Tory leadership candidate Robert Jenrick says 'woke culture' threatens 'English identity'

[@jpinnz2803]

Can anyone guess who the interviewer votes for?

[@kevinsheahan5449]

Can anyone guess whether Bob is honest?

[@bitandbob1167]

People that don’t talk gobshite?

[@fartbreath1961]

Reform UK. It's obvious.

[@1967deek]

SNP 😁

[@jpinnz2803]

Whatever happened to the editorial independence of journalists?

[@davedavids2231]

Can we find out how many tines he's asked a Welsh or Scottish political what Welsh or Scottish identity is .

[@ninjabredman4994]

He still can’t define it though can he. ‘History’ is not an identity after all.

[@benfisher1376]

But they haven't had immigration at our levels yet. They are good countries that don't complain. Naughty English upset that we are slowly disappearing, must be reprimanded 🙄

[@johnclayney2933]

I am very proud to be English. How can an English man ask what it means to be English? This has all gone too far. Every country has its own unique identity of which its civilians have a right to be proud.

[@phoenixreborn6065]

It's just more deliberate sly questions trying to undermine our sense of who we are an an ethnic group and people. They do this ALL the time in one way or another to try and make the viewers watching think "Hmm, maybe this isn't my homeland" or "Maybe I was wrong about my identity". Best to call it out for what it is, deconstruction and manipulation.

[@ninjabredman4994]

So, what is English identity then? What’s the English unique identity?

[@jsworpin]

‘Every country has its own unique identity’. Does it? Most of this mythic idea of a shared historical identity that maps to a nation was created wholesale in the 19th century. It wasn’t true then and it isn’t true now. There are some common cultural traits or traditions like drinking tea, liking cricket, being very polite etc. None are universal, many aren’t even practiced by the majority, none are particularly profound or indeed particularly historical. They’re simply current fashions and have changed over time and will continue to do so. The other things that get trotted out like being welcoming, kind, hardworking are just generic human traits that apply to almost all of humanity.

[@MsCharlieBrown78]

ok, so what is it, then?

[@robinuk1949]

More worried about if he puts Israel ahead of us

[@JoyceHerbert-m9d]

Is that bloke with Robert Jenrick real because I am English and proud and I do not want it taken away

[@waynesimon2425]

England should have thought about that before going around the world, changing other people's identity. Now, Reep the KARMA 😂😂😂

[@MaksudAhmad-g6w]

Don't worry No one is taking England anywhere. No one wants it.

[@MaksudAhmad-g6w]

@@waynesimon2425 well said

[@RenVizsla]

@@waynesimon2425 This is a weird argument because it admits that what is happening to england is a colonisation, therefore every Englishman has a right to resist said colonisation by whatever means necessary.

[@templeofdoom4445]

​@@RenVizslaexactly, on that argument the British have every right for mass deportations.

[@T5Zplayer]

Jenrick is right. Sky hates that concept. Noticeable they also prevent comment on Harrods grifters corner.

[@Msqump]

Jenrick needs to wind his neck in and get back to work

[@T5Zplayer]

@@Msqump English and proud

[@ianHolmes-up2oc]

No he isn't he is talking crap typical right wing rubbish

[@henresearch]

What is English identity?

[@T5Zplayer]

@@henresearch Looking back at my history and what my ancestors achieved.

[@merchiron]

What a smug, rude presenter, like he doesn't know what it is to be English.

[@IcedEvolution]

What is it to be English then ? 😅

[@T5Zplayer]

@@IcedEvolution To be English? simply look back at the history of my ancestors and what they've achieved.

[@bield7]

Jenrick’s smugness must have rubbed off on him

[@diegolove173]

@@T5ZplayerThey achieved nothing they stole , rape and kill all over the world

[@bl00dhoney]

​@T5Zplayer what is English identity today, in 2024 ?

[@deniselangham8156]

Wow he's telling the truth but they really don't like it

[@URBeingLiedTo]

Jenrick is absolutely correct. And anyone who doesn't know what English identity means, is in no place to be debating the subject.

[@JakeHoney-i2s]

So let's talk about it. Here's a sample list of great English innovators. Just 10 from literally hundreds of world shaping ones: John Harrison Invented the world's first marine chronometer, a timepiece which solved the problem of calculating longitude at sea. He was honoured in 2006 with the dedication of a stone at Westminster Abbey in London. He is also known for the Grasshopper Escapement and Gridiron Pendulum in clock making. Thomas Hawksley Modern water supply systems and the first pressurized clean water supply available at the turn of a tap. It also saved many lives from Cholera. He received knighthoods and tributes from Sweden, Denmark, Brazil, and around the world for solving their water problems. [See the splendid in-depth article on him from WaterWorld - an online news and technology resource serving engineers, managers, and consultants in the municipal water industry worldwide]. Sir John Fowler Engineer for the world's first underground railway; the London's Metropolitan Railway. He was also Chief Engineer for the Forth Bridge in Scotland that connects Fife and Edinburgh in partnership with fellow English Engineer Benjamin Baker. "He was a Victorian engineer who was responsible for the world’s first underground railway (the Metropolitan in London); he was also chief engineer for the Forth Railway Bridge. Fowler transformed this Highland landscape over 30 years, planting 9 million trees and building the suspension bridge over the River Droma here in 1874." - National Trust for Scotland website When it was first constructed it was regarded as the eighth wonder of the world. "He designed a number of bridges - including the Grosvenor Bridge, which carried the first railway across the Thames - and designed Victoria Station in London and stations in Glasgow, Sheffield, Liverpool and Manchester Central Station, including the 64m-wide train shed roof was the second widest unsupported steel arch in the country, after the roof of St Pancras Station." - Undiscovered Scotland website Frederick Lanchester Disc Brakes. But apart from this innovation he was a God in the motoring industry: "out of the 36 primary features found in the modern car, Lanchester was responsible for inventing 18." - [from Irish Times newspaper on this great Englishman of a now archived article from their resident motoring historian Bob Montgomery] Bernard Spilsbury Modern Forensics and the Murder Bag. His techniques revolutionized how Pathology works today. The "murder bag" was a specialized bag contained protective gear and tools to handle and retrieve evidence such as rubber gloves, tweezers, forceps, a magnifying glass, compass, ruler, and cotton swabs. John Howard Prison reformer. His legacy is felt all over the world. He became the first citizen to have a statue in St. Paul's Cathedral. John Wesley’s [founder of the Methodist church] paid tribute to him as ‘one of the greatest men in Europe’. His work had influence as far afield as Germany, America and Russia. Michael Faraday. His Faraday Cage was a constructed metal container in 1836 that blocked out electromagnetic radiation. The Faraday Cage concept is used in various things today, from homes and office buildings to automobiles and aircraft. They are used in MRI machines and pacemakers, as well as in electronics laboratories, to isolate sensitive equipment from outside interference. Isaac Newton He changed the way we understand the universe by discovering the Laws of Gravity and Motion. He also invented the Reflecting Telescope and invented Calculus. Sophie Wilson For her amazing work for Acorn computers and the BBC Microcomputer. She co-invented with Englishman Steve Furber the ARM processor: "The ARM processor core now used in thousands of different products, from mobile phones and tablets to digital televisions and video games. The number of ARM processor cores now shipped exceeds 30 billion, or more than four ARM microprocessors for every person on earth" - CHM (computer history museum) on Sophie Wilson Joseph Aspdin Modern Cement. He called it Portland Cement, due to the similar colour quarried on the English Isle of Portland off the Dorset coast. His use of limestone and clay led to a process that eventually became a powder that mixed with water would Set and become Concrete.

[@123foskett]

What does it mean then?

[@richardjones8699]

​@@123foskettAs he said a combination of History, Culture and Values.

[@JakeHoney-i2s]

@@123foskett It means these 10 from a sample list of great English innovators from literally hundreds i have of world shaping ones: John Harrison Invented the world's first marine chronometer, a timepiece which solved the problem of calculating longitude at sea. He was honoured in 2006 with the dedication of a stone at Westminster Abbey in London. He is also known for the Grasshopper Escapement and Gridiron Pendulum in clock making. Thomas Hawksley Modern water supply systems and the first pressurized clean water supply available at the turn of a tap. It also saved many lives from Cholera. He received knighthoods and tributes from Sweden, Denmark, Brazil, and around the world for solving their water problems. [See the splendid in-depth article on him from WaterWorld - an online news and technology resource serving engineers, managers, and consultants in the municipal water industry worldwide]. Sir John Fowler Engineer for the world's first underground railway; the London's Metropolitan Railway. He was also Chief Engineer for the Forth Bridge in Scotland that connects Fife and Edinburgh in partnership with fellow English Engineer Benjamin Baker. "He was a Victorian engineer who was responsible for the world’s first underground railway (the Metropolitan in London); he was also chief engineer for the Forth Railway Bridge. Fowler transformed this Highland landscape over 30 years, planting 9 million trees and building the suspension bridge over the River Droma here in 1874." - National Trust for Scotland website When it was first constructed it was regarded as the eighth wonder of the world. "He designed a number of bridges - including the Grosvenor Bridge, which carried the first railway across the Thames - and designed Victoria Station in London and stations in Glasgow, Sheffield, Liverpool and Manchester Central Station, including the 64m-wide train shed roof was the second widest unsupported steel arch in the country, after the roof of St Pancras Station." - Undiscovered Scotland website Frederick Lanchester Disc Brakes. But apart from this innovation he was a God in the motoring industry: "out of the 36 primary features found in the modern car, Lanchester was responsible for inventing 18." - [from Irish Times newspaper on this great Emglishman of a now archived article from their resident motoring historian Bob Montgomery] Bernard Spilsbury Modern Forensics and the Murder Bag. His techniques revolutionized how Pathology works today. The "murder bag" was a specialized bag contained protective gear and tools to handle and retrieve evidence such as rubber gloves, tweezers, forceps, a magnifying glass, compass, ruler, and cotton swabs. John Howard Prison reformer. His legacy is felt all over the world. He became the first citizen to have a statue in St. Paul's Cathedral. John Wesley [founder of the Methodist church] paid tribute to him as ‘one of the greatest men in Europe’. His work had influence as far afield as Germany, America and Russia. Michael Faraday. His Faraday Cage was a constructed metal container in 1836 that blocked out electromagnetic radiation. The Faraday Cage concept is used in various things today, from homes and office buildings to automobiles and aircraft. They are used in MRI machines and pacemakers, as well as in electronics laboratories, to isolate sensitive equipment from outside interference. Isaac Newton He changed the way we understand the universe by discovering the Laws of Gravity and Motion. He also invented the Reflecting Telescope and invented Calculus. Sophie Wilson For her amazing work for Acorn computers and the BBC Microcomputer. She co-invented with Englishman Steve Furber the ARM processor: "The ARM processor core now used in thousands of different products, from mobile phones and tablets to digital televisions and video games. The number of ARM processor cores now shipped exceeds 30 billion, or more than four ARM microprocessors for every person on earth" - CHM (computer history museum) on Sophie Wilson Joseph Aspdin Modern Cement. He called it Portland Cement, due to the similar colour quarried on the English Isle of Portland off the Dorset coast. His use of limestone and clay led to a process that eventually became a powder that mixed with water would Set and become Concrete.

[@ScottishRoss27]

English identity is a non entity, where's its democracy, parliament, government?

[@vaughanrichards7438]

The Daily Fail published an article denigrating the Welsh for using the word Cymru and branding the as extremists.

[@leod-sigefast]

Not that Welsh language that is the ancestral language of the whole island of Great Britain, pre-dating English?? Yes. Well, history and facts are not the Daily Fails (nor any rightwingers) strong points.

[@Smithy779]

Name followed by 4 numbers, i smell a bot.

[@73elephants]

​@@leod-sigefastIt's not the language of the Anglo-Saxons, though, and the Anglo-Saxons rule. It was they who squeezed the Celts out of England.

[@toussaintmeghie3379]

Iiiiii😮uiii

[@cluckingbells]

Very interest but what's that got to do with England , the subject being discussed ?

[@NanaP-mq9uj]

Our identity is that we are a people who respect and recognise we are a great nation...we are caring, courageous , accepting ,and most of all a Christian Country with Christian values.

[@blackpound2297]

How many English people go to church. Always banging on about Christian values. There are more immigrants attending churches percentage wise than the English

[@wjhd6823]

Secular now mate

[@TequilaToothpick]

Catholic Christian or Protestant Christian?

[@traceypierce1693]

Well done English man. Never be ashamed. Be proud of being English.

[@blackpound2297]

Just trying to nick your vote off Reform. People never learn.

[@robinuk1949]

He is Israeli

[@michaelsimpson4400]

I wonder if the interviewer would have been the same with someone from Ireland, France, Germany, Spain etc. English identity goes back thousands of years so to distill into anything less than a multi-series podcast is idiotic. The is England shaped by "mass immigration". More people came over last year then the Romans, the Danes and the Normans combined.

[@bitandbob1167]

That’s because there were 8 billion people in 2AD 🙄

[@andylane247]

Sens all the immigrants home. Just leave Ugg and Bugg, cavemen from 176,000 BC...

[@xameleontas4728]

The key word is INTEGRATION. Not all immigrants integrate, or want to integrate for that matter!

[@hugor1338]

More brothers arrive every day.

[@ChadDippyDora]

Correct.

[@janetmoore6036]

I know. Those bloody Vikings, Saxons, Normans, Romans etc etc etc coming over here, raping and pillaging and becoming part of our history. Soòo annoying!

[@RileEren]

As a British Asian, i can be English since I've been born and bred here.

[@davidparker4345]

Just like English Gammons in Spain. Cant get a decent cuppa ANYWHERE!

[@martinsampson1824]

Why didn't he say this when the Conservatives were in power. If he had they might very well won the last election

[@jeannie920]

Don't believe anything that the Conservatives say. They have lied to us for decades whist bringing the country to its knees. Now they have handed the baton to Starmer to accelerate the decline because Sunak doesn't have the stomach anymore.

[@jsworpin]

Because the racists would have voted for him rather than reform?

[@qedd722]

the question's of the journalist are disgraceful he is actually against the English nations to asking questions like this

[@rojouk2]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣😂😂😂

[@andrewlowery6030]

This has to be satire 😂😂😂😂

[@samuelampah3020]

He keeps mentioning English identity and can’t explain what that means. How can such a person becomes a leader of a party😅

[@noeticage]

He is scared to say it is based on DNA but it is

[@sheilaroddick5853]

This pillock is trying to be the next Tory leader.God give us strength.

[@benfisher1376]

What's Scottish identity? Welsh identity? All socially constructed. Somehow it's only the bad old English who aren't allowed nice things like cultural heritage. Even though it exists.

[@hellogoodbye177]

He literally explained it like 4 times

[@Conor_216]

He explained it clearly: culture, history, mannerisms, values, good manners, respect for others, family, togetherness, freedom. Everything migrants seek to destroy.

[@_Phoenix3]

And again, the comments turned off on the last video "Harrods owner was a 'monster' who 'preyed on the most vulnerable', accuser says" Why not report on this when he was alive instead of accusing him now!🤔

[@T5Zplayer]

Because there's money to be made........

[@wiseget]

Starmer was head of CPS when this was brought to light. He did nothing, again

[@frandyson6133]

I watched this yesterday about harrods he was a filthy monster

[@theancientsancients1769]

They are lying about him because he is a dead man that can defend himself! Just like they did with Michael Jackson

[@pete456113]

@@wisegetstop spreading conspiracy theories. He would have had no idea about this. He definitely didnt about Saville. That’s been proven

[@davidjames2083]

*Jenrick has gone full Tommy Robinson! England for The English! MEGA - Make England Great Again!* 🗣🇬🇧🥾🥊🔥🚒

[@templeofdoom4445]

It's only bs because he wants to be leader. If elected he will just follow the same agenda as Labour and the Tories. Reform the only party who will do what he says.

[@Платов777]

скоро святая вода смоет всю грязь с земли таких как ты ...

[@dannydee2668]

They are trying any angle to make them look good to the voters and then go back to lying.

[@Mrgraypr]

When he said British identity is based on history and achievement, I know, and he knows, that's not how identity works.

[@pano2839]

tell me monkey..how identity works?

[@benfisher1376]

So British is an ethnic identity?

[@andrewlowery6030]

British identity by it's very nature has come from everywhere.

[@1milliondogs]

Just to summarise this converstion. The presenter is asking the guest to explain a very complicated idea and then interrupting when they can't do it in less than one sentence.

[@julianshepherd2038]

He was Minister for Immigration when it maxed

[@Gos1234567]

Because Marxists want to eradicate any notion of western identity while praising Arab or Black identity,for some insane reason

[@oldTimer-x3r]

Correct. The idiot asking the question needs history lessons.

[@T5Zplayer]

@@julianshepherd2038 And?

[@CS_____]

@@T5Zplayer and why would anyone take him on his word when his actions have proven he doesn't care about doing his job?

[@mrkeithmorgan1]

His assumption that the public would have confidence if his government made the cap legal is the reason why they gotnkicked out 😂

[@hourbee5535]

Sly news is outraged this morning

[@theancientsancients1769]

It's not they just are surprised by this moron that wrecked the country and the economy with his cronies the past 8 years

[@Kung_Fu_Jesus]

Maybe if Jenrick actually said exactly what’s on the tip of his tongue then Sky wouldn’t be pushing him for a decent honest answer

[@anthonyreed480]

This is where the sophistry and self-delusion of the last half-century has brought us. This Jenrick bloke is twisting himself into a pretzel because he cannot state the obvious: for good or ill, a thing called England exists because it is the land where the English live, as Sweden is the land where the Swedes live and Croatia the land where the Croats live. And, once there are insufficient English, it will be something other. In fact, if we're being honest (as Jenrick is not), we already know the "something other" England will be: "Britain is projected to have a Muslim majority before this century ends" - and, even if the name is retained, it will be no more than a real-estate designation. Tosspotting on about "values" is a way to avoid acknowledging that reality.

[@benfisher1376]

The government's have to crush all that to allow the age of migration to continue. This is just a way to get people to accept it.

[@smotala11]

And what is wrong with that. As a Christian, I'd rather god believing people who try to do good than white nationalists who are completely amoral and think morality lies in skin colour

[@Marcthered]

Why is history lesson offending people

[@Sam88-l4k]

Here's a history lesson, Conservatives lost the election talking about so-called woke agenda when no one really cares according to all opinion polls

[@CardinalNous]

They want to get rid of the English ethnic group

[@noeticage]

They want English replaced. That is why

[@CardinalNous]

@@noeticage Liberalism teaches it is ok to erase some cultures and not others. English people created liberalism really but it is like a snake eating its own tail, the first person to go is the creator.

[@Sam88-l4k]

@@noeticage Who is "they"?

[@richardjones8699]

Very decent interview by Jenrick. Agreed with everything he said.

[@shekukamara7564]

I have lived in both Scotland and England and I there are great differences between the Scots and the English. In my opinion, the English are more tolerant to ethnic minorities than the Scots. Also, the English will use common sense approach to issues than the Scots. The Scots are more robotic to issues. I am not generalising here. I am not saying all Scots are like that as the saying goes, to every rule there is an exception. To put it bluntly, English are less racist than their Scottish counterparts.

[@T5Zplayer]

Sadly, true.

[@henresearch]

Utter nonswnse!

[@T5Zplayer]

@@henresearch Nope. Been there

[@henresearch]

@@T5Zplayer I live in Scotland.

[@T5Zplayer]

@@henresearch So did I.

[@Raquelle7777]

Said with true conviction . Beautiful

[@jamesbainbridge569]

Not the presenter for sure he is called a traitor

[@FoyzurRahman-fy1mz]

He’s such a big liar.He party was in power for 15 years and he was Immigration Minister and they were letting six to seven hundred thousand people in the country in last few years now he’s saying this.He should be ashamed of himself.

[@user-bu9nb8wr6e]

Reform fix Britain.

[@iPhantom27]

Give that Sky News presenter a raise 🙌

[@Gos1234567]

Why? He is babbling in with Marxist bullshit,should be sacked

[@oldTimer-x3r]

He is absolutely useless. He needs history lessons.

[@T5Zplayer]

Another woke loser

[@theancientsancients1769]

He did an excellent 👍🏻 job! Exposed his nonsense

[@CardinalNous]

For what exactly? Being racist lmao

[@Brookman59]

Oh dear oh dear oh dear, Jenrick what an absolute joke.

[@jabbadabbajew6035]

This reporter is an NPC.

[@CardinalNous]

He is the type of NPC the government is pouring millions into schools so we can all be like him

[@perfectcaptain]

He is 100% correct

[@AlOh-2]

Fairness. Equal treatment. Helping people less fortunate. Democracy. Respect. These are some of the great British values that have disappeared because of mass immigration.

[@trevormannsfield]

@@AlOh-2 I honestly can't tell if this post is parody or not, well done.

[@blackpound2297]

@@trevormannsfield 😂

[@damienx0x]

Nonsense

[@roberttitley]

Can call starmer a far left thug yet? He is ruthless with his policies and demeanour

[@CS_____]

because austerity isn't far-left? uk education is piss-poor if people think starmer stands for anything remotely left of centre, he's as tory as any of his colleagues in the opposition

[@1porter]

Because so far all his policies have been centre right.

[@Nick-kt4ub]

Soundbite about English identity, then cant explain what it is

[@Crouchy232323]

This constant criticism of far right UK MP Robert Jenrick is deeply unfair and highly problematic. There is ZERO doubt that if 1 million Israelis flee the settlements Mr Jenrick would stick to his principles and not allow any of them into the UK

[@bield7]

Jenrick has NO principles (Google Richard Desmond and Westferry Printworks)

[@creativesource3514]

Would an American interviewer cross examine an American about being American?

[@KJ-js7pi]

Lol the presenter is so insistent on there being no such thing as an English identity.

[@damienx0x]

No he's just asking the man going on about it to define it.

[@PCMonkfish]

Chubby Jenrick, pushing to the right desperate for leadership.

[@anthonyrybicki1000]

Be fair now.Bob lost weight using Ozempic to create a more streamlined version of petty fascism.He is also great at parroting Farage so no waste of effort there either.

[@blackpound2297]

@@anthonyrybicki1000😂

[@Discopugilist]

Jenrick made his point here

[@eileeneastlake8535]

Whilst is right, he has been listening to Reform.

[@deniserobinson3194]

I think at last some one is speaking about being proud. I'm sick of being made to feel guilty.

[@davidjacovelli5986]

If Jenrick can be British and Jewish, why can't muslims be British and Muslims, and other immigrants? Good journalism, by the by; rare on Sky these days.

[@GeorgiaMartin-ll9qg]

There’s a huge difference between English and British. English is an ethnicity. One can see from a person’s DNA that they are English. British means from the British islands / the U.K. My husband did a DNA test and he is ethnically Irish. Up until last century, there was nearly no change to the DNA of the British islands. In 1066, the Norman invasion consisted of about 8000 Normans to a population of about 2 million Saxons. That’s only a 0.5% change to the population. The first refugees to England were of course the Huguenots in the late 1500s. That was only 50, 000 people to a population of 3 million, resulting in a 1,5% change within several decades. Also to note, all these people were Christian. Britain had essentially never been diverse until the immigration of the last 50+ years. Most ethic British people, over 50 today, had never seen a black or brown person until they were teens (unless they travelled or lived in or near a particular area of London). This is how dramatic the change has been!

[@davidjacovelli5986]

@@GeorgiaMartin-ll9qg Sorry Georgia, but honestly there's so much nonsense in your reply, and matters utterly misunderstood about dna and for that matter history, but thanks very much for replying.

[@MarkGriffiths-ql8uz]

Jenrick is a truly self absorbed individual. He has been responsible for the sacking of public sector senior people (CEO level). He is ambitious beyond belief - for his sake - not the good of the country. Contrast this man with the likes of John Major or Margaret Thatcher and many other principled Tory politicians - he is no where near their level of altruistic duty.

[@theancientsancients1769]

That is an insult to compare this clown to them . The good news 🗞️ Starmer will be in power for another decade at least if the Tories pick ex Sunak cabinet the most catastrophic cabinet in British history

[@wtorules4743]

What absolute tosh from Jenrick. Blaming migration for the housing crisis is completely untrue.

[@jeanbruce3112]

Independence for England.

[@qedd722]

I agree because at the moment England actually does not exist this is a more Islamic state than England my friend is Pakistani and he calls the UK an Islamist State.

[@benfisher1376]

​@@qedd722 😮😮

[@janefuller6518]

The English can be traced back to the Anglo Saxon period, descended from white Northern Europeans from Germany, Scandinavia and the Netherlands, they were the first peoples to call themselves English. The word English comes from the old English word Engla-land, which means land of the Angles a Germanic tribe that settled in Britain in the 5th century.

[@riccagiaco]

We need a better opposition

[@UltraPerception]

I agree with him i dont think he's a great speaker about it. But i agree.

[@benfisher1376]

I agree too

[@dominic8218]

He’s a dobber!

[@simonkapadia7582]

It couldn't be more clear that as is historically always the case, the Conservative party is going to need a lot more time for introspection before it remembers how elections are actually won in this country, and it isn't by talking only to their party membership, or the most extreme 10% of the country.

[@cluckingbells]

Very simple, Liberty and freedom under the law. Alfred was a a bit of stickler for it with his domboc. My question for the news reader is define the word 'culturicide' in a soundbite ?

[@leslie-annmills-gomez8763]

What bull💩 did I just listen to?

[@kevingrant7098]

What’s a load of crap? He’s like a NF copycat.

[@sproutickler]

ok marxist

[@Kentkapers]

If Jenrick is the answer, fek knows what the question is.

[@theresahattrell7919]

Interviewer is obviously woke and deliberately acting an idiot.

[@johnbennett348]

The one thing i really hate anout all the MPs say england this and england that, all MPs especially the government are there to represent and improve the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland NOT just England.

[@benfisher1376]

But we have out own identity too. In fact the "uk" is even more of a made up nation.

[@Alphamind123]

It's interesting actually people brought up in small town do have more identity

[@blackpound2297]

Another word for insular, and backward

[@blackpound2297]

@@3brenm no not all

[@Phillip-p1e]

Robert Jenerick should have said what he meant.... He should have said that there are too many black and brown skinned people in the UK.... This report was penned by the Home Office and they don't want it made public...

[@SalmiakAlert]

What a waste of space.

[@invernessfan3017]

I think England should have regional devolution, just as Scotland and Wales have devolved leaders. The English regions should have devolved assemblies, or parliaments for London, the South East, South West, Cornwall, West Midlands, East Midlands, North East, North West, and Yorkshire. The English regions could have a 6 month rotation with the region First Ministers as English First Minister. Scotland, and Wales should also have devolved parliaments and assemblies, that are not part of the English devolved regions.

[@kernowbysvyken5600]

the Cornish themselves would disagree with being an English region

[@markcarruthers9902]

Again suddenly a M P see’s the problems the people have been going on about for over 20 years. It’s all a big pantomime.

[@keithalexander8971]

Well done. Captain of the Titantic.

[@VoiceSriLanka]

Britain 🇬🇧 will be finished for good if this guy ever comes to lead Britain 🇬🇧

[@bobby9791]

I’m Anglo Saxon and proud. Ich liebe Deutsch.

[@ayabdulla]

He is proud to 'English' & 'British' but don't know how to define it. Someone tell these losers that 'British' & 'English' are referring to geographic locations NOT culture.

[@theancientsancients1769]

Stereotype Tories and far right. Low IQ I bet a Scot would have defined it better because they have a rich culture

[@ambercompton7432]

Still watching 😂

[@hadoken5402]

It's the culture and ethnicity of anglo-saxon and britonic people dumbass.

[@RileEren]

​@@ambercompton7432as a black African i can be English

[@user-vm2hh9ts8h]

Bob is talking Bob 😞....

[@andrewsheppard3189]

If the interviewer is reduced to asking such an absurd question, he needs replacing by a sentient being.

[@damienx0x]

It's an important question.

[@benfisher1376]

​@damienx0x British identity what's that??

[@guydavies3035]

“I am a racist little englander - vote for me” (Honest) Bob Jennrick

[@martychisnall]

Being English isn’t racist

[@nhna2011]

This so called journalist is deluded person who needs to wake up it is every human being right to be proud of their identity. I am not English but I am British, I should not be citizen of this country if I don’t value the original culture of this great country. Those whom came to this country can’t impose their identity on the natives of this nation. We should be honest. The conservative MP has every right to stand for his own right and the people he represents.

[@blackpound2297]

If more people worried about their friends and family they would be fine. Too many people are sheep, fighting invisible wars as it stops them looking in the mirror.

[@benfisher1376]

​@@blackpound2297is it invisible?? It's very much there to see

[@ramzeekikomeko2697]

His remarks put conservatives party at risk of sinking in to a right wing hole.He failed to explain what English identity represents.

[@callum6486]

Where was this guy when rishi was floundering doing sod all about migrants?

[@julianshepherd2038]

He was Minister for Immigration

[@richardjones8699]

He thought the Rwanda Legislation didn't go anywhere near far enough. Sunak refused to go further so he resigned on principal.

[@Jonathan-h1w9j]

@@richardjones8699 Indeed he did. For that alone he deserves some respect

[@RileEren]

​@@Jonathan-h1w9jI'm a pakistani and English

[@jackarcher9652]

@@richardjones8699 The guy is a Tory centrist who saw a gap in the market. Jernick positioned himself accordingly by quitting a government that was headed for a landslide defeat. There's nothing heroic or principled about that.

[@henryb160]

What does a red sea pedestrian know or care about "English identity"

[@MJsalons]

Jenrick is so spineless

[@hughhines9709]

The same way in which england has gone to foreign land and taken over or dictate to others

[@hughlaverton8748]

This is hopeful and encouraging for the future of our country.

[@LOCOMOTIONNUMBER1]

Define being English……errr is it standing in the rain watching the seagulls having a paddle around at the Oval Cricket Ground whilst drinking overpriced warm flat beer and a bag of crisps with three crisps in total inside.

[@NeilSmith-x6s]

And it will carry on ...

[@kalm4766]

I know he wants to say it is being white sooo bad.

[@robharrison5893]

Reform light sounds like

[@tonyt7948]

To little to late

[@henresearch]

I like Robert Jenrick. He would make Scottish Independence much more like. 🤡

[@Jonathan-h1w9j]

Much more like what? Trouble is Scotland don't want independence The SNP want to be controlled from Brussels where they would have no control of anything

[@j76384]

Can’t wait to vote reform!

[@TraceyCutts]

Omg he’s Shady Vance with a British accent 😂

[@ClaireGrady-s9g]

Was the English identity on show in Southport a few weeks ago.

[@Ukipmiddleleft]

Jenrick is a sociopath

[@andylane247]

He's a Charlie Uniform November Tango.

[@Alexander-sv2wq]

Pity he wasn't saying this for the last 5. Years 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@johng1634]

Civnats will always lose. We need to say that Englishness is an ethnicity. And increasing numbers of us are.

[@janetmoore6036]

Bit of a kick in the teeth to all the amazing History Teachers in schools. I have no idea what Jeneric means by National identity. I don't think he does either, unless he means people from different countries moving here. That's always happened here. We're a massive mix of genes from all over the world, and always have been.

[@waynesimon2425]

English identity is saving people like Huw Edwards from a prison sentence 😂

[@theancientsancients1769]

He is Welsh

[@blackpound2297]

@@theancientsancients1769 saved in England

[@julianshepherd2038]

History is an academic study of the past with the purpose of understanding ourselves not stories to entertain Tories

[@T5Zplayer]

predictable hate comment

[@waynesimon2425]

The first example Jenrick comes out with is the distinct English history 😂😂😂

[@rosielee938]

Sky News is like an old dog that’s had its day…time I think to take that dog for its last walk!!! 🤬🤬🤬

[@davidnelmes5357]

England's identity? What about the UK. Casual exchange of English and British again? England has no history or identity outside these islands. There has never been a monarch of English provenance in it's entire history the Tudors, a Welsh dynasty, were probably the greatest. French, Scots, Dutch, and German stand large among them. The English are a melding of many peoples over many centuries.

[@davidcooks2379]

Ethnic identity

[@ogden4]

Im starting to realise that some of those from the upper classes of the South who have a more Norman history are "racist" towards even their Northern English counterparts who are more Viking influenced. Nevermind Windrush, Indian sub-continenet, Middle East etc. some see others outside their very narrow sensibilities as an "out group" and are unwilling to integrate. The reat of us are just fine. FYI im being massively general here.

[@benfisher1376]

The vikings and Normans contributed less to the gene pool than the celts and Anglo-Saxons

[@ScottishRoss27]

They had 14 years to further English identity via creation of England's own parliament, the only country in the western hemisphere without its own national democracy.

[@fdama]

We do not want or need any more politicians.

[@ScottishRoss27]

@@fdama Then England's identity will continue to be a non entity.