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What’s the Difference Between Great Britain and the UK?

If you live in the UK, you’ve probably had the irritating experience of trying to find United Kingdom in a list of countries, only to discover that some well-meaning person has listed the country ...
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The Birth of Great Britain: England and Scotland Unite

The Kingdom of Great Britain was established on May 1, 1707, through the Acts of Union, uniting the separate kingdoms and parliaments of England (including Wales) and Scotland into a single sovereign ...
CounterPunch

After Brexit: the State of the United Kingdom

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party in the United Kingdom suffered serious setbacks in three byelections on July 20, 2023. In Selby and Ainsty in northern England, the main opposition ...
Foreign Affairs

Will Nationalism Break Britain?

In September 2022, the body of Queen Elizabeth was driven across Scotland from Balmoral Castle, where she died, to the royal palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh. The coffin was draped in the Royal ...
Daily Mail

PETER HITCHENS: Labour's sneaky rebranding of the country it secretly hates - Great Britain - is yet another step down the staircase of national decline

Who wants to live in something called ‘The Ukay’? I certainly don’t. This is Britain, or England, or Great Britain. The ‘United Kingdom’ is what it technically is – its chemical formula if you like – ...