you do." It seems to be a stance that chimes with many Labour members.

The award-winning journalist used the well-known term while speaking on BBC political talk show Brexitcast as she discussed the departure of No.10 press chief Lee Cain.

More people across Dorset are identifying as British MORE people across Dorset are identifying as British than before the EU referendum, figures suggest, while fewer say they are English. That’s according to the Office for National Statics Annual Population Survey, which asks a sample of local people how they would describe their national identity. The survey shows 47 per cent of people in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole identified as British in the year to June 2020, up from 34 per cent four years earlier, in the run-up to the EU referendum. But Englishness, while still the mor...

British identity MORE people in Blackburn with Darwen are identifying as English than before the EU referendum, figures suggest. That’s according to the Office for National Statics Annual Population Survey, which asks a sample of local people how they would describe their national identity. The survey shows 47 per cent of people in Blackburn with Darwen identified as English in the year to June 2020, up from 41 per cent four years earlier, in the run-up to the EU referendum. The proportion who described themselves as British stayed broadly the same, at 59 per cent. In the survey, ...

More people in Mansfield are identifying as English than before the EU referendum, figures suggest, while Britishness is also on the rise.