Group name...

Just wondering, why have you chosen to use "UK" in our group name? Personally, I refuse to associate myself with the aristocratic monarchy that controls our country today. Obviously using "Britain" would be the better choice, especially for us Socialists...

No, I'm pretty sure Ireland counts as Britain too. There's a reason it's called the British ISLES and not the British ISLE. :/

No, I'm pretty sure Ireland counts as Britain too. There's a reason it's called the British ISLES and not the British ISLE. :/

I'm pretty sure every Irish revolutionary ever would disagree with you.

Draconid, look at a map of the UK -there's certainly more than one island.

No, I'm pretty sure Ireland counts as Britain too. There's a reason it's called the British ISLES and not the British ISLE. :/

That reason is the isle of man, the isle of wight, the channel islands and all the other little pieces of guff floating around it. Ireland is quite seperate from britain which is why the country is called the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland.

I'm pretty sure every Irish revolutionary ever would disagree with you.

Yeah well, no offence, but Irish revolutionaries basically like to ***** about everything Britain does. The fact remains that, GEOGRAPHICALLY, Ireland is part of Britain and is therefore technically British. Infact, it is us English who are the least British people, we're just immigrants from mainland Europe. :/

Yeah well, no offence, but Irish revolutionaries basically like to ***** about everything Britain does. The fact remains that, GEOGRAPHICALLY, Ireland is part of Britain and is therefore technically British. Infact, it is us English who are the least British people, we're just immigrants from mainland Europe. :/

Jesus thats pure like revolutionaries to ***** about their imperialist occupier? Fucking socialists eh?

GEOGRAPHICALLY Ireland is part of Ireland. Britain is defined as referring to the island taking in england wales and scotland, while the term United Kingdom refers to the 6 counties of northern ireland also.

Sorry if your national chauvinism can't see that Ireland is its own country and is not 'British'.

The fact remains that, GEOGRAPHICALLY, Ireland is part of Britain and is therefore technically British. Infact, it is us English who are the least British people, we're just immigrants from mainland Europe. :/

Ireland isn't geographically part of Britain though. It's part of the British Isles, a seperate geographic category, which where I think you're confused.

Lets just clear this up again.

Great Britain = British Mainland
United Kingdom = British mainland + Northern Ireland
British Isles = British mainland + all of Ireland

I don't name the names.

Lets just clear this up again.

Great Britain = British Mainland
United Kingdom = British mainland + Northern Ireland
British Isles = British mainland + all of Ireland

I don't name the names.

I always thought it was:

Great Britain = Britain and Ireland
Britain = England, Wales, Scotland
British Isles = Britain and Ireland

UK = England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, uk owned territories
Britain = Great Britain = England, Scotland, Wales
British Isles = Great Britain(England, Scotland, Wales), Ireland(North+South), and over 6000 small islands around there

Thats why the Internet's here

Communist Guy is almost correct, except territories like Isle of Mann, the Channel Islands, etc, don't count as part of the UK.

So the name of this group really does just refer to England, Scotland, Wales, and occupied Ireland. Er and Cornwall. If you wanna include the surrounding islands then maybe British Isles is more appropriate than UK. It would include Ireland too though i think. Plus a geographical themed name would be nicer anyway, imo

edit; the group picture is just Britain and the Isle of Man. If that's the case might as well just call it 'british revolutinaries', if you dont want to include ireland.