The SNP only rarely talks about “the English” and only then by mistake. So Scottish nationalists speak instead of “Brexit Britain” or “Middle England” or “Westminster” when they mean “the English”. Some years ago the SNP favoured the use of “London” as a disparagement. Scotland’s woes were the fault of “London Labour”, which was usefully alliterative, or “the London government”. SponsoredOther terminology duly took over but never “the English” or, heaven forfend, “the English people”.

Source: The Times July 13, 2021 16:03 UTC