YouTube ‘This Is England’, sift through results. Video One: a girl films from her Norwich-bound train; grannies and skate teens reflected in the tidy villages and urban sprawls rushing past. Video Two: a pop-promo, the number 30 bus’ blown top spliced with Stonehenge. Lyrics: “They took the passport, they took the pound/And now they’ve bombed the underground/They’ll never destroy the land of hope and glory/This is England.” Video Three: a skinhead, dressed in a tight white shirt, lectures a room of potentials, singling out the sole black member. “Do you consider yourself English or Jamaican?” Pause. Silence. “English.” Applause. Three videos and we’re none the wiser. What is England?
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