SamuelRSmith said:
The Fury said:
Snaaaaaake said:
They are not countries. It is a common misconception. The United Kingdom is a country, not England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, as they each do not have their own independent political government.
Your point being? The guy said no-one else did. He was wrong.
I would hardly call an almost 700ft long ship tiny.
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United Kingdom is a country but it's also a sovereign state, as it it governs the main 4 countries that make up the UK. Which are all countries in themselves.
Wales and Ulster have their own assemblies and Scotland has it's own parliament. England does not. UK has a parliament that can govern all 4 countries.
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The UK Parliament has sovereignty over all over political bodies in the UK. They have the ability to remove the Scottish Parliament, and the Welsh/NI Assemblies.
Not trying to argue for/against your points, just putting out some facts.
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In Economics and Politics we're taught to count the UK as a country and England, Scotland, Wales and N. Ireland as constituent states.
Or that may just be so when exams come around and they are marked there is clarity and so that the markscheme can not be contested for being too vague.
