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1 Anthony D. Smith, National Identity (London: Penguin, 1991), p. 4.
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2 Ernest Renan, `What is a Nation?', in Homi K. Bhabha, ed., Nation and Narration (London: Routledge, 1990), p. 19.
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3 In this sense, I would qualify McSweeney's interpretation of the Sunningdale Agreement in 1973 as the first attempt to construct a British identity excluding the people of Northern Ireland. It was the first open attempt, perhaps, but built on foundations that had been laid long before.
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4 Richard Crossman, The Diaries of a Cabinet Minister, Volume III (London: Hamish Hamilton, 1977), entry for 17 August 1969.