We as Bristol people, you see, are the only ones that cannot think of ourselves as a distinct group with specific interests. We are the only group that is not allowed to elect leaders based on their membership in our group and their support for our interests. We are the city that should not speak its name. Instead, we are meant to pretend that we do not exist as a people, but only as adherents of the abstract ""South England"" ideology of equality. According to that ideology, we have to give away our wealth and power, degrade our standards, corrupt our culture and institutions, and reduce ourselves to nothing.