On 18th October 2012, Professor Michael Kenny made a presentation to a seminar in Whitehall organised by the Devolution Strategy and Scotland Team, in the Cabinet Office, on the topic of 'English National identity, the Union and the Scottish Referendum. He reported on the research he is currently conducting, funded by the Leverhulme Trust, into recent tends in national sentiment among the English, and their potential implications for the forthcoming Referendum on Scottish Independence.
This event was attended by a large group of officials drawn from a range of Departments in Whitehall.