Identity cuts across different facets like history, politics, gender issues, media, and culture among other elements and British identity is not different. There cannot be a declining British identity if it never existed in the first place. British identity has been in existence for a long time having being constructed historically. Nevertheless, this identity has been on the decline in recent times and even though some critics suggest that, it is of little or no relevance in modern Britain, there are some important aspects of it still in. Different people running from national leaders to conventional citizens have stated on different occasions the relevance of this identity in contemporary times. No matter what critics say concerning this issue, British identity is certainly relevant in modern Britain. As aforementioned, British identity is historically fabricated and because many Britons do not understand these historical constructs, they are caught up in an ‘identity crisis.’ In contemporary times, many people living in Britain do not identify themselves as Britons, English, Scottish, or Welsh; they fall in the ‘other’ category. According to Bechhoffer and McCrone, in 1992, 63% of people living in England identified themselves as Britons while in 2006 this number had dropped to 39% (Matley, “Multiculturalism in the UK”). This trend was similar in Scotland and this portrays an identity crisis. Nevertheless, this trend is understandable given the changing perspectives of identity. Kiely et al posits that while British identity is based on state identity, ethnic identities define that of England, Scotland and Wales (Matley, “Multiculturalism in the UK”). Additionally, British identity rotates on citizenship and rule of law as opposed to that of England, Scotland, and Wales based on belonging and culture. Nevertheless, Bogdanor notes that, “the nationalist parties provide a useful indicator of the strength of Britishness…the Scots feel more British now than they did in the 1970s.” This is an indication of remnants of British identity presently. However, there are differences in the way view this identity. The establishment of Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly all in 1999 was the genesis of these differences in identity perspective. Essentially people would want to identify with their ethnic identities and even though this affects state identity, it does not mean that British identity is lost. In the late Nineteenth Century, England started to drift away from the general shade of Britain becoming consolidated as a ‘nation’ thus chiseling her own national identity from what was emerging as nationalism. The game was changing with the emergence of cultural nationalism, which emphasized on common ethnicity as opposed to the old state citizenship that defined Britain. The new hallmarks entailed in cultural nationalism were language, race, history, and religion. These elements defined the ‘soul’ of a nation and England as a nation wanted to be a nation with a soul. Therefore, to become fully established, English intellectuals started developing these elements to achieve that ‘soul’ of England. For instance, James Murray invested a lot in developing and polishing the English language. These elements among others explain why there has been declining British identity in the contemporary times. Nevertheless, as aforementioned, there are still remnants of British identity in contempor