Why would so many English people rather be anything be English? I met an English guy today married to a Russian women. Their three kids were born here but all have Russian names. They are bringing them up to be Russian - in Sussex. the bloke is learning Russian so they can all speak it at home. Those kids will never hear about English culture and identity, they won't be taught it in school. Whenever I meet an English person married to a foreigner they always seem to adopt the foreigner...