Though various kings of minor english kingdoms had been proclaiming themselves "King of the angles" for centuries the Kingdom of England as we know it didn't come into being until 1284. Which was when the last of the minor english kingdoms was overthrown and all of what we nowadays would understand as England, i.e all of Great Britain south of Berwick and Gretna, was ruled from London. And various border changes with scotland, aside, it remained much like that until 1707 when the largely bankrupt and desperate bordering Kingdom of Scotland joined it an act of union.
From 1707, this new country, the second after Cromwell's Commonwealth of England to govern the whole of the Island of Great Britain, was called the Kingdom of Great Britain and lasted just under a century until in 1800 to bring british control over a rebellious province that just being invaded by french provocateurs there was a second act of union which created the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. And then in 1922, due to the Irish rebellion The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Right, so that's the history. Now once we finally get the scottish burden off our backs, later this year, what should our country be then?
The temptation is to simply go back to The Kingdom of England as the land controlled will be much the same as that country did. But, beyond being unfair to our subjects in Northern Ireland (who unlike say Gibraltar or the Isle of Man are full members of the country and have their own politicians in our parliament), the United Kingdom is something synonymous with our country. Do we really want to lose the 'uk' internet domain, for example?
So you come down to The United Kingdom of England and Northern Ireland as a smoother alternative to The United Kingdom of Southern Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
But perhaps treating all of England as a monoculture is unfair, after all some parts of England were conquered after the others and remained rebellious and so have their own cultures.
So how about The United Kingdom of England, Cornwall and Northern Ireland?
From 1707, this new country, the second after Cromwell's Commonwealth of England to govern the whole of the Island of Great Britain, was called the Kingdom of Great Britain and lasted just under a century until in 1800 to bring british control over a rebellious province that just being invaded by french provocateurs there was a second act of union which created the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. And then in 1922, due to the Irish rebellion The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Right, so that's the history. Now once we finally get the scottish burden off our backs, later this year, what should our country be then?
The temptation is to simply go back to The Kingdom of England as the land controlled will be much the same as that country did. But, beyond being unfair to our subjects in Northern Ireland (who unlike say Gibraltar or the Isle of Man are full members of the country and have their own politicians in our parliament), the United Kingdom is something synonymous with our country. Do we really want to lose the 'uk' internet domain, for example?
So you come down to The United Kingdom of England and Northern Ireland as a smoother alternative to The United Kingdom of Southern Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
But perhaps treating all of England as a monoculture is unfair, after all some parts of England were conquered after the others and remained rebellious and so have their own cultures.
So how about The United Kingdom of England, Cornwall and Northern Ireland?
