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Is discussion of Englishness banned?

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GeneralPeter · 22/02/2026 13:26

Two thread deletions in quick succession on the topic of “Is everyone born in England English?”

These were young threads that were not abusive.

I started the second one because the first got zapped and I felt it’s something that can be discussed without breaking the talk guidelines.

The second got to about five posts, all (that I saw) basically saying “yes, barring some odd edge cases everyone born and brought up in England is English”.

Was this opinion considered a breach of guidelines, or is the whole topic banned?

The talk guidelines ask not to set up new threads “rehashing”
old banned ones. That to me sounds like a rule against picking up old fights on new threads, not that a topic becomes banned.

Am I wrong on that? Does a whole topic become banned? For how long? What other topics are currently banned under the same rule?

Guidance would be helpful here @mnhq

BeckyAMumsnet · 23/02/2026 13:27

Thanks for posting - we’ve looked into this.

The original thread was removed because it was started by a previously banned poster who has repeatedly returned to the site to post near-identical threads on the same issue. Where we see a clear pattern of a banned account reappearing to push the same thing, we're likely to remove those threads.

In relation to your other point, discussion of Englishness isn’t banned on Mumsnet. Your thread was removed because it was effectively a repost of one that had just been deleted and so it became a thread about a thread. We may remove new threads that rehash recently removed ones, as that often leads to further escalation.

We don’t operate a list of banned topics and the context matters including posting patterns and account history. Moderation decisions are made on that basis rather than on subject matter alone.

We hope that clarifies things but do feel free to ask away if you've more questions.

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