The Archbishop of Canterbury could hardly have expected such a negative response from so many quarters when he suggested the need for aspects of Sharia Law to be allowed in Britain. The British legal system absorbing part of Islamic law?

The country overall is pretty accommodating towards immigrants. Perhaps to a fault. But now we see an identity crisis as we British seem to be lost—not knowing what really makes us British. Our culture and our people are changing. The most popular dish in the UK is no longer roast beef and Yorkshire pudding but curry!

There is also a type of anger growing, as explained recently by Maurice Saatchi in The Financial Times 6th February 2008. Saatchi suggests that this anger could be caused by Freud's Law of Ambivalence which proposes that "it is possible to love and hate the same object at the same time; and that these contradictory feelings lead to frustration, which leads to anger."

The English love the flag of the United Kingdom—the Union Jack. Yet many are sympathetic with the Scots and Welsh who want more say over their own affairs. So, our country now has two flags. For the Olympic Games, it's the UK flag. For World Cup soccer, it's the cross of St George.

Europe has been peaceful for 50 years. Co-operation and a legal presence across borders are enabling more protection for the environment. Mergers are making companies more efficient and competitive.

But now we see mega-mergers across country borders portending what could happen under the unification of Europe. These events issue warnings of the total loss of sovereignty and lack of control of our own affairs. Europe, the scene of our finest hour in 1945, is now heavily influenced by Germany. With its population of 100 million, Germany has greater democratic weight in Europe than the United Kingdom (60 million). What was not accomplished in warfare is taking place through democracy!

Just as occurred in Rome towards the end of the Roman Empire, the inhabitants of our capital city of London are increasingly foreign immigrants. And Britons are moving out of the UK. Five million British passport holders live abroad, citing cheaper living conditions, lower taxes, a better lifestyle and better weather.

Headlines state: "Thousands more Britons join the exodus to live and work abroad," and "Uneasy rich planning exit from high-cost Britain." On the other side of the coin, "One in five primary children is foreign" and "One in ten of the British population was born overseas." One bank has posters in Polish reflecting the desire to capitalise on just one of the new groups of inhabitants.

In his article Maurice Saatchi describes how Britons see the effects of pressure put on more than just their public services, housing and health service. "Naturally, the Englishman also worries about his language, his culture and so on ... he also sees the other point of view. Immigrants bring wealth; immigrants do lowly jobs; immigrants built America; and against all odds, immigrants often rise to great heights—a feat much admired by all good Englishmen."

Perhaps all this is symptomatic of the "lost identity" many Britons are feeling.

At the beginning of the twentieth century the British navy ruled the seas and its empire stretched around the world. Then, at the end of World War II, the United States assumed the role of the dominant world power. Since that time Britain and the U.S. have been staunch allies.

But Britain today is also a member of the European Union. And the EU is now striving to transform its economic power into global political power. To accomplish this, it wants to establish a federal government that can speak and act for all of Europe. This could mean further loss of sovereignty for the British people. So it is little wonder that throughout the British Isles people are feeling a loss of identity.

Actually, even centuries before the ancient Roman legions invaded their land, the Britons already had lost their true identity. Yet they retained knowledge of their earlier migrations north-west from the Caucasus mountain range near the Black Sea, resulting in the identity term Caucasians being applied to them in past centuries.

Near the Black Sea is where the northern ten tribes of the House of Israel were taken by the Assyrians in 721-718 B.C. Then, supposedly, they simply disappeared from history. But did they? Or is there a connection between their disappearance and the migration of Caucasians at about the same time to northwestern Europe?