As a Scot, I don't really want the UK to break up. If the UK was an actual union where every member was treated equally and had equal power in politics (kind of like the USA but ideally better than the USA) I would be very happy staying. Sadly that is not the case so I think we have no choice but to leave. I think if we're going to leave it's going to have to be within the next few years. Almost the entire justification for leaving is how we wanted to stay in the EU and more recently the handling of COVID, but I think if we wait too long we lose all credibility in that argument. If we're going to leave it needs to be before 2025 in my opinion. By then brexit will most likely not be something even remember that well and COVID will be mostly forgotten as well (hopefully) so there's really no good justification for leaving at that point other than us just wanting to leave because "fuck the english amirite"
Maybe she will choose to go with Scotland, it's where her mother was from and technically she is more directly Scotland queen than England's. Also she likes it better there.
...so you're saying the Isle of Man has so little to recommend it that the British, who were famously interested in taking over everything they could sail to, basically only bothered because it was in their back yard
@@riptidemonzarc3103 yeah I mean you have tailless cats and six horned Sheep but the English invaded in the 1200s and queen Elizabeth is technically lord of mann
In the section about Wales, he said the Welsh resent Brexit because it led to a loss of funding from EU. Actually, UK was always a net contributor to the EU, so every Euro spent by EU in Wales was funded by the UK tax payers. Also Wales voted to leave EU.
If Scotland (or any of the UK counties) wish to leave the Union that is their right. Although it will be sad day - seeing the break up of my country. But democracy and the right to choose is most important. I just hope we could then become strong allies.
India want uk should devide and india must ocupie smaller england and make them slaves and india must take revange to england they rulled india 200 years i hope indian origion rushi sunik made this when he become priminister of uk
I’m just a kid so I don’t really understand politics but I want Scotland to be independent because I want to be known as Scottish and not British and I think we would be better split! I will still be sad about it but I think it’s for the better 😁 we should definitely stay allies tho
@@mikeyy2510 no we should not. If you gain independence, you should be on your own. No military dependence, no pledges of allegiance. You will fall, and their will be no one to blame but yourself.
It's not going to survive this decade. You won't have to die and you'd better start practicing your banjo to celebrate Scottish and Welsh independence and Irish reunification.
I will pay with Scottish money to see that but I expect to see you alive. Can I ask that you play that old British favourite, ...Beethoven's "Ode To Joy".
Small error on the map: Isle of Man is shown as part of England, when it is in fact a separate Crown Dependency (somewhat analogous to Puerto Rico's relationship to the US).
@@eamonlyons8318 Technically the Crown owns it, and it runs its own internal affairs via its parliament (Tynwald), though it largely relies on the UK for foreign policy and defence etc.
Actually, Puerto Rico is not that good an analogy.... technically Congress can pass laws for P.R., while technically, the UK's only has authority over the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands that are granted to it by the Crown. It is ridiculously complicated.
10:34 while it is mostly not recognized as it's own country, many residents of the Isle of Man consider it to be not part of any UK country. I live on the Isle of Man, and we have a separate government and laws. It would be cool to be internationally recognised as a country because most people don't know we exist
@@tacotuesday2489 The Isle of Man isn't part of Wales, Ireland, England, or Scotland. If it is part of another country, I don't know what as it is also separate from the UK
When a place in the Uk ends in, "burgh," it sounds like, "buruh" or to some people "bruh". So Edinburgh is pronounced edin - buruh or how most people in Scotland pronounce it, "edin - bruh." Also this was a very good video.
@@fgsaramago No this was helpful I know know I’ve been saying it wrong please remove that pfp your trashing someone with an IQ over room temperature unlike you
Do you know how to pronounce names for cities in other countries? I don’t think Brits are the best placed at giving language advise to others. Lol The ending BURG comes from the Germanic language so if anything, Brits have decided to mispronounce it.
Also, he mentioned Ireland getting independance in 1922 and showed a newspaper frontpage with the leaders of a failed rebellion who were all executed in 1916.
Honestly, it would be great to see this happen. The Scots, Welsh and Irish already have their own nationalists in power in their areas. It really comes down to how to divvy up the assets. As England pays the most taxes, they obviously get to take the lions' share of the military etc. However the English parliament should not be guilted into paying anything else. The English can go nuclear in order to meet their energy requirements. Move the nuclear subs to Devonport. The welsh and scots and N.Irish have the military establishments and training areas that are currently built under the British Army. They have their own home grown regiments. The economies would recover and blossom. The green socialists in Scotland would have to recover from their angst over having to use oil to fuel their energy needs, the English keep the pound, The scots and N.Irish have their own currencies so they can keep those. The welsh would have to sort something out for themselves. At the end of the day, why would the English want to stay in a Union,l with other member counties who majority hate the Union. The English pay for the other countries to survive. Time for them to pull on their big boy shorts, stop suckling at the English teat, and go out there and make it on their own.
5:46 Just btw, 🏴 isn’t just a blue background, it also has a white diagonal cross. The diagonal cross in 🇬🇧 is half-white and half-red, the red being St Patrick’s saltire not the Ulster Banner.
But the country (northern ireland's) flag isn't St Patrick's but the ulster's. Because St Patrick's is flag of the Kingdom of Ireland (United Ireland) (Sorry if it's a little difficult to understand but not very good English yet)
@@dwvide6049 when England and Scotland first formed the United Kingdom in the early 17th century, Wales was considered part of England. St Patrick’s flag was incorporated when Ireland joined, then Southern Ireland left. Would be expensive to change all the flags again throughout the empire and the UK flag is incorporated into The Australian and New Zealand flag as well as many others. So easier to just keep the St Patrick’s cross in the flag.
I guess you missed the point partially - that poll in N.I. for separation from UK had also a follow up pointing to, if anything, both decoupling/separation from UK and joining/unification with Ireland under a single banner/country, so it's not like N.I. would separate itself to form a "new" country as is, it'd just separate from a union with a distant relative to play better with their close neighbours from the south. And then and thus N.I. separation could be far easier than the others discussed herein with the proviso that N.I. could be easily incorporated with extra seats into I's governing structures and that the religion variants acceptance do not ignite any wars - the newly formed united Ireland gov should manage to ease any difficulties as a lot of people nowadays are lessclose-minded than before ;) The GBP to EUR transition could be easy for N.I. as already a lot of companies and people closer to the border deal with both currencies in their wallets due to Ireland's being in EUR zone. Opposite could be said about Wales as it's far more tightly bound to England and UK as a whole due to geo-political and economic reasons (though culturally and linguistically there are disparate roots clearly evident in Welsh names) - as such the risks and costs of separation very much outweigh possible benefits from standing on their own for the Welsh. Scotland is more of a mixed bag, but it's both geographically and politically, and for that matter historically, more separate/independent-capable from England and UK as a whole - it has more land, it has more people and is better suited to standing on its own within EU than the other member countries outside of England, but there are always mplications and socio-economic aspects such separation could entail - contrary to N.I. that is quite separated from the rest of UK byt the sea, here we have a border that would have to be managed and currency that would have to be chosen - those in favor of Scottish independence are often also for joining EUR zone and that would result in a situation similar to what N.I. and I. are facing now, thus the costs of running a separate country would greatly increase due to UK, and by extension England, not part of EU anymore. So again, it's the spirit and costs that need to be weighted and contemplated on for Scotland with the separation bills harder to cover from country's own wallet even if spread over years or generations...
@terry phidaheights good Friday agreement buddy, they won’t like it but it’s legally binding. They’re beating their chests over the Irish Sea border now, and how’s that going for them?? Westminster don’t give a hoot about them as the supply and demand arrangement with the torys has shown. Unionism is dying, they need to stop throwing the toys out of the pram whenever a UI is mentioned and, start making arrangements were their place in society is going to be or they’ll be left behind. I’m sure you’ll say “the sons of ulster will take up arms” or some brutal rhetoric like that, but at the end of the day there’s plenty in the nationalist side that are also willing to fight if their democratically elected vote is sold down the river for the appeasement of the official minority and, they have the law behind them. Those threats don’t work like they did in the early 1900s, your only card is a joker.
@@mawhinney2.196 In the event of a United Ireland after a Referendum. For those thinking of rising trouble, America still are the Guarantor's of the Peace in Ireland, and can be invited in as a Peace keeper force by the Irish Government, so Nationalists won't have to retaliate. The Law and Democracy must always be the first priority in the free World.
@@tomoswynne7783 Wales would not exist without England. That is a fact. It would be an underdeveloped area as the English and Scottish were the ones to build up Wales due to it’s natural resources a Scotsman, the Marquis of Bute basically built Cardiff.
@@hansfromcongo6322 but that's still an ignorant comment, yes it probably wouldnt be much of thing without england but that's almost irrelevant. Wales is and has been poorly treated and thats just fact
As of now, there’s other independent movements/parties: Cornwall, Kent and Northumbria. So, if the main 3 leave and the others leave too then the south of England and the north of England will/might also be independent from each other. We are basically going back to the 800 when we had kingdoms..
Something else to address is the issue of citizenship. Does one with a UK passport choose where their citizenship will be? Is it based on location? What about those attempting to gain citizenship? Will it be the same UK passport under a new name such as "Confederation of the Isles" or something like that? Much more to think about in that sense
Even if just Scotland left and Northern Ireland joined with The Republic of Ireland (which I believe to be the most likely scenario out of all the ones possible). It certainly would be the end of an era and a important point in history.
Basically England would fall into the background the USA would find better relationships in France Germany and Japan instead and if Scotland and northern Ireland left what makes the UK think that Australia would keep the queen as there head of a state because they won't
@@thewhovianhippo7103 should Scotland and Northern Ireland leave I imagine we wouldn't be far behind to be honest. Most people here are on the fence with independence but things are changing at a rate of knots.
@La nova renaissance do you have any data claiming that Wales is profitable in comparison to say Scotland? It's incredibly hard for me to find such data despite Wales being the only country in the UK that exports more than it imports (before Brexit anyway). There's also the issue that profits in chains such as Tesco count as English profit if the HQ is based in England and all tax is paid through that HQ. Any data on this would be great to strengthen the Welsh independence movement.
Northern Ireland's part in the Union flag is the St Patrick's Saltair, the diagonal red cross inside the white cross of Scotlands St Andrews Saltair. Not the Ulster Banner.
Ulster Banner represents Northern Ireland in international football tournaments and friendlies. St Patrick's Saltire represents Northern Ireland in volleyball, for example.
@@myriadmemento1298 Maldives,Sri Lanka, western Myanmar, southern Afghanistan, nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India. These were together Indian continent and later on after collision to Asia it's called indian subcontinent.
Using just GDP figures for international comparisons are a bit unfair. Wales' GDP is about the same as Kenya or Ethiopia yes, which sounds bad. However our GDP per capita its slightly less than Italy and higher than Portugal and Spain as Ethiopia's population is more than 30x higher than ours and Kenya's is almost 10x higher
yes but when you look at the power a country can weild it is their GDP, if you're looking at how well each person compares to other countries then yes use per capita.
@@Jackosaurus117 I've always wanted to see the English Football League expand to 100 clubs, with five divisions of 20 clubs. Financially for the game this will be much better.
5:33 Oh, dude... Ain't no way the Ulster Banner would the flag of an independent Northern Ireland. It's got far too many ties to the Unionist movement to ever be fully accepted by the Nationalist population. Flags are serious business in NI!
John Fraser Nationalists are irish nationalists not northern irish nationalists , they won't accept northern independence .Not saying that they are not northern irish nationalists ,but they would be a separate group to the traditional nationalist group and would also have links to the unionist population .
Scotland : Popular support for independence and a governing party pushing hard for independence. Catalonia : Popular support for independence and a governing party pushing hard for independence but they're literally not allowed to. Quebec : Low support for independence in the most recent poll and a governong party that does not want independence.
Catalonia is trapped and can never be free. It's like Tibet. Quebec complains, but the people just blow hot air. Scotland has a decent shot at independence, but England would keep the oil fields and force Scotland to transfer its nuclear weapons.
@@MLV1000 lol u have no right to vote in catalonia, it's like letting england vote in the scottish referendum 🤣 it's quite entertaining to see the spaniards use the fascist constitution for an excuse. Franco lives on
Well from my point of view I wouldn’t look at any of us English, Scottish, Welsh or Northern Irish lot any differently. After all we still share the same group of islands
The UK (in the British Isles) comprises also similar autonomous countries like (apart from England, Wales, Scotland, & Northern Ireland) Cornwall in the south west of England, Isle of Wight in the south of England near Portsmouth, Isle of Man in west of England, Guernsey in the English Channel south of England & north of France). Imagine all of the autonomous regions move for independence & UKxit!
@@CC-wf2qb That's the most subjective "best option" I've ever seen, for most people I know the biggest dream is a united Ireland, very few people want an independent Northern Ireland.
Ireland wouldn’t accept Norn Iron despite what it says. You have to remember that during the troubles the IRA side was a tiny minority. The ulster unionists and paras would be a worse headache because there is more of them. Bringing Norn iron in would lead to a civil war. So independence although not what anyone wants is quite a likely outcome if the area votes for leaving the U.K.
You should consider that UK's oil reserves in the North Sea in Scotland's and England's economies. It's a Scottish resource that is currently funneled through England with Scotland getting a vastly smaller share of a resource they would legally own if there were a breakup.
It would be interesting to see what would happen in the event of a break up. If it represents a significant enough amount of money, England may claim that since it was mostly their money that developed the enterprise to access that resource, they should be allowed to continue using it. I could see something like their agreement over Hong Kong; they lease the use of those waters from the Scottish government for a certain amount of time before it reverts to Scottish hands.
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5:17 Northern Ireland probably would not keep the Ulster banner, it’s not an official flag and it has a crown on it. If it were to secede, likely it would adopt either a new flag or if it joined Ireland the Irish one.
The Irish Tricolour and anthem would both have to be changed for completely new ones in any united Ireland. It really wouldn't be the ROI plus NI in reality. Even the current Taoiseach has stated Northern Ireland and Stormont would still remain in any united Ireland setup. In reality, there's nothing in the GFA that states Northern Ireland and Stormont would be abolished. It literally tells you devolution would remain and that only the sovereign power would change hands from London to Dublin.
I haven't completed watching the video but I already wonder what could happen to the coutntries with the Union Jack in their flags, or to their flags to be precise, if the union splits
Nothing has to happen to the Union Jack. After all, the Czech Republic still uses the flag of the Old Czechoslovakia after it split into Czech Republic and Slovakia. Slovakia objected, but they couldn't do a thing about it. Very odd people think the Union Jack would have to change when it doesn't. Australia and New Zealand can continue to use the Union Jack as is on their flags currently. It would represent an important part of their history, after all. No reason to change it.
6:04 Welsh wanted any type of reprensentation (Coat of arms, their own flag or flag on the union jack), since they didn't have one until 1959, when they got their own flag. And beforre that they were just a principality Edit: spelling
As a Manx person (Isle of Man citizen) I got excited at the mention of it's existence at 3:52 because so few people, even in the British isles, know of it's existence. Edit: and 10:34
Yeah, that's the most likely outcome. If the UK breaks up, it will be because Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland leave. So England would be the successor state and by default would inherit overseas territories. Maybe some would seek independence instead, but I don't think that's likely.
@@eugeniaoberlin8665 The USSR dissolution is a good example so yeah, England would probably retain the seat on the UN Security Council. As for Gibraltar and the Falklands, in 2002 and 2013 respectively they each voted overwhelmingly to remain as British Oversea Territories with massive voter turn outs. No doubt they'd want to keep the status quo as much as possible. In practice they're already independent with the UK just responsible for their defence and foreign affairs.
But separate parliaments and separate governments. That only stopped with the Union because Scotland begged England to rescue them from bankruptcy - the Darien Crisis. How quickly they forget. Every 200 years or so.
@@neuralwarp Scotland didn’t beg England. England bribed the Scottish lords and earls to vote for it. They did so due the failed Darien scheme, but it was not Scotland that begged. The Scottish people were overwhelmingly against this.
@@stephene.8737 Scotland was bankrupt due to failed colonial projects. The Bank of England took on their debt. Get your information from history books not rewritten by the SNP.
Hence an independent Scotland would remain a monarchy by default. And would essentially join the commonwealth realms by default as HM Queen Elizabeth 2nd (of England) is also HM Queen Elizabeth 1st by right and not as a result of the act of union.
Hi, on currency, just for your information, Scotland and Northern Ireland already has it's own currency (Google Scottish or Northern Irish Pounds), so they have that already.
Scotland and Northern Ireland don't have their own currency. The currency for the whole of the UK is pound sterling. Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own design of bank notes, but they're still pound sterling. All UK notes can be spent anywhere in the UK.
Key point you should talk about as well is the demographics of the different countries. Scotland is markedly older and has a far, far lower birth rate than England and Wales. This puts massive pressure on their economy as they would have a greater pension burden and less people to replace those dying.
The Isle of Man isn’t part of England, you shouldn’t have included it at the start. If Wales was represented in 🇬🇧, it would include St David’s Cross, not 🏴.
Realistically the Isle of Man would stay with the England under the ‘crown’ in a split scenario, but I agree they are autonomous and should not of been included here
@@RICO-2024 the Isle of Man is a crown dependency, meaning technically the Isle of Man is owned by the ruler of the UK, In this circumstance where wales, Northern Ireland , and Scotland leave the UK, the Isle of Man is still under ownership of the U.K. (now just England), although obviously keeps it autonomous rights. So the Isle of Man would become a crown dependency of England instead
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The Celtic families (Ireland, Scotland, Isle of Man & Wales) should join and bring about a Gaelic language revival in their respective states! England should Cuir méar I do thóin
Totally, I live in Ireland and the government’s attempt of reviving the langauge revival is atrocious. Like it’s there, we learn it in school, but there is no attempt at making more Gaelscoils (Irish only speaking schools) same case is Gaeltachts.
There’s no way Gibraltar would want to break away from the UK/England. That’s because, at the moment, it is largely its own place allowed to do pretty much whatever they want without British interference. It’a unique place, not truly British but certainly not Spanish. That would change if they joined Spain as the Spanish would put a pretty brutal Spanish imprint on the place by way of an example i.e. you’re now Spanish. The unique character of the place would almost certainly be rubbed out and that would be an awful thing to witness being imposed on Gibraltarians.
@@kf9346 - perhaps you can explain why, the last time they had a referendum in Gib, *well over 90%* of the population said they wanted to maintain their present relationship with the UK?
@@kf9346 Unlikely - under the Treaty of Utrecht that Spain originally ceded Gibraltar to the British, if GB ever relinquishes control of the rock it has to offer it to Spain first. The odds of Spain saying no and allowing Gibraltar to become independent are pretty remote.
@@johnpotts8308 But for the fact that international law did a huge swing into the primacy of self-determination over treaty law in the 90s. Common assumption is a plebiscite by locals trumps all. I would even say Hong Kong was the last gasp of a treaty trumping local self-determination, and even that was able to happen only because at the time, there was barely a a local Hong Kong political culture and awareness--had Hong Kongers demanded a referendum before the hand-over, it would have had to have happened.
The Isle Man used many tears ago belonged to Scotland, ruled by Olaf the Black King of Man,his son Leoid the founder of the Mac Leoids. Manx Gaelic and Scots Gaidhlig are almost the same language!
Some people think that an giant rip up a piece of land and try throwing it at Scotland but miss and that was how isles of men got made and that random ocean in Northern Ireland
The isle of man is already an independent country, it isn't an overseas territory it is a crown dependency, which means it relies on the UK for military protection, but aside from that its not part of the UK.
@@roybabineaux5353 Um USA did not actually get another power ruling them after they gained independence from the British. Quite the opposite actually; USA expanded to the pacific after they gained independence from the UK
i am a hongkie (a cheeky way to refer to hongkonger) and i hate british rule either . Under british rule , hong kong natives have no opportunity to rise to the top offices. Most young people simply wasnt born yet to remember those days.
Im not from UK. but I love uk. Specially every nations people of uk. United and strong great britain. don't break up. You all together beautiful and better country.❤
well, i think we would be, and could have been if it wasnt for England consistently mistreating and generally ignoring the needs of all other countries, if you were here you would understand, but really, its like staying in a toxic relationship cus they have money, it is causing division, and it is hurting everyone involved, we are most certainly not beautiful or better together.
@@Raven-ci8pk doesnt England also provide all the union with quite a bit of that money. If you only look at the negatives you wont like it. I dont like England atm but I believe we should start being more United not less
@@benhayat851 I understand your view however yes, we should be more United, in the EU! I know u guys r like 'bit Spain won't let us back in' but it can, and even if not, we can have an arrangement like Switzerland/Norway
I was with you until you mentioned that Gibraltar could “finally cave and join Spain”. A referendum held in Gibraltar resulted in 99% voting to remain British! I’m sure that if the UK itself broke up, the Gibraltarians would rather be under Scotland than Spain!
If the UK were to break up it would be interesting if Gibraltar ended up becoming an independent city-state. Seems unlikely though, unless they had no other options besides joining Spain.
The only reason Gibraltar exists is the british navy. Gibraltar regularly breaks international treaties, is a major contraband and piracy harbor and harasses spanish boats on spanish waters. If England stops protecting them Spain would not give them the choice to vote, they have more than enough casus beli to justify the invasion and a lot of animosity. Not to mention even if somehow they keep enough international support to avoid military annexation they'd still get labelled as the fiscal paradise they are and blockaded, which would be lethal. Unlike Andorra Gibraltar can't subsist without international trade nor does it have independence guarantees. It literally can't survive without the UK.
@The Duck I don't see why you would bring that up but for the record their issue is similar, in that if spain broke or was unwilling or unable to maintain its pressence there, it wouldn't gain independence, at least not for long, as morocco would annex it instead. Ceuta exists specifically so spain can claim control of the strait, much like gibraltar exists so britain can ignore every environmental and economic treaty it's ever signed. Without that purpose, they would not remain separate. Either way morocco and spain are opposed in this situation however. Morocco makes proclamations about wanting to annex ceuta and melilla whenever they need popular opinion to turn somewhere else (when local politics suck ass for the king) but it hasn't done anything of worth about it pretty much ever. Because the spanish ports are of great importance to morocco logistically and politically, being the cornerstones of their migratory pressure strategy to influence the EU and a vital node in keeping their international trade and protectionist politics compatible. Meanwhile Spain's been biting its teeth about Gibraltar and only throwing a fit whenever one of the oil spills happen or the british navy protects a specially high target druglord in its harassment of spanish police. But it's done so due to britain's power, not because Gibraltar could offer anything to it. Indeed it hurts spain way more than it helps. So you can expect spain to attack gibraltar if it could get away with it. Morocco's chances of attacking mostly depends on how much internal strife it has at the time, if it needs patriotism to surge it will do so and use it to revindicate their "great morocco" propaganda. If things are calm and there's no need for distractions they'll wait and see if it is in their best interest to ignore spain's weaknes if they think it'll be temporary.
I hear the Welsh revolutionary army has recently purchased two hundred septic tanks. They said in a press release, when they work out how to drive them they're going to invade England!
its only a matter of time now. perhaps if it was more similar to a more modern union rather than the colonial style union it is , it may have a chance of lasting. I mean... the capitol of England is also the capitol of Britain, the fact that England does not have a national assembly like the other countries, etc...
@SalNova15 that’s actually where it comes from the st George cross worn on armour of knights Templar’s they operated in ache and other places in the Middle East during the holy land crusades
Really interesting and well presented, thanks. Just wanted to flag up what I think is an error in stats. Your "recent poll" on Welsh Indy support is incorrect. Your graph shows 22% in favour and 88% "against". Firstly that doesn't add up, and the actual figures were 28% in favour and 52% against, the rest being don't know or wouldn't vote. Also, when looking at the cultural differences, perhaps you should add language into this, as this is just as strong a cultural marker in Wales as religion I think.
It will happen What Brit Nats fail to realise is their union is a take over of the Celtic nations, by Anglo Saxonia. What they also failed to realise is the EU is a partnership where nations have a say. English / British nationalism has killed the union that never was a union.
I totally disagree, as Scotland doesn’t make enough money to be wanted by most people in England, so they will probably agree to it. The Uk allowed Scotland to vote whether to leave in the independence vote a few years ago, so why would they now, require England to vote
haha the English will never get a vote on this why because they have no sovereignty,maybe they should read the 1707 treaty and ask why it cost them their sovereignty and why their tory masters were so quick to take it away from them and lock it in the new UK parlaiment. Only Scotland can end the UK. Oh and when Scotland does become indepenent there will be no UK as the UK is a treaty between Scotland and England,Wales and N Ireland come under the English side of the treaty.
Suspect there would need to be a reorganisation at the individual level rather than the divisions. What Scottish soldier serving in an English unit, or English soldier serving in a Scottish unit, wants to suddenly find themselves on the wrong side of the border and serving in a foreign country's military?
@@floridageneral1204 That wouldn’t make sense - since the guards regiments are loyal to Britain and the crown first. The British army would naturally fight against separatist forces and try to protect Britain.
Gibraltar doesn't really have an option to become independent. Spain would pounce on it, feeling especially legitimised by the fact that while the Treaty of Utrecht gave it to Britain in perpetuity, it also mentions that it would return to Span should it ever cease to be British. Given the minuscule appetite for joining Spain that exists in Gibraltar, it would definitely opt to continue its links with whatever remains of the UK.
Decent vid. As I'm sure others are pointing out, the push in Northern Ireland is not for temporary independence. The Border Poll described in the Good Friday Agreement would be held in both the North and the South/Republic. If it passed in both jurisdictions, NI would unify with the existing Irish Republic. I don't think there would be a phase of Northern Irish independence. Nobody wants that or thinks its economically feasible. Where things get interesting is what happens in that United Ireland. Would NI continue to exist as its own statelet, with its own assembly(parliament)? Would the new nation need a new flag, or anthem? The Irish tricolour flag is interesting because it's designed to represent peace between Catholics and Protestants, which sounds perfect, but many Northern Protestants associate it with the IRA and militant Republicanism. The anthem might also be divisive, because it's sung in Irish and references a rebellion against the British. What would it mean for the health service? The UK currently has fully nationalised healthcare and Ireland doesn't, but with SláinteCare (Ireland's planned single payer system) in the works that may not be an issue for long, especially if the Tories keep gutting the NHS. There are a lot of things to consider, and the Irish government seem reluctant to start talking about what Unity would mean for fear of inflaming tensions. We don't want Brexit part 2, these things need to be hashed out before a vote is cast.
The GFA has no sunset clause and the UK would continue to be a guarantor in the event of a united Ireland. Northern Ireland and Stormont would continue to exist as the GFA makes it clear only the sovereign power would actually change hands from London to Dublin. So, a united Ireland wouldn't be the ROI plus NI. Flag and anthem would have to change. Stormont would remain as a devolved power. The problem would still be there in a united Ireland and there wouldn't be anything barring anyone campaigning to rejoin the UK as per the GFA. Once people in the south realise all this and the fact they'll have to pay more tax to fund it....they'll not be itching for it. Northern Ireland certainly doesn't want it by majority either.
@@bigballsbarry4837 if 100% of the people in Scotland voted for and against something it wouldnt matter and would always get overpowered by England so we’d have to go along with them no matter what. They also have the power to overrule anything we do if they see fit. Union of equal my arse.
3.7 million brits voted for the lib dems and the lib dems got ONE seat. 1.2 Million people voted for the SNP and got 48 Seats so do not for one second believe that you are the only ones whose voice is not heard.
It's a bit more complicated with the Isle of Man. It is not part of the UK. It is a Crown Dependency and Manx residents are still considered British Citizens. It has also never been a member of the EU.
I think in that situation Scotland and Wales would decide to be independent, and Northern Ireland would join Ireland. I doubt they'd see any point in continuing to be in a union together without England. So if England declares indepdendence, it's effectively England deciding to disband the UK.
@@michaeldmingo1525 There's a party called the English Democrats which did want independence at one point. I think now they are just aiming for England to have its own Parliament within the UK.
Die Bezeichnung des Landes durch die Waliser als Cymru oder altkymrisch Cymry ist vom keltischen *Kom-broges („die auf gemeinsamem Land wohnen“)[3] bzw. *Kom-brogi („Landsleute“)[4] abgeleitet. Der englische Landesname Wales ist hingegen eine Fremdbezeichnung und stammt vom germanischen Wort welsch. Dieses wird seinerseits vom germanischen Wort walhisc abgeleitet, welches nur einen bestimmten keltischen Stamm im südlichen Germanien bezeichnete, die Volken. Viele germanische Stämme nannten alle Kelten deshalb Walhisc („Welsche“). Allerdings entwickelte sich früh die Tendenz, auch alle romanischsprachigen Volksgruppen als Welsche zu bezeichnen. Der Grund hierfür war wahrscheinlich, dass fast alle keltischsprachigen Gebiete (außer Irland) zeitweise unter römischer Kontrolle waren und seit der Zeitenwende romanisiert wurden (siehe auch Gallien), sodass sich die lateinische Sprache dort bald weitgehend durchgesetzt hatte. Aus demselben Grund wird in der Deutschschweiz die Romandie, also der französischsprachige Teil der Schweiz, auch „Welschland“ oder „Welschschweiz“ genannt. In Südtirol wird die italienische Sprache auch als „Walsch“ und das italienischsprachige Trentino als Welschtirol bezeichnet. Ähnlich verhält es sich mit der ungarischen Bezeichnung Olasz für Italien.[5] Ebenso leitet sich in Belgien die Bezeichnung des französischsprachigen Landesteils, Wallonien, davon ab.
Totally inevitable. I'm English and I would like to see it happen. My country is still shackled by it's delusions of Empire. I think it would be good to reset and start afresh as a new country.
That's insanely untrue. @@swamuelthemlgplaya2268 Scots represent 8.4 per cent of the UK's total population, but they generate 9.4 per cent of its annual revenues in tax -- equivalent to £1,000 extra per person. The remaining £624 is easily accounted for by decades of UK government under-spending in Scotland on defence and on other items which are not routinely broken down by region, such as foreign office services.
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Firstly, if Scotland and Wales join the EU, that would meen hard external EU borders between these countries and England. This will have an impact on their export markets in England. With regard to England keeping the UK seat at the UN, this would depend in part on whether England is seen as the successor state of the UK (i.e. whether England retains responsibility for treaty obligations and economic debts accrued by the UK, or whether all of these responsibilities would be nullified if there was no successor state).
Yes but they're land boarders. There won't be as much of a bottle neck situation as the whole of the UK is having right now with the continent. More over Scotland is already investing in port infrastructure to export directly to the EU, stopping what is currently going through England and leaving just what's going to it. That in turn will reduce said bottle neck at English ports going to the EU.
@@pspence9569 Right now, the ports bottlenecks are as much about goods going too and from Asia as what is going too and from the EU. My concern is not just about transport issues but about losing customers and suppliers. It will mean a company in Edinburgh will lose customers in Newcastle, and visa versa. Not just commercial links, but social links, since the borders between Scotland and England will be no different than the border between Poland and Belarus, and someone in Edinburgh who want to see their family in Newcastle will need to show a passport to do so. This is all analogous to the problems with the NI protocol but on mainland Britain.
@@Hfil66 I think the reality would be that Scotland would take 5-15 years to join the EU so in all likelihood a part of separation a trade deal with rUK would he struck to maintain the flow of goods, hopefully by the time Scotland was to join the EU rUK would be seriously contemplating/have a trade agreement with the EU that allowed for free trade.
As a Scot, and IT professional, the most curious question for me is: what would the Internet TLD of an independent Scotland be? We now have .scot, it’s not a country-code TLD but logically it would make sense just to keep that as it’s already in use as a GeoTLD. There is already some precedent, funny enough the .uk TLD isn’t the UK’s actual country code, the actually country-code is GB. More generally though, Scotland’s two-letter ISO-3166 Alpha-2 country code would be a challenging find, every logical two-letter substring of “Scotland” is already in use: sc, so, st, sl; all in use. Some people speculate we might end up with a code based on the Gaelic name for Scotland, Alba: “aa” or “ab” might be the only option there. That is unless we somehow manage to acquire “sc” from Seychelles, “so” from Somalia, “st” from São Tomé and Príncipe, or “sl” from Sierra Leone; But even if we did, the code would have to sit unassigned for 50 or more years, and we’d need something in the meantime, so that seems unlikely.
That`s your major concern???. You from clan McPedant son?. Fuck me, 9 people share your concerns. That`s more than the guy who brought up Nuclear weapons.
I'd just like to point out that your map shows the Isle of Man as part of England. In fact it is a separate little country that's not part of the UK. Technically it is a self-governing British Crown dependency
Would you want the UK to break up? And do you think it could happen?
Scotland will be independent in the near future 🏴
United Ireland!
As a Scot, I don't really want the UK to break up. If the UK was an actual union where every member was treated equally and had equal power in politics (kind of like the USA but ideally better than the USA) I would be very happy staying. Sadly that is not the case so I think we have no choice but to leave. I think if we're going to leave it's going to have to be within the next few years. Almost the entire justification for leaving is how we wanted to stay in the EU and more recently the handling of COVID, but I think if we wait too long we lose all credibility in that argument. If we're going to leave it needs to be before 2025 in my opinion. By then brexit will most likely not be something even remember that well and COVID will be mostly forgotten as well (hopefully) so there's really no good justification for leaving at that point other than us just wanting to leave because "fuck the english amirite"
I don't want it to break up, but I do think it'll head that way
@@Kodlaken yes r no
Then, people calling the UK England would finally be factually right
I’ve got a feeling we’d still muck people up
They’re already kinda right with the power imbalance.
@@donalbreathnach244 no, don't u dare
@@bliwolfff7815 What?
@@donalbreathnach244 don't call the whole of the UK England, probably the worst thing u can do for someone born outside of England :'(
Imagine being the queen, born into an empire and living long enough to watch it collapse
@saxman "zombie queen celebrates second unification" - 2077
it hasnt collapsed yet tho
It already collapsed after WW2. This about further breakdown of the UK itself which after Brexit is imaginable.
Maybe she will choose to go with Scotland, it's where her mother was from and technically she is more directly Scotland queen than England's. Also she likes it better there.
@@thecareers335 not yet
Would Wales passports have dragons if they were independent?
Yes
I fucking hope so 🏴
Yes they would because dragons are there symbol
Not Welsh, but yes and heckin yes that would be epic
Yes
3:26 Good to see 110% of Wales going to vote, truly something we should try to emulate
Dragons voted too why are laughing bro
That makes sense
One Dem area in Florida managed that in 2020, according to the local official in charge of the count . . .
@@jackx4311 link?
@@namehere1535 Links? Not a sausage!
Just to clarify, the Isle of Man is already mostly independent, it’s a crown dependency, and is not part of the uk
But still under British rule
@@BelcarrigFarm sort of, the uk has control over foreign relations and defense, but apart from that they have basically no power over the island
@@Valee_7 yeah the manx have the tynwald
...so you're saying the Isle of Man has so little to recommend it that the British, who were famously interested in taking over everything they could sail to, basically only bothered because it was in their back yard
@@riptidemonzarc3103 yeah I mean you have tailless cats and six horned
Sheep but the English invaded in the
1200s and queen Elizabeth is technically lord of mann
as a Scottish person this is a very interesting video (also it makes my skin crawl when people pronounce it "edinburg")
Ye I wanted tae tell him how tae pronounce it but I wanst sure how tae put it
You could start by spelling it according to pronunciation to help all these poor foreigners, we do not want to mispronounce but we can’t help it now.
Write it phonetically or suffer us mispronouncing it.
Isn’t “burgh” pronounced like “borough” or like “bruh” if you gangsta
@@mikesmit9770 , not in any other language I know
In the section about Wales, he said the Welsh resent Brexit because it led to a loss of funding from EU. Actually, UK was always a net contributor to the EU, so every Euro spent by EU in Wales was funded by the UK tax payers. Also Wales voted to leave EU.
If Scotland (or any of the UK counties) wish to leave the Union that is their right. Although it will be sad day - seeing the break up of my country. But democracy and the right to choose is most important. I just hope we could then become strong allies.
India want uk should devide and india must ocupie smaller england and make them slaves and india must take revange to england they rulled india 200 years i hope indian origion rushi sunik made this when he become priminister of uk
I’m just a kid so I don’t really understand politics but I want Scotland to be independent because I want to be known as Scottish and not British and I think we would be better split! I will still be sad about it but I think it’s for the better 😁 we should definitely stay allies tho
UK is not a country an more than the EU. Its a union of countries .and unlike the EU not an equal union .
@@mikeyy2510 no we should not. If you gain independence, you should be on your own. No military dependence, no pledges of allegiance. You will fall, and their will be no one to blame but yourself.
@@mikeyy2510Technically you'd still be British, the island is Great Britain which is a geographical term, just like you'll always be European.
If the UK survives to the end of this century intact, I will rise from the dead and play the banjo at the Royal Variety performance.
It's not going to survive this decade. You won't have to die and you'd better start practicing your banjo to celebrate Scottish and Welsh independence and Irish reunification.
I will pay with Scottish money to see that but I expect to see you alive. Can I ask that you play that old British favourite, ...Beethoven's "Ode To Joy".
Century? I give it a decade. Dissolution is imminent.
Imagine in the next decade, the UK created another empire "The 2nd British Empire'
It wont last till end of century.
But it will be around by the end of the century.
I let you work out why.
I'm no math expert, but somehow 110% of welsh people were polled on independence
The red dragon was asked his input, and he is statistically worth an extra 10%
Yeah im welsh and there was an indepence rally in cardiff a couple yeaes ago and it felt like the whole country was there lol
Only 32% support it though.
@@BelcarrigFarm Nobody cares stop spam replying
@@mathws212 Well yeah a few thousand people does feel like a lot but obviously isnt when it comes to an entire country's population.
You made me happy by saying the Welsh flag looks cool🏴
10:10 absolutely not. England alone would still not let Argentina have the falklands, they’re never getting those.
Ikr. Although with boris u never know, he isnt as strong as thatcher
Never say never. The UK navy isn't what it used to be. The flagship carrier limped back into port a couple of weeks ago.
It will then be called “ Divided Kingdom “
The divided kingdom of lesser britain and no scotland
nah it’s just gonna be England Scotland Wales northern ireland
Or DK
Or "just one kingdom"
OMG
Small error on the map: Isle of Man is shown as part of England, when it is in fact a separate Crown Dependency (somewhat analogous to Puerto Rico's relationship to the US).
Wait, who would own it????
@@eamonlyons8318 Technically the Crown owns it, and it runs its own internal affairs via its parliament (Tynwald), though it largely relies on the UK for foreign policy and defence etc.
Actually, Puerto Rico is not that good an analogy.... technically Congress can pass laws for P.R., while technically, the UK's only has authority over the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands that are granted to it by the Crown. It is ridiculously complicated.
American Samoa is closer
Something I never knew till someone told me is that the Irish once had control of the isle of man..
10:34 while it is mostly not recognized as it's own country, many residents of the Isle of Man consider it to be not part of any UK country.
I live on the Isle of Man, and we have a separate government and laws. It would be cool to be internationally recognised as a country because most people don't know we exist
I know about it because of the Falklands wars.
Do you think the isle of man would join wales or Ireland or just be independent?
@@legalnut7518 How the hell did the Falkland wars lead you to the isle of man?
@@tacotuesday2489 The Isle of Man isn't part of Wales, Ireland, England, or Scotland. If it is part of another country, I don't know what as it is also separate from the UK
@@tnsquidd Ireland once owned the isle of man.. I never knew that did u?
I gotta say I saw the joke on "O Acre não existe"
Good going dude
When a place in the Uk ends in, "burgh," it sounds like, "buruh" or to some people "bruh". So Edinburgh is pronounced edin - buruh or how most people in Scotland pronounce it, "edin - bruh." Also this was a very good video.
@@fgsaramago just don't say burg
That sounds like exasperation. Edin! Bruh!
@@fgsaramago
No this was helpful I know know I’ve been saying it wrong please remove that pfp your trashing someone with an IQ over room temperature unlike you
@@bot_5786 what
Do you know how to pronounce names for cities in other countries? I don’t think Brits are the best placed at giving language advise to others. Lol
The ending BURG comes from the Germanic language so if anything, Brits have decided to mispronounce it.
Ah yes, 22% no and 88% yes. 110% in total 🤣
It's even worse than that, I think he mentioned a certain amount being undecided.
Also, he mentioned Ireland getting independance in 1922 and showed a newspaper frontpage with the leaders of a failed rebellion who were all executed in 1916.
Sounds like a Chicago election... Vote early and often.
Zetsu? Conas atá?
@@EarlJohn61 Lmao, I was about to say... *sounds like Michigan!*
Honestly, it would be great to see this happen. The Scots, Welsh and Irish already have their own nationalists in power in their areas. It really comes down to how to divvy up the assets. As England pays the most taxes, they obviously get to take the lions' share of the military etc. However the English parliament should not be guilted into paying anything else. The English can go nuclear in order to meet their energy requirements. Move the nuclear subs to Devonport. The welsh and scots and N.Irish have the military establishments and training areas that are currently built under the British Army. They have their own home grown regiments. The economies would recover and blossom. The green socialists in Scotland would have to recover from their angst over having to use oil to fuel their energy needs, the English keep the pound, The scots and N.Irish have their own currencies so they can keep those. The welsh would have to sort something out for themselves.
At the end of the day, why would the English want to stay in a Union,l with other member counties who majority hate the Union. The English pay for the other countries to survive. Time for them to pull on their big boy shorts, stop suckling at the English teat, and go out there and make it on their own.
I hardly watch the video any more, I just read the comments... is that just me?? Great video BTW!😁
5:46 Just btw, 🏴 isn’t just a blue background, it also has a white diagonal cross. The diagonal cross in 🇬🇧 is half-white and half-red, the red being St Patrick’s saltire not the Ulster Banner.
But the country (northern ireland's) flag isn't St Patrick's but the ulster's. Because St Patrick's is flag of the Kingdom of Ireland (United Ireland)
(Sorry if it's a little difficult to understand but not very good English yet)
@@tamaszsedely6475 Yes, but the Ulster flag does not contain a red diagonal cross :)
@@Lucaazade yes
But the union jack's included a St Patrick's (United Ireland) and remove if northern ireland is exit the union!
Where is wales?
@@dwvide6049 when England and Scotland first formed the United Kingdom in the early 17th century, Wales was considered part of England. St Patrick’s flag was incorporated when Ireland joined, then Southern Ireland left.
Would be expensive to change all the flags again throughout the empire and the UK flag is incorporated into The Australian and New Zealand flag as well as many others. So easier to just keep the St Patrick’s cross in the flag.
Me: Let’s see what this guys knows...
Him within the first 10 seconds: “EdinBERG”
He's not British, give him some leeway.
@@mr-wx3lv No. give him no mercy.
@@Blue-pk4ny I
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@@Blue-pk4ny poooppoppl
I guess you missed the point partially - that poll in N.I. for separation from UK had also a follow up pointing to, if anything, both decoupling/separation from UK and joining/unification with Ireland under a single banner/country, so it's not like N.I. would separate itself to form a "new" country as is, it'd just separate from a union with a distant relative to play better with their close neighbours from the south. And then and thus N.I. separation could be far easier than the others discussed herein with the proviso that N.I. could be easily incorporated with extra seats into I's governing structures and that the religion variants acceptance do not ignite any wars - the newly formed united Ireland gov should manage to ease any difficulties as a lot of people nowadays are lessclose-minded than before ;) The GBP to EUR transition could be easy for N.I. as already a lot of companies and people closer to the border deal with both currencies in their wallets due to Ireland's being in EUR zone. Opposite could be said about Wales as it's far more tightly bound to England and UK as a whole due to geo-political and economic reasons (though culturally and linguistically there are disparate roots clearly evident in Welsh names) - as such the risks and costs of separation very much outweigh possible benefits from standing on their own for the Welsh. Scotland is more of a mixed bag, but it's both geographically and politically, and for that matter historically, more separate/independent-capable from England and UK as a whole - it has more land, it has more people and is better suited to standing on its own within EU than the other member countries outside of England, but there are always mplications and socio-economic aspects such separation could entail - contrary to N.I. that is quite separated from the rest of UK byt the sea, here we have a border that would have to be managed and currency that would have to be chosen - those in favor of Scottish independence are often also for joining EUR zone and that would result in a situation similar to what N.I. and I. are facing now, thus the costs of running a separate country would greatly increase due to UK, and by extension England, not part of EU anymore. So again, it's the spirit and costs that need to be weighted and contemplated on for Scotland with the separation bills harder to cover from country's own wallet even if spread over years or generations...
I think Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic should unite to form the Celtic Union.
🤣
We could ride our unicorns into battle from scotland
The current census went live today! Catholics expected to be named a majority in Northern Ireland. You should revisit this when the results come out.
*26+6=1*
@terry phidaheights
*sigh*
Protestants.
Can't live with them........
Can't send them to the Spanish Inquisition anymore.
@terry phidaheights good Friday agreement buddy, they won’t like it but it’s legally binding. They’re beating their chests over the Irish Sea border now, and how’s that going for them?? Westminster don’t give a hoot about them as the supply and demand arrangement with the torys has shown. Unionism is dying, they need to stop throwing the toys out of the pram whenever a UI is mentioned and, start making arrangements were their place in society is going to be or they’ll be left behind. I’m sure you’ll say “the sons of ulster will take up arms” or some brutal rhetoric like that, but at the end of the day there’s plenty in the nationalist side that are also willing to fight if their democratically elected vote is sold down the river for the appeasement of the official minority and, they have the law behind them. Those threats don’t work like they did in the early 1900s, your only card is a joker.
@@mawhinney2.196 In the event of a United Ireland after a Referendum. For those thinking of rising trouble, America still are the Guarantor's of the Peace in Ireland, and can be invited in as a Peace keeper force by the Irish Government, so Nationalists won't have to retaliate.
The Law and Democracy must always be the first priority in the free World.
@@georgebrowne5935 Can I get a source on that peacekeeping bit? I've tried googling but I'm lazy now.
3:33 That was really clever of the pollsters to ask 110% of people in Wales.
Well the pollsters are Plaid Cymru who are in favour of independence so no real surprise
@U Y The left in general seems to be attacking anything British at the moment
@@hansfromcongo6322 bruh look at how the English treat Wales doesn't surprise me one bit
@@tomoswynne7783 Wales would not exist without England. That is a fact. It would be an underdeveloped area as the English and Scottish were the ones to build up Wales due to it’s natural resources a Scotsman, the Marquis of Bute basically built Cardiff.
@@hansfromcongo6322 but that's still an ignorant comment, yes it probably wouldnt be much of thing without england but that's almost irrelevant. Wales is and has been poorly treated and thats just fact
As of now, there’s other independent movements/parties:
Cornwall, Kent and Northumbria.
So, if the main 3 leave and the others leave too then the south of England and the north of England will/might also be independent from each other. We are basically going back to the 800 when we had kingdoms..
Something else to address is the issue of citizenship. Does one with a UK passport choose where their citizenship will be? Is it based on location? What about those attempting to gain citizenship? Will it be the same UK passport under a new name such as "Confederation of the Isles" or something like that? Much more to think about in that sense
I bet in less than 5 years there's gonna be a comment saying "well, this aged terribly"
What do you mean?
@@franciscoricca8309 brexit
Scotland - hehe aged like wiiinneeeeee
@@MuseEgg More like pee.
@@kamanashiskar9203 too bloody right
Even if just Scotland left and Northern Ireland joined with The Republic of Ireland (which I believe to be the most likely scenario out of all the ones possible). It certainly would be the end of an era and a important point in history.
Basically England would fall into the background the USA would find better relationships in France Germany and Japan instead and if Scotland and northern Ireland left what makes the UK think that Australia would keep the queen as there head of a state because they won't
@@Steve-zc9ht the entire island would fall into the background
@@Steve-zc9ht but what will happen to Wales?
@@thewhovianhippo7103 should Scotland and Northern Ireland leave I imagine we wouldn't be far behind to be honest. Most people here are on the fence with independence but things are changing at a rate of knots.
@La nova renaissance do you have any data claiming that Wales is profitable in comparison to say Scotland?
It's incredibly hard for me to find such data despite Wales being the only country in the UK that exports more than it imports (before Brexit anyway). There's also the issue that profits in chains such as Tesco count as English profit if the HQ is based in England and all tax is paid through that HQ.
Any data on this would be great to strengthen the Welsh independence movement.
Northern Ireland's part in the Union flag is the St Patrick's Saltair, the diagonal red cross inside the white cross of Scotlands St Andrews Saltair.
Not the Ulster Banner.
Ulster Banner represents Northern Ireland in international football tournaments and friendlies.
St Patrick's Saltire represents Northern Ireland in volleyball, for example.
Actually India has the biggest breakup
First they broke up with Africa and joined Asia then after millions of years later split into 3 countries.
When will we GIVE ON Break-up Anniversary?
9 countries
@@invalidaccount6147 9 countries? Please enumerate
@@myriadmemento1298 Maldives,Sri Lanka, western Myanmar, southern Afghanistan, nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India.
These were together Indian continent and later on after collision to Asia it's called indian subcontinent.
All of these 9 countries will unite again under Indian rule.
Using just GDP figures for international comparisons are a bit unfair. Wales' GDP is about the same as Kenya or Ethiopia yes, which sounds bad. However our GDP per capita its slightly less than Italy and higher than Portugal and Spain as Ethiopia's population is more than 30x higher than ours and Kenya's is almost 10x higher
yes but when you look at the power a country can weild it is their GDP, if you're looking at how well each person compares to other countries then yes use per capita.
@@nelsonbennett259 power, for what reason?
@@siarlb8115 defending yourself from a hostile state like Hitler or China
@@nelsonbennett259 or the British empire
@@nelsonbennett259 The state of Hitler? ...I guess I couldn't fault the Germans for wanting to distance themselves from him.
I love how Ireland sitting there like : 🤭
nah their too busy looking for potatoes
@@nathansellars3757 that just not funny at all lol
@@nathansellars3757 we're not looking for anything
@@nathansellars3757 lol cringe
@@nathansellars3757 edgy cringe
It'd be very helpful if you would list your sources for this video!
Well, in football they’re already separated, so that’s the important stuff taken care of. The rest is just details.
One minor detail unresolved is Berwick Football Club! Will they play in an independent Scotland?
@@michaeljones7465 they shouldn’t as it is. They’re English
@@Jackosaurus117 I've always wanted to see the English Football League expand to 100 clubs, with five divisions of 20 clubs. Financially for the game this will be much better.
5:33 Oh, dude... Ain't no way the Ulster Banner would the flag of an independent Northern Ireland. It's got far too many ties to the Unionist movement to ever be fully accepted by the Nationalist population. Flags are serious business in NI!
yeah it'd be united ireland and we'd use the bratach trí dhath 🇮🇪
John Fraser Nationalists are irish nationalists not northern irish nationalists , they won't accept northern independence .Not saying that they are not northern irish nationalists ,but they would be a separate group to the traditional nationalist group and would also have links to the unionist population .
Put Union Jack in corner
Add a few stars in a random colour
WHOOPS YOUR IDENTITY IS NOW AUSTRALIAN
I think it would be the current flag without the crown with a yellow background.
@@bagel9542 Would be cool to see the Erin Go Bragh flag brought into Ireland again...
The greatest suspense is which will be independent first : Scotland, Catalonia or Québec?
Scotland, Catalonia and Quebec in that order I think
I think scotland first as they have had a referendum before
Scotland : Popular support for independence and a governing party pushing hard for independence.
Catalonia : Popular support for independence and a governing party pushing hard for independence but they're literally not allowed to.
Quebec : Low support for independence in the most recent poll and a governong party that does not want independence.
Catalonia is trapped and can never be free. It's like Tibet. Quebec complains, but the people just blow hot air. Scotland has a decent shot at independence, but England would keep the oil fields and force Scotland to transfer its nuclear weapons.
@@MLV1000 lol u have no right to vote in catalonia, it's like letting england vote in the scottish referendum 🤣 it's quite entertaining to see the spaniards use the fascist constitution for an excuse. Franco lives on
Well from my point of view I wouldn’t look at any of us English, Scottish, Welsh or Northern Irish lot any differently. After all we still share the same group of islands
I mean, yo. We all live on the same planet and we’re all human. Forget independence, let’s work together :)
@@legalnut7518nationalism is superior that that hippie nonsense
The UK (in the British Isles) comprises also similar autonomous countries like (apart from England, Wales, Scotland, & Northern Ireland) Cornwall in the south west of England, Isle of Wight in the south of England near Portsmouth, Isle of Man in west of England, Guernsey in the English Channel south of England & north of France). Imagine all of the autonomous regions move for independence & UKxit!
3:26 I think staying in the UK should have gotten 78%, not 88%. Otherwise we would get 110%
this poll was rigged from the start, i knew it...
No. It's pretty obvious that independence would be 12% in reality, because obviously anyone polling for this data wants independence.
I very much doubt that Northern Ireland would go independent! The choice really would be to stay with us, or join the Republic of Ireland!
To move past the old prejudices that would be the best option in theory, no picking sides one way to move forward.
@@CC-wf2qb That's the most subjective "best option" I've ever seen, for most people I know the biggest dream is a united Ireland, very few people want an independent Northern Ireland.
@@CC-wf2qb Oh my bad, I didn't see that.
@@adammacgreagoir4924 All good lad
Ireland wouldn’t accept Norn Iron despite what it says.
You have to remember that during the troubles the IRA side was a tiny minority. The ulster unionists and paras would be a worse headache because there is more of them.
Bringing Norn iron in would lead to a civil war.
So independence although not what anyone wants is quite a likely outcome if the area votes for leaving the U.K.
You should consider that UK's oil reserves in the North Sea in Scotland's and England's economies. It's a Scottish resource that is currently funneled through England with Scotland getting a vastly smaller share of a resource they would legally own if there were a breakup.
It would be interesting to see what would happen in the event of a break up. If it represents a significant enough amount of money, England may claim that since it was mostly their money that developed the enterprise to access that resource, they should be allowed to continue using it. I could see something like their agreement over Hong Kong; they lease the use of those waters from the Scottish government for a certain amount of time before it reverts to Scottish hands.
great video
"no difference in religion". oh boi idk those protestants and catholics can really have a go sometimes
Catholics and Protestants may have their differences but there is one scenario were they'd be on the same page and unite....the war against Islam.
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And the Muslims now too
Let's keep superstition and human "daddy complexes" out of this!!
And then he imediately talks about Protestants vs. Catholics right after making this comment, so were you not paying attention?
5:17
Northern Ireland probably would not keep the Ulster banner, it’s not an official flag and it has a crown on it. If it were to secede, likely it would adopt either a new flag or if it joined Ireland the Irish one.
N.I. has some very tough minded people the flag will be the least of worries and some people are only to aware and VERY wary of this fact.
Ullah (Ulster) one of 4 early Irish Kingdoms. A choice from the 4 sub kings chosen as Ard Righ!!
The Irish Tricolour and anthem would both have to be changed for completely new ones in any united Ireland.
It really wouldn't be the ROI plus NI in reality. Even the current Taoiseach has stated Northern Ireland and Stormont would still remain in any united Ireland setup.
In reality, there's nothing in the GFA that states Northern Ireland and Stormont would be abolished.
It literally tells you devolution would remain and that only the sovereign power would change hands from London to Dublin.
I haven't completed watching the video but I already wonder what could happen to the coutntries with the Union Jack in their flags, or to their flags to be precise, if the union splits
Nothing has to happen to the Union Jack.
After all, the Czech Republic still uses the flag of the Old Czechoslovakia after it split into Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Slovakia objected, but they couldn't do a thing about it.
Very odd people think the Union Jack would have to change when it doesn't.
Australia and New Zealand can continue to use the Union Jack as is on their flags currently. It would represent an important part of their history, after all.
No reason to change it.
6:04 Welsh wanted any type of reprensentation (Coat of arms, their own flag or flag on the union jack), since they didn't have one until 1959, when they got their own flag. And beforre that they were just a principality
Edit: spelling
I see Russian polling, 22% independence and 88% stay =110%
Russian polling? In Wales? Never!
Ignore my username please
In mother Russia?
Sounds legit.
In Wales, it was probably a mistake. Or someone trolling.
Clearly an error as the poll showed about 28% were undecided. No where close to 80% want to stay
@@thewelshrussian5532 LMAO 😂 Russian spy in Wales I see don't worry I'm a Russian spy in the USA
ayo what about passports? will there be individual passports for wales, scotland, england and northen ireland? how would it work out?
As a Manx person (Isle of Man citizen) I got excited at the mention of it's existence at 3:52 because so few people, even in the British isles, know of it's existence.
Edit: and 10:34
England would likely keep control of the overseas territories. The Falkland islands and Gibraltar would likely remain overseas territories.
Yeah, that's the most likely outcome. If the UK breaks up, it will be because Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland leave. So England would be the successor state and by default would inherit overseas territories. Maybe some would seek independence instead, but I don't think that's likely.
Lest we forget, the Falkland islands also had a referendum on continued UK association in 2013. Only 3 people - not 3%, 3 people - said no.
@@Psyk60 Yes. And like happens in the USSR disolution Russia took the chair at the UN. I think England 'll took the chair of the UK
@@eugeniaoberlin8665 The USSR dissolution is a good example so yeah, England would probably retain the seat on the UN Security Council. As for Gibraltar and the Falklands, in 2002 and 2013 respectively they each voted overwhelmingly to remain as British Oversea Territories with massive voter turn outs. No doubt they'd want to keep the status quo as much as possible. In practice they're already independent with the UK just responsible for their defence and foreign affairs.
Union of the crowns was 100 years before Acts of Union.
But separate parliaments and separate governments. That only stopped with the Union because Scotland begged England to rescue them from bankruptcy - the Darien Crisis. How quickly they forget. Every 200 years or so.
@@neuralwarp Scotland didn’t beg England. England bribed the Scottish lords and earls to vote for it. They did so due the failed Darien scheme, but it was not Scotland that begged. The Scottish people were overwhelmingly against this.
@@stephene.8737 Scotland was bankrupt due to failed colonial projects. The Bank of England took on their debt. Get your information from history books not rewritten by the SNP.
Hence an independent Scotland would remain a monarchy by default. And would essentially join the commonwealth realms by default as HM Queen Elizabeth 2nd (of England) is also HM Queen Elizabeth 1st by right and not as a result of the act of union.
@@NZAnimeManga haha my degree is in Scottish history you twat.
Hi, on currency, just for your information, Scotland and Northern Ireland already has it's own currency (Google Scottish or Northern Irish Pounds), so they have that already.
Scotland and Northern Ireland don't have their own currency. The currency for the whole of the UK is pound sterling. Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own design of bank notes, but they're still pound sterling. All UK notes can be spent anywhere in the UK.
Key point you should talk about as well is the demographics of the different countries. Scotland is markedly older and has a far, far lower birth rate than England and Wales. This puts massive pressure on their economy as they would have a greater pension burden and less people to replace those dying.
Well then it wouldn't be the "United" Kingdom, wiseguy. Double dislikes.
I'm just pulling your leg, you know we're pals.
I watch your vids man
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@Miami TV Best OF Brexit😂
I make reply on verified man's comment now give internet points
Disunited Queendom doesn't have the same ring to it...
The Isle of Man isn’t part of England, you shouldn’t have included it at the start.
If Wales was represented in 🇬🇧, it would include St David’s Cross, not 🏴.
The problem with 🏴 is that the colours don’t work with the rest but I agree st. David
Realistically the Isle of Man would stay with the England under the ‘crown’ in a split scenario, but I agree they are autonomous and should not of been included here
@ToastyCrust Ik
@@alf2617 How can we stay with England when we have never been with England?
@@RICO-2024 the Isle of Man is a crown dependency, meaning technically the Isle of Man is owned by the ruler of the UK, In this circumstance where wales, Northern Ireland , and Scotland leave the UK, the Isle of Man is still under ownership of the U.K. (now just England), although obviously keeps it autonomous rights. So the Isle of Man would become a crown dependency of England instead
noticing a distinct lack of cornwall
5:29 I am now loyal to you, for saying that about my country’s flag 🏴
he must like this idea Cuz his profile picture is Napoléon.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍👍
Edit: Thanks for the likes
Oh oui ! Napoléon supporte l'indépendance écossaise ! 😏
He is portuguese so probably not really
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@@Veriox22 who is portugese ? General Knowledge ?
@@Veriox22 WHAT ABOUT THE BRITISH ATTACK TO THE PORTUGUESE COLONIES?
"No key religious difference" 7:44
Are you aware of the issues in Northern Ireland
Aye.
I like the way another author put it:
People are willing to kill each other over the difference, it’s doesn’t get much bigger than that.
8:10 he talks about that
Are you aware of the rest of the video???????????????????
did u watch the rest of the vid brfore comenting this
@Carl Stone the feelings of folks based on religious sectarianism. context mattered a lot in Derry i hear
The Celtic families (Ireland, Scotland, Isle of Man & Wales) should join and bring about a Gaelic language revival in their respective states! England should Cuir méar I do thóin
There is two language groups there the goidelic and the brythonic. But yes the United Celtic Nations will raise
Totally, I live in Ireland and the government’s attempt of reviving the langauge revival is atrocious. Like it’s there, we learn it in school, but there is no attempt at making more Gaelscoils (Irish only speaking schools) same case is Gaeltachts.
@@YoMollyF there is some Gaeilge speaking schools in Galway.
@@YoMollyF they teach it so bad, they don’t dedicate enough classes towards it but expect us to know it as well as English
Don't forget Kernow! x
15:05 nope. Considering Russia has a GDP almost *half* the GDP of the U.K., it would not make sense to kick England off the UN Security Council.
There’s no way Gibraltar would want to break away from the UK/England. That’s because, at the moment, it is largely its own place allowed to do pretty much whatever they want without British interference. It’a unique place, not truly British but certainly not Spanish. That would change if they joined Spain as the Spanish would put a pretty brutal Spanish imprint on the place by way of an example i.e. you’re now Spanish. The unique character of the place would almost certainly be rubbed out and that would be an awful thing to witness being imposed on Gibraltarians.
Gibraltar is more likely to become independent and become a Euro micro state like Andorra or Monaco.
@@kf9346 - perhaps you can explain why, the last time they had a referendum in Gib, *well over 90%* of the population said they wanted to maintain their present relationship with the UK?
@@jackx4311 Why yes I can--because %90 of voters want to keep thier present relationship with the UK. Pretty simple.
@@kf9346 Unlikely - under the Treaty of Utrecht that Spain originally ceded Gibraltar to the British, if GB ever relinquishes control of the rock it has to offer it to Spain first. The odds of Spain saying no and allowing Gibraltar to become independent are pretty remote.
@@johnpotts8308 But for the fact that international law did a huge swing into the primacy of self-determination over treaty law in the 90s. Common assumption is a plebiscite by locals trumps all. I would even say Hong Kong was the last gasp of a treaty trumping local self-determination, and even that was able to happen only because at the time, there was barely a a local Hong Kong political culture and awareness--had Hong Kongers demanded a referendum before the hand-over, it would have had to have happened.
The Isle Man used many tears ago belonged to Scotland, ruled by Olaf the Black King of Man,his son Leoid the founder of the Mac Leoids. Manx Gaelic and Scots Gaidhlig are almost the same language!
you had me there with "4 new countries?"
Some people think that an giant rip up a piece of land and try throwing it at Scotland but miss and that was how isles of men got made and that random ocean in Northern Ireland
The isle of man is already an independent country, it isn't an overseas territory it is a crown dependency, which means it relies on the UK for military protection, but aside from that its not part of the UK.
Nifty tax haven too
@@kwhufc5769 a low tax economy people still have to pay tax
@@danielsimpson4855 Yes and therefore its a tax haven yah div
Used belonged to Scltland
@@robertgalloway3771 also used to belong to england, and before both of them used to belong to ireland and before that somebody else.
The British: Everyone hates me ruling them
Hong Kong: Am I a joke to you?
Everyone hates the English ruling them... until they get the alternative...
@@PiousMoltar cough cough USA 🇺🇸
@@roybabineaux5353 Um USA did not actually get another power ruling them after they gained independence from the British. Quite the opposite actually; USA expanded to the pacific after they gained independence from the UK
i am a hongkie (a cheeky way to refer to hongkonger) and i hate british rule either . Under british rule , hong kong natives have no opportunity to rise to the top offices. Most young people simply wasnt born yet to remember those days.
Sending love to Hong Kong 🇬🇧❤🇭🇰 we do notice you if you want you can take Scotlands place we won't miss em
Ireland ball with a happy face in the Thumbnail ☘️🇮🇪🇻🇦😊
Im not from UK. but I love uk. Specially every nations people of uk.
United and strong great britain.
don't break up. You all together beautiful and better country.❤
well, i think we would be, and could have been if it wasnt for England consistently mistreating and generally ignoring the needs of all other countries, if you were here you would understand, but really, its like staying in a toxic relationship cus they have money, it is causing division, and it is hurting everyone involved, we are most certainly not beautiful or better together.
@@Raven-ci8pkum I understand , and i have heard situations , i feel sorry , best of luck
@@Raven-ci8pk doesnt England also provide all the union with quite a bit of that money. If you only look at the negatives you wont like it. I dont like England atm but I believe we should start being more United not less
@@benhayat851 I understand your view however yes, we should be more United, in the EU! I know u guys r like 'bit Spain won't let us back in' but it can, and even if not, we can have an arrangement like Switzerland/Norway
@@Raven-ci8pk yeah I agree. It's just the pensioners that wanted out
I was with you until you mentioned that Gibraltar could “finally cave and join Spain”. A referendum held in Gibraltar resulted in 99% voting to remain British! I’m sure that if the UK itself broke up, the Gibraltarians would rather be under Scotland than Spain!
They'd just remain part of England itself :)
If the UK were to break up it would be interesting if Gibraltar ended up becoming an independent city-state. Seems unlikely though, unless they had no other options besides joining Spain.
The only reason Gibraltar exists is the british navy.
Gibraltar regularly breaks international treaties, is a major contraband and piracy harbor and harasses spanish boats on spanish waters. If England stops protecting them Spain would not give them the choice to vote, they have more than enough casus beli to justify the invasion and a lot of animosity. Not to mention even if somehow they keep enough international support to avoid military annexation they'd still get labelled as the fiscal paradise they are and blockaded, which would be lethal. Unlike Andorra Gibraltar can't subsist without international trade nor does it have independence guarantees. It literally can't survive without the UK.
@The Duck I don't see why you would bring that up but for the record their issue is similar, in that if spain broke or was unwilling or unable to maintain its pressence there, it wouldn't gain independence, at least not for long, as morocco would annex it instead. Ceuta exists specifically so spain can claim control of the strait, much like gibraltar exists so britain can ignore every environmental and economic treaty it's ever signed. Without that purpose, they would not remain separate.
Either way morocco and spain are opposed in this situation however. Morocco makes proclamations about wanting to annex ceuta and melilla whenever they need popular opinion to turn somewhere else (when local politics suck ass for the king) but it hasn't done anything of worth about it pretty much ever. Because the spanish ports are of great importance to morocco logistically and politically, being the cornerstones of their migratory pressure strategy to influence the EU and a vital node in keeping their international trade and protectionist politics compatible. Meanwhile Spain's been biting its teeth about Gibraltar and only throwing a fit whenever one of the oil spills happen or the british navy protects a specially high target druglord in its harassment of spanish police. But it's done so due to britain's power, not because Gibraltar could offer anything to it. Indeed it hurts spain way more than it helps. So you can expect spain to attack gibraltar if it could get away with it. Morocco's chances of attacking mostly depends on how much internal strife it has at the time, if it needs patriotism to surge it will do so and use it to revindicate their "great morocco" propaganda. If things are calm and there's no need for distractions they'll wait and see if it is in their best interest to ignore spain's weaknes if they think it'll be temporary.
@The Duck i’am pretty sure yes😂😂 they are Spanish , and there is no big issue ongoing there about independence 😂😂
I live near the Welsh bored, starting to learn Welsh just in case they invade
The Two Ronnies predicted this in the 1970's, check out "The Worm That Turned"
I live next door to Wales (Shropshire) and learned to speak Welsh a long time ago.
Comes in handy in North Wales..
I’m welsh and I can’t speak Welsh
@@igotaplan922 I’m Welsh and I can
I hear the Welsh revolutionary army has recently purchased two hundred septic tanks. They said in a press release, when they work out how to drive them they're going to invade England!
This is no longer a matter of if, but a matter of when.
its only a matter of time now. perhaps if it was more similar to a more modern union rather than the colonial style union it is , it may have a chance of lasting. I mean... the capitol of England is also the capitol of Britain, the fact that England does not have a national assembly like the other countries, etc...
Can we all agree that wales has the best flag
@SalNova15 that’s actually where it comes from the st George cross worn on armour of knights Templar’s they operated in ache and other places in the Middle East during the holy land crusades
Dragons automatically win. If I was designing the UK's flag you bet your arse I would have put dragons, unicorns and lions on it.
D’you think Scotland could just like chuck a unicorn on their flag
Really interesting and well presented, thanks.
Just wanted to flag up what I think is an error in stats. Your "recent poll" on Welsh Indy support is incorrect. Your graph shows 22% in favour and 88% "against". Firstly that doesn't add up, and the actual figures were 28% in favour and 52% against, the rest being don't know or wouldn't vote.
Also, when looking at the cultural differences, perhaps you should add language into this, as this is just as strong a cultural marker in Wales as religion I think.
Exactly thank u for some sense
It will happen
What Brit Nats fail to realise is their union is a take over of the Celtic nations, by Anglo Saxonia.
What they also failed to realise is the EU is a partnership where nations have a say.
English / British nationalism has killed the union that never was a union.
I'm from scotland so i found this really interesting
The best way for Scotland to get their own country is to give the English the vote on the subject.
John
I totally disagree, as Scotland doesn’t make enough money to be wanted by most people in England, so they will probably agree to it.
The Uk allowed Scotland to vote whether to leave in the independence vote a few years ago, so why would they now, require England to vote
The UK is finished we will be leaving the Uk later this year
haha the English will never get a vote on this why because they have no sovereignty,maybe they should read the 1707 treaty and ask why it cost them their sovereignty and why their tory masters were so quick to take it away from them and lock it in the new UK parlaiment.
Only Scotland can end the UK.
Oh and when Scotland does become indepenent there will be no UK as the UK is a treaty between Scotland and England,Wales and N Ireland come under the English side of the treaty.
@@SaorAlba1970 who are you ?? can't come soon enough you ungrateful upstart.
@@sdone7672 Grateful for what ?
It would be cool if the different Guard Units returned to serve their respective countries.
Suspect there would need to be a reorganisation at the individual level rather than the divisions. What Scottish soldier serving in an English unit, or English soldier serving in a Scottish unit, wants to suddenly find themselves on the wrong side of the border and serving in a foreign country's military?
@@phueal Yeah, I was just saying it would be cool, hypothetically. It would be a pain logistically.
@@floridageneral1204
That wouldn’t make sense - since the guards regiments are loyal to Britain and the crown first.
The British army would naturally fight against separatist forces and try to protect Britain.
@@raymondhaskin9449 I'm not saying it makes sense. I'm saying it would be cool.
@@floridageneral1204 - and WTF do you mean by 'cool'?
Gibraltar doesn't really have an option to become independent. Spain would pounce on it, feeling especially legitimised by the fact that while the Treaty of Utrecht gave it to Britain in perpetuity, it also mentions that it would return to Span should it ever cease to be British. Given the minuscule appetite for joining Spain that exists in Gibraltar, it would definitely opt to continue its links with whatever remains of the UK.
Decent vid. As I'm sure others are pointing out, the push in Northern Ireland is not for temporary independence. The Border Poll described in the Good Friday Agreement would be held in both the North and the South/Republic. If it passed in both jurisdictions, NI would unify with the existing Irish Republic. I don't think there would be a phase of Northern Irish independence. Nobody wants that or thinks its economically feasible.
Where things get interesting is what happens in that United Ireland. Would NI continue to exist as its own statelet, with its own assembly(parliament)? Would the new nation need a new flag, or anthem? The Irish tricolour flag is interesting because it's designed to represent peace between Catholics and Protestants, which sounds perfect, but many Northern Protestants associate it with the IRA and militant Republicanism. The anthem might also be divisive, because it's sung in Irish and references a rebellion against the British.
What would it mean for the health service? The UK currently has fully nationalised healthcare and Ireland doesn't, but with SláinteCare (Ireland's planned single payer system) in the works that may not be an issue for long, especially if the Tories keep gutting the NHS.
There are a lot of things to consider, and the Irish government seem reluctant to start talking about what Unity would mean for fear of inflaming tensions. We don't want Brexit part 2, these things need to be hashed out before a vote is cast.
The GFA has no sunset clause and the UK would continue to be a guarantor in the event of a united Ireland.
Northern Ireland and Stormont would continue to exist as the GFA makes it clear only the sovereign power would actually change hands from London to Dublin.
So, a united Ireland wouldn't be the ROI plus NI. Flag and anthem would have to change. Stormont would remain as a devolved power.
The problem would still be there in a united Ireland and there wouldn't be anything barring anyone campaigning to rejoin the UK as per the GFA.
Once people in the south realise all this and the fact they'll have to pay more tax to fund it....they'll not be itching for it.
Northern Ireland certainly doesn't want it by majority either.
TLDR: Everything gets smaller, no one gains anything, and it all gets worse for everyone
I don’t want to be dragged along by politicians my country had no say in
@@cameronmckirdy4874 you do have a say in it, Scotland has equal voting rights
@@bigballsbarry4837 if 100% of the people in Scotland voted for and against something it wouldnt matter and would always get overpowered by England so we’d have to go along with them no matter what. They also have the power to overrule anything we do if they see fit. Union of equal my arse.
3.7 million brits voted for the lib dems and the lib dems got ONE seat. 1.2 Million people voted for the SNP and got 48 Seats so do not for one second believe that you are the only ones whose voice is not heard.
That’s just not true
It's a bit more complicated with the Isle of Man. It is not part of the UK. It is a Crown Dependency and Manx residents are still considered British Citizens. It has also never been a member of the EU.
The irish part of the jack is a red cross of st patrick . Like scots one
The Northern Ireland flag on your thumbnail is innocent, it's the flag of St.Patrick which had a red X.
What if England becomes an independent Country from Great Britain, leaving Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland behind?
what if Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland kick England
I think in that situation Scotland and Wales would decide to be independent, and Northern Ireland would join Ireland. I doubt they'd see any point in continuing to be in a union together without England. So if England declares indepdendence, it's effectively England deciding to disband the UK.
Someone should start up the England Independence Party or something like that.
@@michaeldmingo1525 There's a party called the English Democrats which did want independence at one point. I think now they are just aiming for England to have its own Parliament within the UK.
I would imagine they would hold a huge street party and finally get out from under England's boot heel.
"Edin-BURG" oh the classic
That is the correct pronunciation. It was part of Northumberland.
@@saxglend9439 it is pronounced Ed-in-Bru
@@randomentertainment3302 Burg
Die Bezeichnung des Landes durch die Waliser als Cymru oder altkymrisch Cymry ist vom keltischen *Kom-broges („die auf gemeinsamem Land wohnen“)[3] bzw. *Kom-brogi („Landsleute“)[4] abgeleitet. Der englische Landesname Wales ist hingegen eine Fremdbezeichnung und stammt vom germanischen Wort welsch. Dieses wird seinerseits vom germanischen Wort walhisc abgeleitet, welches nur einen bestimmten keltischen Stamm im südlichen Germanien bezeichnete, die Volken.
Viele germanische Stämme nannten alle Kelten deshalb Walhisc („Welsche“). Allerdings entwickelte sich früh die Tendenz, auch alle romanischsprachigen Volksgruppen als Welsche zu bezeichnen. Der Grund hierfür war wahrscheinlich, dass fast alle keltischsprachigen Gebiete (außer Irland) zeitweise unter römischer Kontrolle waren und seit der Zeitenwende romanisiert wurden (siehe auch Gallien), sodass sich die lateinische Sprache dort bald weitgehend durchgesetzt hatte. Aus demselben Grund wird in der Deutschschweiz die Romandie, also der französischsprachige Teil der Schweiz, auch „Welschland“ oder „Welschschweiz“ genannt. In Südtirol wird die italienische Sprache auch als „Walsch“ und das italienischsprachige Trentino als Welschtirol bezeichnet. Ähnlich verhält es sich mit der ungarischen Bezeichnung Olasz für Italien.[5]
Ebenso leitet sich in Belgien die Bezeichnung des französischsprachigen Landesteils, Wallonien, davon ab.
I really don't want this to happen but I fear it is inevitable.
Totally inevitable. I'm English and I would like to see it happen. My country is still shackled by it's delusions of Empire. I think it would be good to reset and start afresh as a new country.
It’s not inevitable because economically Scotland gets 80% of its economy from britain
And Scotland would get nothing out of it
That's insanely untrue. @@swamuelthemlgplaya2268
Scots represent 8.4 per cent of the UK's total population, but they generate 9.4 per cent of its annual revenues in tax -- equivalent to £1,000 extra per person. The remaining £624 is easily accounted for by decades of UK government under-spending in Scotland on defence and on other items which are not routinely broken down by region, such as foreign office services.
Who is this much-discussed man, and why does he get his own Isle?
(I know what it is. Just can't resist a geopolitical pun.)
Ha ha. I’m surprised the WOKE brigade haven’t objected to the “offensive, sexist” name of Isle of Man. 😂🤣
@@alexhamilton4084 *ITS THE ISLE OF PERSON* 😂😂😂
@@tommillard4193 isle of gender non-specific life form.
@@tommillard4193 Is "person" the right pronoun?
@@PictureHouseCinema thing , It , who knows anymore 😂
They could call the English/Welsh rump state "former United Kingdom", or "fUK" for short :p
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@@loveth2142 Laying into the Mass wine again, vicar? :D
Anglo-Welsh Kingdom also known as the UKSSR
yep and therefore fUKers!!
YEAH !!!!! That would work. "Where Are you from"? "Oh, i'm from fUK sir. And you"? LOl LOl LOL LOL !!!!!
Wales flag isn't totally absent. Wales also has the Cross of St David... another Saltire style flag fitting in thematically if not in color
There'd be a lot of court cases over structural damage with England hitting France, Wales hitting Ireland and Scotland hitting Norway or Canada
Firstly, if Scotland and Wales join the EU, that would meen hard external EU borders between these countries and England. This will have an impact on their export markets in England.
With regard to England keeping the UK seat at the UN, this would depend in part on whether England is seen as the successor state of the UK (i.e. whether England retains responsibility for treaty obligations and economic debts accrued by the UK, or whether all of these responsibilities would be nullified if there was no successor state).
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Yes but they're land boarders. There won't be as much of a bottle neck situation as the whole of the UK is having right now with the continent. More over Scotland is already investing in port infrastructure to export directly to the EU, stopping what is currently going through England and leaving just what's going to it. That in turn will reduce said bottle neck at English ports going to the EU.
@@pspence9569 Right now, the ports bottlenecks are as much about goods going too and from Asia as what is going too and from the EU.
My concern is not just about transport issues but about losing customers and suppliers. It will mean a company in Edinburgh will lose customers in Newcastle, and visa versa. Not just commercial links, but social links, since the borders between Scotland and England will be no different than the border between Poland and Belarus, and someone in Edinburgh who want to see their family in Newcastle will need to show a passport to do so. This is all analogous to the problems with the NI protocol but on mainland Britain.
@@Hfil66 I think the reality would be that Scotland would take 5-15 years to join the EU so in all likelihood a part of separation a trade deal with rUK would he struck to maintain the flow of goods, hopefully by the time Scotland was to join the EU rUK would be seriously contemplating/have a trade agreement with the EU that allowed for free trade.
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As a Scot, and IT professional, the most curious question for me is: what would the Internet TLD of an independent Scotland be?
We now have .scot, it’s not a country-code TLD but logically it would make sense just to keep that as it’s already in use as a GeoTLD. There is already some precedent, funny enough the .uk TLD isn’t the UK’s actual country code, the actually country-code is GB.
More generally though, Scotland’s two-letter ISO-3166 Alpha-2 country code would be a challenging find, every logical two-letter substring of “Scotland” is already in use: sc, so, st, sl; all in use. Some people speculate we might end up with a code based on the Gaelic name for Scotland, Alba: “aa” or “ab” might be the only option there.
That is unless we somehow manage to acquire “sc” from Seychelles, “so” from Somalia, “st” from São Tomé and Príncipe, or “sl” from Sierra Leone; But even if we did, the code would have to sit unassigned for 50 or more years, and we’d need something in the meantime, so that seems unlikely.
That`s your major concern???.
You from clan McPedant son?.
Fuck me, 9 people share your concerns. That`s more than the guy who brought up Nuclear weapons.
.lol
There are also minority independence movements in Mercia, Wessex, Northumbia and London.
I’m part of the People’s Democratic Republic of Wigan movement.
I'd just like to point out that your map shows the Isle of Man as part of England. In fact it is a separate little country that's not part of the UK. Technically it is a self-governing British Crown dependency