I for one think devolution is a good idea, whilst independence is a damn bad idea. All of the issues raised above could easily be dealt with without Scotland having to become an independent nation and thus suffering from all of the downsides attached to being a small nation. As for 'The SNP is a Eur...

when they mean Britain or more correctly the United Kingdom Actually neither of those terms are more correct than the other, they both pertain to the entire country, it’s only when people start saying Great Britain meaning either the UK or Britain that they are wrong. Great Britain is a specific is...

At the time (Late 1700's) the English within "Britain" used to interchange them all the time. While some Scotsmen (and Welsh and Irish) would object. Well I went to University in England and I never once heard an Englishman refer to the whole of Britain as England so perhaps we ought to forget thei...

Aye, reading it back it does come across as quite blunt. Wasn’t intended to be so, so let’s all calm down, ay? I was only intending to educate people that knew no better. No need for people to get as worked up as a French footballer in a World Cup final. Have to say I’m not totally sure what you mea...

Can I just point out to people, especially the makers of Birth of America that England and Britain are not the same thing. You wouldn't refer to the French army as the Brittany Army, or the German army the Bavarian Army.