State of Confusion

[DNK]

My daughter sent me this.

"Someone I follow on Tumblr (she's's British) was asked about the different countries in the UK and she had this to say. I thought it was interesting.

"Scotland and england (and wales and northern ireland) are all part of the UK, so they’re the same country. passing between them is completely free, just as you can pass through different US states freely.
scotland might technically be its own country (i’m not sure what the exact criteria are) but basically it’s part of the UK so you’re not passing between borders, you don’t need a passport or anything."


So does that mean England isn't a country? It's more of a state/province? I'm confused now.""


Well??

 

[GregW]

It's "united" :smirk:

 

[martx-5]

According to this Wikipedia article , the United Kingdom is a country in it's own right and consists of four countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

So there, four countries within one country.

 

[DNK]

:confuse:

 

[DrEntropy]

So there, four countries within one country.

I'm goin' with: "Four countries within one Kingdom". :wink:

 

[ecurie_ecosse]

Let me just add to the confusion,Don. Scotland has it's own parliament,Wales is self governing,as is N.Ireland.But all of them come under the United Kingdom umbrella.England doesn't have a separate parliament,but is often designated as the senior partner.All of the four countries citizens use a U.K. passport to travel outside of the EEC.

Of course,only Scotland has single malt Scotch!!!!!!
Ireland's whiskey is very good too!!(note the different spelling) :crazy:

Stuart.

 

[JPSmit]

and it gets better because the Duchy of Cornwall claims to be "extra-territorial" to Britain.

https://www.duchyofcornwall.eu/

 

[Silverghost]

Let me just add to the confusion,Don. Scotland has it's own parliament,Wales is self governing,as is N.Ireland.But all of them come under the United Kingdom umbrella.England doesn't have a separate parliament,but is often designated as the senior partner.All of the four countries citizens use a U.K. passport to travel outside of the EEC.

So, in vehicular terms; Scotland, Wales and N. Ireland are all independant ships with their own captains, crews and rules permanently moored to the pier called England and subject to the laws and rules of that port.