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Originally Posted by richard s
If Scotland did leave the UK can you still call it the UK...
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Technically yes, because the word “United” was added in 1801 on the union of Great Britain and Ireland. That is the union our nation’s long-form title refers to. On the union of England and Scotland the kingdoms became a unitary entity called The Kingdom of Great Britain. So if Scotland left the UK it would be Great Britain that would cease to exist politically, not the United Kingdom. We would be left with a United Kingdom of England* and Northern Ireland.
*Wales is a principality annexed to England - it’s a nation culturally and ethnically but not politically, hence it doesn’t appear in the flag or the name.