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[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (3 children)

This chart: "England, Scotland and Wales are in Great Britain"

Wight, the Scillies, Anglesey, Sheppy, Anglesey, the Shetlands, the Orkneys, the Hebrides, and thousands more: "Are we a joke to you?"

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think Sheppey is a joke to everyone including the people that have to live there.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I’m trying to remember though, aren’t the Jersey, Guernsey, and Man somehow closer to Scotland or Wales status than say Sheppey or the Orkneys?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

Yeah, the channel islands and the Isle of Man have more autonomy. Officially they are "self-governing British Crown Dependencies".

Jersey and Guernsey have different VAT rates for instance. For years, play.com was based in Jersey solely so they wouldn't have to pay VAT on most of the cheaper stuff they sold to the mainland.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Aren't those all part of one of the other three? The orkneys and Hebrides are part of Scotland.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

That's my point: they're all part of England/Scotland/Wales, but they aren't part of Great Britain.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

I think if you are a part of those three then you are automatically part of GB

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

None of those are in Great Britain, because they are islands and therefore not part of the island of Great Britain.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

But they are all part of England, Scotland or Wales which, according to the diagram, are within Great Britain...