Comment on Alan Turing could have lived his whole life twice over and he would still have to wait 18 years for Gay Marriage to be legalized in the UK

essell@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• iocase@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Would that word have basically meant all of the British isles since Irish independence happened far after WWII?

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• unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Tbh it’s never been especially clear to most of the world

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  • 9point6@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Great Britain is the big island in the British isles (all of the land including the whole of Ireland, channel isles, etc). Think how gran canaria is the big island of the Canary isles.

    The United Kingdom is the name of the country run by the British government (England, Scotland, Wales & NI)

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    • unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Lotta shit to say “colonialist empire”. It’s okay, i’m from the u.s.

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      • 9point6@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Oh let me help you out

        It’s like how the USA is not the same as America or North America

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      • essell@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Yeah, Scotland and Wales joined up to the Union, they weren’t Colonised.

        Ireland is a different story

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• irate944@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  It’s a britain that is great

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  • Magnum@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    You beat me to it

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