history

[andy rue]

if there has been tudors saxons victorians etc what will we be remembered as?

[Lonnie]

2nd generation Elizabethans?, Windsorians?,

[BigMac]

Republicans, hopefully.

[jno]

very good question... we probably won't go by the name of the ruling dynasty as in the past, but it's not going to be republicans for a while yet, either. It will probably be down to our grandchildren to decide, and they may call us Blairians or computer-ageists or something. I wonder!

[Trotbot]

Windsors, or possibly Mountbatten-Windsors

[heathfield]

The term 'New Elizabethans' has been used many times.

[NapoleonSolo]

The 51st state?

[Octavius]

Yes, a good question. As jno says, it will be down to future generations to label us and our epoch. It really depends upon whether they decide to categorise us with the ruling monarch of our era as in the past (Elizabethan, Tudor, Georgian, Victorian etc) in which case we may be known as the Second Elizabethan period (or 2nd generation as above). Alternatively, other designations can be found through various sources. We currently live in a period called �Modern Britain� which is slightly inapt as it is not likely to be followed by an �Old Fashioned Britain� or �More Modern Britain/Post-modern Britain� (when does modernism end?). Another suggestion is from post-Victorian with �Early 20th Century� (1901- 1944) but this includes �Edwardian� and �Post WW2� (1945 � present). But these are simplistic terms for modern Britain, again it depends upon how our future generations span the eras and what the future brings. If there happens to be a major national event in the next 100 years or so then that may end up being our tag, then it really will be the end of an era.

[horsestache1]

How about the Technolians

Good question by the way

[shammydodger]

The way this country's going, how about morons?

[Skids]

QE2-ians.

[maxximus]

the anglo-american empire

[Haggisdj]

Last of the true Brits