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Originally Posted by Eurosceptic Atlanticist
Please tell me, if Scotland did leave the Union, why do you think the UK would suddenly cease to exist and that the rest of us still in the Union could not continue to describe ourselves as 'British'.
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You've not been reading the posts. It is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Great Britain came into being with the union of England and Scotland. Without Scotland there is no Great Britain.
Then we come to what is a Union. How can England be in a union with 2 tiny countries? A union is based on equality. Tell you what, why don't we extend the Union to the Channel Islands and Isle of Man? Would you accept Jersey, with a population of 70,000, as the equal of England?
Here's another proposition for you. We call the new nation England, with crown dependency status given to Wales and Northern Ireland. Any objections?