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Blazarayesterday at 2:39 PM2 repliesview on HN

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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walthamstowyesterday at 2:40 PM

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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jpfromlondonyesterday at 3:31 PM

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.