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It would honestly be hilarious if Europe collectively kicked the UK out of continental sporting and cultural groups, and just played dumb whenever anyone asks why.
(In sports where the UK's regions compete separately, Scotland and Northern Ireland can stay.)
Or we can allow e.g. the 18 French regions or the 16 German states to send a team each?
I honestly find the way the UK treats its regions really weird.
Like, technically the UK is a unitary state. The devolved parliaments in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland only have power because Westminster said they can have power. Very different from the federal states of Germany, the US, or Australia, which have a constitutional right to exist and govern themselves in at least some regard. In effect, UK regions have much less autonomy or independence than other countries' states. But the UK pretends that they're "countries", which would imply that they have more independence than a state. It's bizarre.
And I say this as someone who absolutely supports the right of Scotland etc. to become independent if that's what they want. After the shambles that was Brexit, Scotland deserves to have another independence referendum.
Thank you for not pretending like Wales voted remain (or was it just that they'd not qualify anyway)
or was it just that they’d not qualify anyway
Ha! Ouch.
But yeah, I didn't include them because they voted leave. I didn't even realise that there was controversy in that.
Not really a controversy, just I think sometimes people assume it was just England dragging all the other countries out.