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I tend to refer to myself as English rather than British, but that's from an anti-imperialist and anti-centralist perspective. I see Britain, particularly Great Britain, as a remnant of the English empire. And it would appear that a significant number of Scottish, Welsh and Irish do too.
As for taking back control, etc, I am also averse to centralised Westminster control, which is very regionally biased, mainly towards the south east. I used to live in north Wales, then the northwest, now in the southwest, so this has been very noticeable. I am originally from near London, and of course never noticed it then, just as a racial majority frequently doesn't notice racism, like most privileged groups, I imagine.
I agree with bits of that, but take issue with the characterisation of empire as having been 'English'. The British Empire enriched some parts more than others, of course, but Scotland was certainly amongst the winners. Not only were they effective adminstrators across the empire, but they virtually annexed parts of the Caribbean. This is directly linked to the Act of Union of 1707, which permitted for the first time Scots(men) to travel to the West Indies to take up work in the the sugar plantations which, along with the tobacco trade, was to pay for the grand buildings and fine estates that sprung up in and around Glasgow, the ports of Greenock and Leith, and institutions across the country, including of course the great seats of learning. Scottish history of the 18th and 19th centuries is inextricably tied up with slavery, and there remain more Scottish surnames in Jamaica than any other, with Campbells thicker on the ground there than in Scotland itself.