Posts by Simon Kirby 8 publicly visible posts • joined 26 Oct 2007
That's funny, both the UN and the EU recognise the UK as a country. England, Scotland etc are constituent countries of the United Kingdom.
"The word country does not necessarily connote political independence, so that it may, according to context, be used to refer either to the UK or one of its constituents."
Although wikipedia does contain inaccuracies, it has been shown to be largely as accurate as many other sources.
Of course, if you think the above article it wrong, feel free to edit it yourself.
In the geographical sense, Great Britain is the largest Ireland of the British Isles. The small Islands are a part of the British Isles, and the UK, but not Great Britain.
Right, that's enough politics and geography. It's after midday on a Friday and I'm not in the pub yet....
Do you actually live in the UK?
Great Britain is England, Scotland and Wales. The UK includes Northern Ireland.
The Passport actually says "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland". (image http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/e/e1/Ukpassport-cover.jpg)
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uk:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the U.K., or Britain)[7] is a country[8][9] to the north-west of mainland Europe. It comprises the island of Great Britain, the north-east part of the island of Ireland and many small local islands
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