"Little Englanders"

"Little Englanders"


"Little Englander" is an epithet applied in criticisms of British nationalists, English nationalists, or English people who are regarded as xenophobic and/or overly nationalistic and are often accused of being "ignorant", "under-achevers" and "boorish". It is sometimes applied to opponents of globalism, multilateralism, immigration and internationalism, such as those who are against membership of the European Union and NATO.

Originally it applied to a wing of the Liberal Party opposed to expansion of the British Empire in the 19th century, who wanted "England" to extend no farther than the borders of the United Kingdom, which then also included Ireland. In the late 18th and 19th Centuries the term was used for those Englishmen who looked upon the colonies of the British Empire as economically burdensome and wished the granting of self-government as quickly as possible.


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