Un-United Kingdom

[Chas]

If Scotland is no longer part of the UK then the UK will be known not to include Scotland. Where's the problem?

Same problem they faced in 1919-1922 when the country was called "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland".

Though it's looking unlikely that the referendum has passed.

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No, I am not wrong. You are talking about some future names, not the existing ones.

The make-up of the United Kingdom will change, but it will still be the union of two kingdoms.

No, the current name of the UK is: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It was previously The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. "Great Britain" in the name refers to the physical island, it doesn't refer to the old Kingdom of GB. They voted whether to leave the UK, not GB.

Except in 1707, it became the name of the nation that joined the crowns of England/Wales and Scotland.

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Looks like you Brits are going to be stuck with them.


I wish we could get Texas to vote to leave......

They tried that once. Didn't work out.

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Scotland has a population of about 5.5 million, out of those about 3.6 million voted in the referendum. Which means, if my maybe is correct, about 29℅ of the population voted no. The rest either voted yes, didn't vote or were ineligible to vote.

Yes, and you nearly highlighted the problem with optional voting.

OK, so being required to vote is not a problem? Seems like something a totalitarian state would do.

Those who "didn't vote" abstained - which they are free to do.