And the welsh, the indians (colonial oppression), pakistanis (ditto), Afghans (ditto), russians (crimean war), turks (WW1), germans (WW1, WW2), french (Joan of arc ets), afghans (again), french (again), Americans (war of independence), Icelanders (cod wars), Iraq (gulf war), french (yet again), Australians (all those convicts we deported over there), argentinians (falklands war), South Africans (boer war), Yemenis (colony), french (just to make sure), Italians (WW2), Jews (because everyone has been mean to them at some time), poles (leaving them to the russians), finns (ditto), Spanish (holding onto Gibraltar), Chinese (opium wars and hong kong), Japanese (WW2), New Zealand (because they dont like to be left out), kenya (mau-mau uprising), the French yet again (trashing their fleet at oran in WW2), and finally America (BP oil spill).
Gentlemen. England has, at one time or another, been short of stability, cash, technology, ideas and military might. But the one thihg we are NEVER short of is enemies :)