On 2017-04-01, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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
No, not at all. (In fact, I see the UK as consisting of three nations plus a bit of someone else's nation.) I wanted to dispel the frequently encountered notion that the UK extends to all of Britain and Ireland. Your original statement above, unqualified, could be seen to perpetuate that misconception. -- Liam
