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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm
A chap I used to work with would support any team except England in the rugby if Scotland weren't playing...
The UK is 4 countries - England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Each have their own government responsible for matters of their own countries. The English Government is also the government of the UK, and includes MPs from all 4 countires (one of the Northern Ireland parties refuses to take their seats I seem to recall). If you really want to get an English person of a certain mindset frothing at the mouth and ranting, ask them how come Scottish MPs can vote on legislation that only affects English people, but English MPs can't vote on legislation that only affects Scottish people... The monarch (currently Queen Elizabeth II (although technically she should be Queen Elizabeth II of England and Queen Elizabeth I of Scotland...)) is the head of state and the PM is head of government for all four countries.
Politically speaking (as in, these views may not always be representative of the person on the street...)
Scotland wants devolution, and is working towards becoming completely independant of England (except physically, as that might be a bit awkward, although I do remember a comic in which that happened...).
Northern Ireland also wants independance from England, and to join Southern Ireland again.
Wales has also made a bit of a move towards independance.
It's obviously all a bit more complex than that...
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See, thats about what I was thinking, everyone wanting their independence, but hesitated to start a global 'word' war.
all I wanted to know was where everyone was from!
