You know what really makes me wonder with such debates and discussions as this one, if you really want to strong-arm someone into capitulating with one school of thought or another by presenting trick questions, why don't I present the greatest trick response of all.
The planet Earth has a crust, it is unending, it covers every single square inch of the Globe, so in actuality we are ALL living in the same place, continents and the such are divisions brought about by conquering forces. I personally want no part in those factors, I, as pretty much all English people consider myself to be English, it is by other factors that we are forced into acceptance of ideologies that we couldn't care less for.
For my part, I live in England, England in terms of the people, are absolutely nothing to do with Europe, the arguements presented here against my point are strange to me, I do not wish to argue with you about my feelings and how we English see who we are. People from other countries such as Ireland should not be trying to attack me, I have absolutely no control over what the English government get up to, the government are NOT the people and they really do NOT represent what we want or how we would like the World to see us, I do not agree with a massive amount of what our government get up to, but believe me when I say they don't care what I think or feel, they never have and never will.
My point remains steadfast, England is a part of the United Kingdom (or Great Britain, this terms always baffles me in truth!), not Europe.