Vectis National Party opportunistic deployment of islandness and a conservative, nostalgic impulse. The party was opposed to housing development that would lead to increased migration to the island, and to a fixed link to the island of Great Britain. The revived party did not contest any election. Vectis National Party The Vectis National Party was a minor political party operating on the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s. Formed in 1967, the party sought Crown dependency status for the Isle of Wight, on a similar model to certain other islands including the Isle of Man. They were motivated
Terminology of the British Isles II, Chapter 1 of as "Iwernia, Bretanic Island", and Chapter 2 as "Alwion [sic], Bretanic Island". The name "Albion" for Great Britain fell from favour, and the island was described in Greek as Πρεττανία or Βρεττανία, in Latin "Britannia", an inhabitant as Βρεττανός, "Britannus", with the adjective Βρεττανικός, "Britannicus", equating to "British". With the Roman conquest of Britain the name Britannia was used for the province of Roman Britain. The Emperor Claudius was honoured with the agnomen "Britannicus" as if he were the conqueror, and coins were struck from AD 46 inscribed or . With the visit of Hadrian in