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)
unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Lotta shit to say “colonialist empire”. It’s okay, i’m from the u.s.
9point6@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Oh let me help you out
It’s like how the USA is not the same as America or North America
unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
What kinda gondola you ride for floating past the point
essell@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Yeah, Scotland and Wales joined up to the Union, they weren’t Colonised.
Ireland is a different story
Taleya@aussie.zone 2 days ago
You need to read up on your welsh history, dude
VoteNixon2016@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
Eh, it just happened long enough ago that it’s socially acceptable for them to be colonised
essell@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Not even close to historical fact