There should be no consideration of whether we have ‘gone too far’ in changing Britishness to accommodate a more diverse range of identities. Britishness is now fundamentally changed for the better: we are no longer a faded nation of empire but a young, vibrant multicultural country and as a result British culture is one of the dominant forces in the world. Do we really think that if our institutions were dominated by white, middle-aged, heterosexual (or covertly gay) men, hiding and ashamed of any disabilities, and notionally Christian, we would be riding high in world league tables of
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