Published 2001 (ISBN 1 902488 16 4) Price £9.95
Report of a conference on 15th April 1999, with a foreword by Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown MP. Deborah Mattinson presented the results of research into current understandings of ‘Britishness’, showing a multi-layered sense of national identity. Against that background, Michael Wills argued the case for constitutional reform. Professor Linda Colley addressed ‘Britain as Europe’, showing the extent to which Britain has always, over history, formed an integral part of Europe, for all its imperial involvements elsewhere. Finally, Gordon Brown spoke about the ‘patriotism of common purpose’, offering an inclusive vision of Britishness for the twenty-first century.