Northern Nationalism is that movement that holds that much of the North of England, particularly Yorkshire, should be independent from the British government. Various currents in the movement's history have espoused either some kind of partial independence (devolution) or full and complete separation. Various methods, from peaceful demonstration and working legally through parliament, to hacking policemen to death with scimitars, have been employed in the name of Northern nationalism. This is really quite impressive, since its sole proponents, throughout much of its history, were three poverty-stricken misfits, who owned a coffee-house-cum-bookshop on the north bank of the Ouse, just off Marygate.