I'm English and I don't think England or Scotland or Wales are countries. People get confused because of football and rugby. They're nations. The country is the United Kingdom.

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Blazara an hour ago | parent [-]

England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are constituent countries of the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom is also a country. You can disagree, but you're disagreeing with the government and the international community.

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jpfromlondon 26 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Scotland, Wales, and NI have their own parliaments at least, so from a constitutional perspective one could argue England is not a country but a state, but that is only one narrow definition.

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walthamstow an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Not a problem, I disagree with the government all the time. Scotland has less sovereignty than US states, it's not a country.

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arethuza 23 minutes ago | parent [-]

The UK seems fairly relaxed about constituent parts leaving (Scotland was given a referendum, NI has option to leave if they want) - which I don't believe applies to US states?

	▲	walthamstow 4 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Scotland's referendum, and its parliament, were gifted by the UK Gov, they don't have any unilateral rights. US states can't secede unilaterally either (any more!), but at least they have a right to their own leadership and militia to do something about it.