Of course they eye us with suspicion....as we do them :P Doesn't mean we aren't in the same 'family'.
I consider myself to be (and always have done) English, British and European. There are many in Britain who don't want to see greater political unity, but even Eurosceptics can usually see the cultural links. Britain is a European nation. The arguments tend to be about what Europe actually is in political terms.
I also don't see why you would see Scandinavia as somewhere down to whose level America might be brought. Scandinavian countries are great places to live.
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