St George's Day: David Cameron 'equally proud to be English and British' Over the weekend, events were held from Cornwall to Cumbria and from London to Lancashire to celebrate everything it is to be English. And today, England's national symbol - the flag of St George - will fly high over Downing Street, just as it will over public buildings, churches and schools all across England. But as those of us in England mark this special day, so we also remain just as proud to be part of the United Kingdom - a family of nations that will always be stronger together than they ever would be apart. Polling by YouGov for the Ippr think tank and Cardiff and Edinburgh Universities found 73 per cent wanted St George's Day to be a public holiday. Nearly two in five people living in England say they are "equally English and British." But the proportion who regarded themselves as "more English than British" or "English not British" was 35 per cent - compared to 17 per cent who said they were "more British than English" or "British not English." Ippr director Nick Pearce said the research showed "the continued emergence of an English identity that British political parties ignore at their peril." "There is compelling evidence that English identity is becoming politicised: that is, the more strongly English a person feels the more likely they are to believe that current territorial arrangements treat England unfairly," he said. : YouGov surveyed 3,600 English adults online between November 23 and 28 last year. The results were weighted to represent all English adults.