In other words, his offer is for conceptual rather than physical Englishness.
"What Englishness can't do that Britishness can do is appeal unambiguously to people of different ethnic origins, " notes Janan Ganesh, political correspondent for The Economist.
In between those two poles, there is evidence suggesting a link between the rise of Englishness and feelings of being ill-served by the status quo.
Mr Blunkett, who said he had found the experience of editing Today "fascinating", also hosted a discussion about manufacturing industry and a debate on Englishness.
BBC: John Humphrys and David Blunkett on Celebrity Mastermind
Others say that the separate promotion of Scottishness, Welshness and Englishness, already achieved through sports such as rugby and soccer, offers better prospects than trying to reinvent Britishness.
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His latest album, England, Half English, explores themes of Englishness.
Added to this appealing Englishness are flashes of otherness.
In its variety, its superficiality, its solitary night walkers and its jumbled juxtaposition of public and private spaces, you could argue that it is the beating heart of Englishness.
Some of Mr Ackroyd's theories of Englishness are intriguing.
In this 5-minute essay, written and filmed exclusively for BBC News Online at Bragg's Dorset home, the singer says that for too long it has been easy for racists to claim Englishness as their own.
Gold has denuded the play of any semblance of Englishness and class, an issue that should be central to the argument between the bullying, blue-collar Jimmy Porter (Matthew Rhys) and his browbeaten middle-class wife, Alison (Sarah Goldberg).
"With cultural and political strength in the devolved assemblies in Parliament in Scotland, we really do need to reinforce the Englishness of the English but in a comprehensive and open way as part of Britishness, " Mr Blunkett said.
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Straightness and abstraction, he insists ignoring countless scientists and thinkers starting with Newton and Locke are not English, any more than lofty theorising is: Englishness is about muddle, practical experiment, miniaturising and embarrassed detachment from the act of creation in all its forms.
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