On Saturday 01 April 2017 18:11:12 Liam O'Toole wrote: > On 2017-03-31, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > > (...) > > > We are part of the same sovereign state, but 4 nations. > > When you consider some of the Irish, yes. Most Irish people live in a > different sovereign state.
Agreed!!! But the United Kingdom has 4 nations in it. It is one Sovereign State (for a little while longer anyway) but 4 nations. The fact that one of those nations has temporarily been split in two by history is a separate issue. You surely wouldn't dispute that it is a discrete nation? Lisi