The Reason why the UK is so confusing!

[@alanmccarthy5057]

Ireland isn't part of great Britain but is part of the British isles....just to confuse the situation further.

[@pingu255]

Although (some) Irish people really hate it when you call it the British isles

[@chloemm2anddti]

I learned it at school but I forgot

[@cianw2942]

Lets call it the Irish Isles why not? Goes both ways

[@pingu255]

@@cianw2942 yeah but there's 7 million people on the island of Ireland and 67 million people on the island of britain. It makes more sense calling it the British isles given Britain is the biggest island and has almost 10x the number of people

[@fionaquinn8777]

Oh my goodness, I feel so ashamed to not know all these specificities, while I'm from Australia, my great/grand parents are half from Scotland and half from irland, this is so helpful thanks

[@cursman1289]

The EU is an organisation of countries not a continent

[@lukewalker3]

This dude is dumb af ofc we are in Europe this dude don’t think the uk in the same continent of Europe LMFAO

[@OfficialDenzy]

Organisation of countries in the continent of Europe

[@oscarpenn4038]

@@OfficialDenzyrussia and the uk are in europe but not the EU. Also probably others too. Like ukraine, Switzerland,serbia, belarus, turkey, andora, iceland, albania and Azerbaijan , lichensien, the vatican, monaco also many hotly contested areas and others I diddnt mention, theres almost as many not in the eu as there are in it.

[@OfficialDenzy]

@@oscarpenn4038 yes I know? But what I meant that only countries in Europe could join the EU

[@robtyman4281]

Exactly. And the UK is purely a 'political entity' comprising of four separate countries. So the Union Jack is not really a 'national flag', but a 'political' one. Each constituent part of the UK has their own national flag. Confusing? ....you bet!!

[@lagerku.3137]

Saying the EU is Europe is like saying the UN is the World.

[@scientistmilorad9735]

Lmao true 😂

[@SamhuinnSam]

World is not a name, so it’s capitalised

[@AgentN-s5u]

@@SamhuinnSamwhy do you give a shit

[@oooshafiqooo]

Works well

[@altusk1]

@@SamhuinnSambro took that personally

[@btmorley833]

The terms ‘Europe’ and the ‘EU’ are not the same. Europe is the name of the continent, it is purely geographical. The EU (European Union) is the name of the political union of various European countries. A country may be located in Europe but not necessarily part of the EU.

[@Sage-nl7ml]

Finally someone understands

[@Tally-vision]

I love that you didn't need to wear a silly hat to explain this. If you ARE wearing a silly hat I love that you did ig for your own enjoyment only.

[@deborahmumford3051]

At one point in history, they actually did used to be connected

[@MB-gl7wi]

Wow you guys are geniuses.. 😂😂😂

[@UnbelievableEricthegiraffe]

Europe is a geographical term that includes the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 and Ireland 🇮🇪, as well as the Faroe Islands, Iceland, the Azores, and the Canary Islands.

[@Barryduffy_]

I don’t how people get confused over this Just because we’re not in the EU anymore doesn’t mean we’ve left the continent ffs 😂

[@kyloluma]

Nah, leaving a union actually broke the tectonic plate or some shit idk

[@Messier42-handle]

@@kyloluma "england when the sea split or smth i didnt read the manga"

[@kingyeti15]

Idk if this is what he was saying but I thought the confusion came from the fact that yall are an island not connected to the rest of Europe and therefore not really a part of the continent Europe

[@ieajackson5518]

Brexit means brexit. Didn’t you notice the engines flinging us into orbit?

[@ENGLISHMURPHY]

​@kingyeti15 neither is Ireland

[@YellowDaisy-s5l]

Ok quick break down UK- England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (+British isles) Great Britain- England, Scotland and Wales Europe- continent where the uk is located EU- organisation designed to make trade easier across countries (not immigration) (not Europe) The uk is a country made up of countries. Europe is the continent The EU is a trading organisation

[@canibalus1410]

EU is a terrorist organisation rather the trading one...

[@benfisher1376]

N Ireland should just be Ireland

[@canibalus1410]

The EU is criminal organisation.

[@haz_gaming6636]

@@benfisher1376It’s quite complicated, but they are seperate country’s soooooo I don’t think it’s possible

[@risannd]

Great Britain is technically geographic term. So Orkney Islands doesn’t count.

[@Harriet4ever]

As a British person I can confirm he made this 10 times more confusing then it had to be

[@S.Upeniece]

@@Milburt🤓, No one actually cares about simple mistakes on the internet… we can still understand the sentence.

[@Sammyhasbigmuscles]

@@MilburtI bet you’re fun at parties

[@Thesomaliprincess]

​@@Milburt learn to be nice

[@oceansunset6147]

@@Milburthow rude, this person might be dyslexic!!!!!

[@AbdurRahman-q8n9t]

​@@MilburtHe/she is just stating a possibility.I do not think he means it in a rude manner.

[@chemfnnn]

bro thinks the EU is Europe 💀

[@SomeRandomGuyWithInternet]

some people...

[@Guywiththeyellowglasses]

No he doesn't, he's explaining to the ppl who think tha he doesn't

[@CDart13]

Bro thinking this whilst Norway is not in the EU. like is Norway just its own fucking continent now??

[@mal_3157]

Do ya’ll need to put the word bro and then a skull emoji at the end of your sentence in every comment section of all the KZbin shorts

[@intheplums]

​@@mal_3157bro thinks he's the comment police 💀

[@SarahRogers-i3n]

FINALLY SOMEONE TALKS ABOUT WHERE I LIVE!!

[@Reform_Earth]

Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 ?

[@dot-qz3eo]

“Is UK a country” “yes” “Is England a country” “yes……….”

[@Samo-tm3xr]

No and yes

[@TheLifeOfDan1]

Spot on

[@studentoflife3501]

“Is Britain a country” “yes”

[@SYDAirlineEnthusiast]

Don’t forget a city called Rome has a country called “Vatican City” within it.

[@doom1894]

It’s really not that confusing lol

[@rgaviation5143]

American geography is even more confusing

[@Kim-John-un]

Ikr

[@Kim-John-un]

As an irish we just live from are past of civil war knowing that we lost the North

[@lukewalker3]

@@rgaviation5143 I love how they say we are not part of Europe but we are wtf is this dude on

[@unvl7682]

@@lukewalker3 I think he meant it’s not part of the European Union

[@unvl7682]

“And to make things more confusing, the United Kingdom is a part of the continent of Europe!” Wow that’s so confusing!

[@elijahknox4421]

The EU is just an economic alliance which includes only but not all European countries, it does not determine what countries are a part of the continent. The UK also used to be a part of the EU but we left. Norway and Switzerland are also countries not in the EU.

[@elmuffintristea4523]

@@elijahknox4421 And? Everyone knows that the UK is part of Europe, it's like saying: ''Hey! look! this is so confusing, Spain it's in Europe!'' or ''Germany is in Europe!'' Like c'mon.

[@elijahknox4421]

​@@elmuffintristea4523 what? I know the UK is a part of Europe. I was explaining the difference between Europe (the continent) and the European Union to make it less confusing

[@elmuffintristea4523]

​@@elijahknox4421 I think people are smart enough to know that Europe isn't the same as the EU

[@elijahknox4421]

@@elmuffintristea4523 this person sounded confused

[@wet0wl]

This is like saying it’s confusing that Canada isn’t part of the USA

[@LofiDreamy999]

Well, not yet anyway😏

[@PakistaniConservativeSocialist]

​@@LofiDreamy999you're already doing bad enough adding Canada will just make it worse at this point

[@georgevirtus]

​@@LofiDreamy999 You wanna try again?

[@soulassassin0g]

It's like how people think Mexico, Central America, Cuba and the Caribbean isn't part of North America, but it is, they're just not included because they don't speak English.

[@artemiseritu]

Yeah but those countries are also part of Latin America. That's the big distinction. You could say Latin America won't let North America be a part of it, because they don't speak Spanish (or any of the other languages there) and also be correct.

[@Jamie-Z]

Sssssssh, the septics still have not worked out that Canada is part of America either.

[@omgtherenonames69]

Us having 4 kingdoms Them having 50 states:

[@jayr6839]

The states aren’t countries.

[@omgtherenonames69]

@@jayr6839neither are ours

[@jayr6839]

The last time I checked, England, Scotland and Wales are all countries.

[@jayr6839]

@@omgtherenonames69 The last time I checked, England, Scotland and Wales are all countries

[@omgtherenonames69]

@@jayr6839 they're kingdoms part of the uk apart for half of Ireland for some reason

[@vrisfang]

As a northern irish person, it isnt that confusing

[@AlexL13487]

Same

[@johnmc3862]

From Donegal? Lol.

[@usssouthdakota5541]

@@johnmc3862 bro that's in the republic🤦

[@Subbng2pplthatsub2me]

Yes, I learned it in Yr 8 geography 😂 (I'm from belfast btw)

[@pcyoutube5127]

​@@usssouthdakota5541 lol

[@Rising_Wave902]

Ireland is part of EU "travel visa" as in we don't need a visa to travel to any other EU nations. We can work and live anywhere in Europe. However, we can also travel to England/Great Britian and live and work there without visas. We can also claim social welfare there. Same for British people. They can work and live here no problem. No visa is required. It's called the Common Travel Area (CTA)

[@Lucien234-i2z]

Anywhere in Europe? What about Switzerland, eh? You are full of shit!

[@lovey980]

I just asked this same thing because I was confused by why he said what he said. Your comment is the first I see to correct him.

[@spencerburke]

​@@lovey980He's trying to say that Ireland isn't part of the Schengen visa arrangement. Which is true. But that is only relevant to non-EU citizens. That is, if you are from, say, China, and you want to travel to Italy on holiday, you will receive a Schengen visa from the Italian consulate or embassy. But with that visa, you can travel from Italy to any other EU state that is in the Schengen zone - France, Germany, Spain etc. No need for any more visas. Ireland isn't in the Schengen zone, so a separate visa would be required for this Chinese example tourist to enter Ireland. However, all EU citizens have the automatic right to move to and live and work in any other EU state - no visas of any type required. Schengen is not relevant to citizens. Ireland also has a common travel area with the UK, for historical reasons. Meaning that Irish citizens can live and work in the EU and the UK with no visa barrier, Brexit madness making no difference.

[@SYDAirlineEnthusiast]

Not anywhere in Europe. Just the EU and UK. Wow, Ireland is lucky, while uk lacks this agreement as it only shares with Ireland. Australia and New Zealand have the Tasman agreement which allows Australian pr and citizens to stay and work in New Zealand forever without a visa, but for New Zealand, only citizens can live and stay forever in Australia. Meanwhile, the poor us and Canada have no such agreement with any country, not even with each other.

[@UnbelievableEricthegiraffe]

​@SYDAirlineEnthusiast If you're a US citizen, you are able to live and work in the Marshall islands American Virgin islands (You don't have to be a virgin to visit there) and American Samoa. Oh and guam also. ENJOY YOUR VISIT.

[@dalekinthewater4708]

The way to think of it is like US States, they have their own governments within the Country's government

[@pauliewalnuts5803]

Exactly

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[@WalesTheTrueBritons]

Not really! As each place developed differently and at different times and founded by different people. England = Anglo Saxon. Scotland = Scoti. Wales = Britons (British)

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

It's a bit like that but also quite different.

[@SYDAirlineEnthusiast]

That’s every country.

[@MandNsvideos665]

Remember, Australia is an overgrown Penal Colony

[@LowkeyLaylaIsHere]

Trust me when ur there and u live there it’s not that confusing😂😂

[@valicorngaming1515]

But once you live in it and grow up to learn the ways, it is simple

[@johnmc3862]

@0:35 The UK is part of Europe geographically, it’s just not part of the EU(the economic and political union between the 27 member states).

[@Lunaxo1x]

I’m from N Ireland but I still consider myself Irish and JUST irish

[@Itrynottodoitmyself]

samee

[@pilotpandashot]

Im from northern ireland and british, whatever floats ur boat

[@alllove2792]

Whats your passport say ?

[@Lunaxo1x]

@@alllove2792 it’s an Irish passport

[@Itrynottodoitmyself]

@@alllove2792 irish passport i have

[@SYDAirlineEnthusiast]

You forgot to also add that the UK itself is a single country composed of 4 smaller countries.

[@CaptainRe-X-Men]

You just summed up every British geography lesson in 1 minute! 🤣

[@carolinewilkinson2783]

I live in the UK and it's not that confusing

[@lukewalker3]

Same bro this dude is saying we are not in Europe but we are but we are not wtf is he talking about 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Ashley-sf2dz]

Exactly, if this is confusing then what isn’t?

[@Sugarstar11]

I used to live in the UK and to be honest, I agree

[@Sugarstar11]

​@@lukewalker3 he is saying that we are in Europe but we're not a part of it anymore

[@lukewalker3]

@@Sugarstar11 we are i think you mean the E.U they are diffnt things

[@slifer0081]

I think you make it sound more complicated than it is

[@glowinqharm4979]

I’m northern Irish and so many people forget we’re a country

[@ciyrainshgaming507]

It's not a country

[@splashafrica]

province or region seems more appropriate occupied irland seems most appropriate

[@pingu255]

@@splashafrica province isn't appropriate because it doesn't make any sense. Northern Ireland is 6 counties of the province of Ulster, so how could it be a province inside a province. There is also no occupation of Northern Ireland, we want to be British

[@splashafrica]

@@pingu255 fair enough it just looks silly on a map to divide the island a united ireland would make more sense to me. As a South African we have parks the size of whales so your sub divisions doesn't make sense to me on the scale of my thinking pretty sure we have municipalities with bigger boundaries the UK surface area

[@pingu255]

@@splashafrica we're a densely populated nation, 281 people per km² versus 25 in SA. The division exists based on population. In the 1600s there were attempts to bring Ireland under greater protestant control, so settlers from Scotland especially were brought to Ireland. This created a bitter divide and struggle, with Catholics being treated worse than the protestants. In early 20th century Ireland wanted independence, but in the North East of Ulster (the province which is basically northern Ireland now) there was a majority of protestants who wanted to be British, so northern ireland was created, and then developed to give the protestants total control. This failed though and the divisions it created led to The Troubles, a thirty year ethno nationalist conflict where about 3500 were killed ending in the 1990s. There's now a fairly even split between the number of catholics and protestants, sightly more Catholics now though, and NI is a fairer country. A majority of people though still want to remain in the UK. It's a difficult subject. Unionists have done a lot of damage to the catholics (mostly people who want to be in Ireland) in the past, I myself am a unionist and a descendant of the Protestant settlers from Scotland, but the problem is we've been here so long now, longer than Europeans have been settling in America, that we can't just leave, this is our home too now. There are many more things at play but there's no easy solution. I anticipate though that there will be a United Ireland within my lifetime, even though for my beliefs I would prefer it not to happen

[@Bertieslife-z9k]

THX YOU people are really annoying when saying our country is Ireland but it’s Northern Ireland

[@Capt_boba7732]

SOMEONE FINALLY REALISED WE AREN’T PART OF IRELAND

[@seankavanagh7625]

Northern Ireland isn't a country. It's technically described as a statelet.

[@lightfootpathfinder8218]

It's also know as a province

[@JMBPro]

Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland that is variously described as a country, province or region.

[@lordbonney9779]

The part I love about the place. Northern Ireland is not a country, but it is in fact a kingdom… without being a country… somehow.

[@killerboygaming5629]

No is isa a contry stop lied are

[@JMBPro]

@@killerboygaming5629 English...?

[@Fans.of.Darth.Vaders.Empire]

It really isn’t that confusing unless you're American.

[@summoning.redemption]

then explain to me, an american. This video made it only more confusing😂 and why does it seem like their is a general dislike from irish to british people?! 😂

[@Fans.of.Darth.Vaders.Empire]

@@summoning.redemption The United Kingdom is a kingdom consisting of four countries those being Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and the ruling country England. Ireland and Northern Ireland are 2 completely separate countries. There is a long tradition of anti-British sentiment, specifically anti-English sentiment since the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland and often more specifically Anglophobia, within Irish nationalism. Much of this was grounded in the hostility felt by the largely Catholic poor for the Anglo-Irish gentry, which was mainly Anglican. However, it is important to note that not all Irish people dislike the British. In fact, many Irish people have British ancestry and many Irish people have moved to Britain for work or study

[@summoning.redemption]

@@Fans.of.Darth.Vaders.Empire man that explanation was great thank you. And as naive as it sounds, many people from america(myself included), generally think/thought the U.K is just england itself. I had no clue the U.K represents those four countries. Especially how northern ireland is a separate country! Geography is not nearly taught widely enough throughout america. It makes us look very ignorant and self absorbed. Thank you for your time to enlighten me.

[@Fans.of.Darth.Vaders.Empire]

@@summoning.redemptionYou're most welcome. It was our pleasure to assist you.

[@lightfootpathfinder8218]

​@@Fans.of.Darth.Vaders.Empire that's a general misconception. England isn't the ruling country of the UK as it's the only country of the UK not to have a devolved parliament. It is ruled directly from the UK parliament that contains English,Scottish,Welsh and Northern Irish ministers and members.

[@kingmegatron7974]

You’ll get used to it. Greetings from England!

[@Prakash_Gupta_Indian_Swagster]

Can i be your slave for eternity..... Please

[@georgevirtus]

Great Britain is one island, Ireland is the other island. Both form the British Isles.

[@pinapol4473]

I'm Welsh and the Welsh government say they want to be independent frome the UK so if that happens it will be more confusing.

[@FannyShmellar]

No they don’t. Labour are in government in Wales, it isn’t Labour policy for Wales to leave the union.

[@jasonjames6870]

You're lack of understanding is an embarrassment to Wales

[@pinapol4473]

@@jasonjames6870 mate this comment was 6 months ago 💀💀

[@jasonjames6870]

@@pinapol4473 your understanding of this platform is the same as Welsh politics (non existent)

[@pinapol4473]

U say I don't understand this platform, what videos do you make? Oh wait, not a single video in sight

[@ThinkPigGeography]

Am I the only one who knows that because I am from the UK

[@o_Dunky]

I almost had an heart attack when he said four countries 😅

[@atomicphilosophy]

When you Google England it says it's a country

[@o_Dunky]

Yeah, what about it

[@twiggyinc1]

Also your loop includes the Isle of Man which is it's own self-governing British Crown Dependency. But it is not part of the UK or European Union.

[@UnbelievableEricthegiraffe]

Also the Channel islands. As well as Ascension island and South Georgia and Sandwich islands (No BLTs available when I visited there)

[@IsabelleAesthetically]

Ok, so he’s explained what is part of what and whatever… but he actually hasn’t explained WHY there is Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. So as a person who does know, here you go: England ruled Ireland from the 13th century (can’t remember the reason why, but I think they invaded). Back quite a few centuries ago (1845-1852) Irish had a famine. The famine was caused by their potatoes, which made up 1/3 of their diet, being ruined by blight. This meant they had very little food to live off. However, as England owned Ireland, they were exporting lots of food from them still (making the famine even worse). In the later years of the famine, they gave them corn, but corn was very expensive and not very nutritious. After this, they had a lot of resentment and a lot of Ireland wanted to become their own area (we call these people republicans) but some wanted to stay part of the Uk (we call these the Unionists). Thing is, as a lot of conflicts are often about, there was issues between catholics and Protestants. Most of the Republicans were catholic, and most of the unionists were Protestant. Eventually, Ireland was split in the early 1920s. Only about 40 years later though, the troubles came. This was where the two places would attack each other. These include the Birmingham pub bombings and Bloody Sunday. Eventually, they settled it just before 2000, with the Good Friday agreement. Since then, they stuck to this, and haven’t had much conflict since, but that doesn’t stop some people wanting to become their own place. TL:DR: England owned Ireland for a long time, didn’t help them during a famine which set off groups called republicans and unionists, and then Ireland split in early 1920s. The troubles took place in late 1900s for about 30 years, and Ireland and England haven’t had much conflict since. (Please correct me in the comments if I got anything wrong! I only recently learned this 😅)

[@evancunliffe8674]

I'm British so this makes sense to me. Just history innit.

[@Oscar92839]

Saying Ireland is part of the eu is ridiculous cuz it's an independent county and not every European country is European Union That's like saying that Switzerland isn't European

[@WookieWarriorz]

ireland is literally an eu member are you feeling ok ?????

[@george-ev1dq]

But Ireland IS part of the EU

[@MurphysisbetterthanGuinness]

🤦

[@SYDAirlineEnthusiast]

Yes. Switzerland is part of the Schengen area, but since it’s not part of the EU, you can’t live and work in other countries without a visa for as long as you want. You can only enter other Schengen areas with just an id.

[@helenamcmenamin9298]

I am from Ireland and I don’t like when people say Northern Ireland is a country.

[@PatrickMapper]

As a brit I can confirm northern ireland is not a country

[@sammynoise]

Because its not northern ireland belongs to ireland

[@sammynoise]

your right iy should be part of ireland@@PatrickMapper

[@PatrickMapper]

@@sammynoise It’s part of the UK but I agree that it should rightfully be Irish. I’m not sure we should combine them yet though as it would be very unstable. I’m in the minority of brits that believe that unfortunately

[@spencerburke]

@@PatrickMapper "I'm not sure we should combine them yet..." Why should anyone in Britain decide? The destiny of Ireland is nobody's business but the Irish people's.

[@graveyardflames13]

I'm from Northern Ireland I thought this was basic knowledge

[@omartheprofessor69]

for conclusion those two islands is called british isles the big one is called great britian the smaller is called ireland ireland island has a country on it called ireland too uk is all great britian and part of ireland

[@TWBthecollector]

Thats why its so confusing cause i live in UK , England , Sunderland , Pennywell

[@ManLikeZohaib1]

Geography teachers be like 😅

[@mohitmehra2681]

Not geography History teachers be like Strange case of britain 😅

[@NormanThe_FreedomHope22-5]

Nah, more like: *American trying to tell about the geography they study in their school in US and why Europe is so confusing*

[@justZac_120]

ngl it is easy when YOU LIVE IN THE UK LIKE I DO

[@eezoraptor420]

want a cookie

[@DUTCH-CHRISTIAN2008]

I live in The Netherlands but the UK isnt that confusing since i dont Reginize Scotland, Wales, England and Northern ireland as an country But rather an State of The United Kingdom

[@Bignfluffy]

@@DUTCH-CHRISTIAN2008then you’re an idiot😂

[@justZac_120]

damn i was cringe back then😳😳

[@Axr0_1]

You must come to Wales as its one of the best countries(imo) because of the culture and we also have to most castles in the world with over 600 Castles the food is awesome and if you go to Swansea then they have some really beautiful beaches

[@bananaTreeCubing]

Cardiff is beautiful

[@lightfootpathfinder8218]

Fun fact: most of the castles in Wales were built by the English

[@agmatilde]

There is no culture in wales (as someone from wales)

[@CaffeinatedMoustache]

Wrong, Germany has the most castles in the world, wales has more castles per square miles

[@sketchups4672]

​@@CaffeinatedMoustacheI will build a big stone wall between them and turn them into a singular super long castle. Victory for wales!

[@AliceKinsella-uw4lb]

At least we can go to school without getting shot. 💀

[@CALUMFUSCO]

I’m from Northern Ireland, for people that don’t know you explained it quite good to them

[@DexterLimm]

The UK isn't confusing, it is just you.

[@legostube4540]

I live in ireland and to us northern Ireland is not a separate country

[@JMBPro]

I live in Northern Ireland, and to me it is a separate country

[@swaglad9728]

​@@JMBProits not even a fucking country

[@vonbeedle554]

​@@JMBPro A "country" is extremely generous, considering Northern Ireland only exists because a minority of British colonist descendents had a statelet created to keep themselves an artificial majority. Call it a country if you want. Delude yourself.

[@JMBPro]

@@vonbeedle554 oh sorry am I not allowed to exist...??

[@vonbeedle554]

@@JMBPro You can exist. Northern Ireland has no right to, on the other hand.

[@jammybot2529]

Americans trying to study basic geography.

[@DzEoin]

Lol, average school system in america that's probably the only thing they get taught.

[@eezoraptor420]

doesnt sound american to me

[@jammybot2529]

@@eezoraptor420I know he’s Australian or something, I was just saying he’s pretty dumb

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[@jammybot2529]

@@eezoraptor420you’re right he’s Australian

[@AeroDKT]

as a uk resident what the actual fuck man 😭

[@Sirscrollalot]

As a British person the amount of times I’ve gone over this in geography has scarred me.

[@alexfoxthemusic7299]

I wish the Uk voted to stay in the EU.

[@Ashley-sf2dz]

British people don’t know what they want ✌️

[@carwyngriffiths]

Looking at the current economic growth from nations within such as Germany and France, I think we’re good.

[@warlocksmiling4586]

@@carwyngriffiths You’re deluded look at the state of the UK you idiot

[@quandaledinglenut4]

​@@carwyngriffithslook at your growth lol

[@kenzyfoot]

@@carwyngriffiths uk was better in the EU freedom of Travel Movement honesty in years to come there won’t be a UK anymore it will Separate because Scotland will leave

[@1I1690]

*Brain left the chat*

[@Stand663]

It’s called the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It’s on the British passport.

[@sammynoise]

exactly dude, the united kingdom of great bitain and northern ireland makes sense. yourr valid

[@1kStarrr]

As a Scottish person, I cried because of how complicated he made it.

[@Isaacthegamer123]

Four. Separate entities are not countries their kingdoms under the United Kingdom and that is what the UK stands for United Kingdom

[@chickenfoot2423]

actually i think the definitions are a bit muddy. they are still generally considered countries in their own right.

[@impressivedark2685]

Wales isn’t a kingdom tho

[@grians_twin2126]

Hello from liverpool

[@pauliewalnuts5803]

Scousers

[@haydenthirties4534]

Great Britain (island): England, Scotland and Wales United Kingdom (country): Great Britain and Northern Ireland British Isles (islands): Great Britain and the island of Ireland (incl. Northern Ireland) England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are nations within the United Kingdom. These nations also have their own capital cities, food, culture, etc... but make up the U.K. as a whole. Great Britain is sometimes also used to refer to the United Kingdom as a country, including Northern Ireland.

[@hughesyrealeastender9367]

It’s crazy when you look at how small Britain is and then realize it was the even smaller England that started what became to be the largest empire in human history.

[@Itzurfavperson]

I live in England and all I know is I’m apart of Europe ,UK and Great Britain 🤷‍♀️🇬🇧

[@hill1629]

Ireland is actually a part of the Eu travel visa and have their agreements with the UK. Essentially in terms of travelling to and from the UK, nothing shaw changed for Irish in the wake of brexit

[@99txgh]

“But it’s not, but it is” No. It’s a part of Europe, that was never up for a debate, you can’t leave a continent, that’s a geographical categorisation. The EU is a union that it left, there’s other European countries that aren’t in the EU such as Switzerland, Norway Iceland, Albania, Ukraine, Serbia and more. The EU only has 27 countries, Europe is made up of 44 countries

[@user-turkeyguy]

I live in scotland and my teacher lived in ireland but moved

[@thehighlander6770]

“Travel agreement” is one way to put the agreement between Ireland and the United Kingdom…

[@bw._5002]

The UK is not apart of the European Union (EU) anymore, since it left in 2020 (This was commonly known as 'Brexit'). The EU is an Intergovernmental Organisation (IGO). Whereas Europe is a Continent, and The UK has always been in Europe. They're completely different things. Just to correct you, but the rest was spot on 👍

[@ATWQ160]

I live in England, this is pretty common knowledge and it wasn’t until I heard it all together that I realised just how confusing it must be to anyone outside of the UK

[@LovelyBrain-rf3tt]

Actually Northern Ireland is a province.

[@george-ev1dq]

NI is part of the old province of Ulster but is not a province itself, it is a country.

[@Xx_Cinnamoroll_Editz_Xx]

“Iyurlind”

[@Cutesloth1716-Vee]

I live in Wales and we're not confusing I speak fluent Welsh but I'm getting better English!

[@DogeBlox47]

As someone from the uk, it’s actually super simple. So Great Britain is England, Wales and Scotland. The UK are Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the British isles is The UK and Ireland. Simple.

[@OregonCountry1859]

And we haven’t even talked about the midlands, the south or the north of england.

[@faizgaming9471]

Malaysian 🤝 British 💯💯👍👍❤❤

[@Xiiki]

Essentially it’s like how Canada is part of “north America” but isn’t apart of the US itself.

[@tehrimabbasi]

The UK is part of Europe, just not the European Union.

[@joshua_mott19]

The EU is an agreement with countries in Europe. But Europe is the geographical area of the continent

[@razvan-emanuelolar3385]

And there is no border control between Ireland and Norther Ireland. You just pass the border like in Schengen space in EU

[@AymanTravelTransport]

Wait till you find out how absurdly complicated it is to avoid getting ripped off when buying train tickets in the UK; that's a whole new level of confusion to non-enthusiasts. Each route has its own unique quirks that you have to exploit to get cheaper tickets.

[@ThatBrave_empressvivsz]

In past England had a sign that said no Irish and no blacks. Btw.

[@phylk4683]

And you forgot to mention Ireland is NOT a part of the British Isles and the Irish government has clarified that it does not see the term British Isles to include Ireland.

[@Kontro_7]

As a brit, i was sarcastically acting shocked like i didn't know this and ended up making my own ass laugh.

[@d8g340]

You’ve just made it more confusing than it really is. Great Britain is the three on the island, UK is NI and GB, and we can travel to Ireland without visa. We are part of Europe, because Europe is a continent and the EU is an organisation of countries

[@den4ikk]

Ireland itself wanted independence, and historically this is part of the UK

[@MatthewMisson]

ireland actually is part of the “british isles so that’s why there is the travel agreement

[@LiquidAdverb-x6g]

No, it’s because of the agreed terms of the Good Friday agreement.

[@Aviator_Dude]

If you look at it the right way, the UK and Ireland are just the geographically accurate Rayman™ N.Ireland and Ireland are the hand, Scotland the head, England and Wales are the torso and near Plymouth and Essex are the "feet"

[@MxFlyingPhoenix]

As a British person, this is entirely cohesive to me It's just lots of different sections

[@Instrumentment]

Bro said the UK is 4 countries but they are not countries 💀

[@Messier42-handle]

ah yes, england, my favourite continent 💀💀

[@Sebb-x2k]

Wales is a principality, not a nation

[@alynwillams4297]

Hasn’t been a principality in over 600 years pal

[@titantinigaming2493]

What you described as Great Britain is actually Britain as Great Britain involves all of Ireland in it

[@FLTfilmstuff]

lol as a British citizen, I still forget these

[@Hassank.1]

He teaches better than all my teachers

[@1042firegirl]

Ireland is a completely separate country, in the same way as France and Germany are.

[@Jakkid1987]

As a Scottish person me n Britain share towns and city so we r pretty much the same hing lads

[@dutchafrikaner1204]

To make matters even more confusing, there are some random islands around Great Britain that happen to have their own government but are riled by the British crown directly.

[@cats334]

The uk used to be in the eu but some idiots voted the country out so now we arent

[@Game_edits267]

If you're ever in Belfast never say we're in northern Ireland you would get jumped if you do

[@bloxman-bl7qg]

summarised Britain: England, Scotland, wales Uk: England, Scotland, wales, Northern Ireland British isles: England, Scotland, wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland