On St George’s Day, England’s national day, a campaign has been launched to keep a part of the internet “forever English”.

On St George’s Day, England’s national day, a campaign has been launched to keep a part of the internet “forever English”.

John Sewell of Maidenhead has set up an online petition at doteng.org to raise support for the TLD and deliver the signatures to ICANN.

Mr Sewell notes similar proposals for TLDs for Wales (.cym) and Scotland (.sco) and says "There's nothing whatsoever political about this. I'm not a devotee of any political party."

“I suppose if it’s ‘about’ anything, for me it’s about remembering what’s great about England – tea, the Beatles, London, the Queen, beer, cricket.

Mr Sewell believes "it would be nice to have a .eng available for people who want to let the world know via their domain that they’re English and proud of it."