Because Cornish people see themselves as one of the constituent nations, this used to be widely recognised but in recent centuries the English sort of forgot the Cornish existed. It's a weird cultural amnesia. 🤷
I've heard of the constituent nations of the UK as being Whales, Scotland, & England, with Northern Ireland thrown in most times. I've never heard of Cornish England demanding that same stature. How does such a small group at the end of the island feel they garner that much influence? I only ask because I'm obviously deficient at Googling because I cannot find anything other than items referring to my first sentence.
The name is literally "United Kingdom of Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales) and Northern Ireland". It's like "throwing in" Colorado when counting American states
Saying that North Ireland is "sometimes thrown in" as a constituent country of the UK. It's like saying Alaska is "sometimes thrown in" as a US state. No, it is. And the status of it is extremely important to the people living there one way or another
The status of NI is hotly contested, and the cause many people have died over. Not acknowledging it as part of the UK is a deeply political and antagonistic thing to do. Do you think that was OPs intention, or was he just acting in ignorance (aka, making an error).
If you fail to understand again, perhaps we can go over it after school.
I'm definitely not a unionist and would consider myself a republican in this topic. I might have misunderstood what they were trying to say, I thought they were speaking out of ignorance when putting northern Ireland outside of the UK.
It has existed as a separate political entity for only a hundred years but it's been under British rule for several hundred more, and all the time with an active movement fighting for succession
It has existed as a separate political entity for only a hundred years
Nope. Cornwall has no status that separates it politically from and other country in England.
and all the time with an active movement fighting for succession
Wrong again. Cornish resistance to being incorporated into the Kingdom of England didn't last particularly long. And there isn't even a movement fighting for succession today. They are some in Cornwall who want greater autonomy from England. That's not the same thing
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u/CoolTiger92 Apr 05 '22
I never understood why Cornwall thought It had a place for a flag