RE: Un-United Kingdom
September 18, 2014 at 8:46 am
(This post was last modified: September 18, 2014 at 10:22 am by Anomalocaris.)
Ur, no. There is the geographic islands of Britain of which Great Britain is the biggest, but there is also the political kingdom of Great Britain formed from the union of kingdoms of England and Scotland. Kingdom of Great Britain then formed the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland by subsuming the kingdom of Ireland. So it is possible to leave the political Great Britain.
And no, it is possible for geographic Scotland, at least northern Scotland, to try to leave the geographic and geological island of Great Britain as well. It happened 450 million years ago. Loch Ness of the Nessie fame sits in part of the still prominent remains of the fault line of that attempted geological secession long ago. This fault is not dead. Since its formation it was reactivated several times in later geological epochs, and it is still mildly active. So northern Scotland may physically part ways with the island of Great Britain yet in some future geological date.
And no, it is possible for geographic Scotland, at least northern Scotland, to try to leave the geographic and geological island of Great Britain as well. It happened 450 million years ago. Loch Ness of the Nessie fame sits in part of the still prominent remains of the fault line of that attempted geological secession long ago. This fault is not dead. Since its formation it was reactivated several times in later geological epochs, and it is still mildly active. So northern Scotland may physically part ways with the island of Great Britain yet in some future geological date.
