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Originally Posted by cassidym
Um, actually, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are the United Kingdom. England, Wales and Scotland are, collectively, Great Britain. Mind you they drive on the wrong side of the road so, who knows what's what?
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England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".
But if Northern Ireland left the union, it would still be "The United Kingdom of Great Britain", the united kingdoms being England and Scotland.
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