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If Scotland leaves, I imagine we'll switch from "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" to "The United Kingdom of Britain and Northern Irelan
by mike-cardwell 7y ago
If Scotland leaves, I imagine we'll switch from "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" to "The United Kingdom of Britain and Northern Ireland", thus keeping the "uk". ".scot" already exists.
If Northern Ireland leaves, I guess the UK no longer exists, and we switch to ".gb". Could clone .uk at .gb for a while (ten years?) and give people time to switch, but seems more likely Nominet would prefer to just charge people twice for a .uk and a .gb.
If Scotland and Northern Ireland leaves, that leaves us as just "Britain". Maybe we create a new ".brit" (or whever the 2 char country code will be), and give time for .uk to disappear again.
Wales wont leave.
[edit] I just saw emmelaich's comment that .gb already exists.
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- creativenolo 7y agoGreat Britain (or Britain) refers to geographic feature (the island) which includes Scotland whether it be part of the UK or possibly not.
- input_sh 7y agoWales has .cymru and .wales.
- NullPrefix 7y agoNeither of those are two letter TLDs.
- kijin 7y agoThe United Kingdom of England and Wales will remain.
- rjsw 7y agoThe United Kingdom bit comes from joining together the Scottish and English crowns, it wouldn't be affected by whatever happens to Northern Ireland.
- benj111 7y agoCheck your passport, it's the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. "The medieval conquest and subsequent annexation of Wales by the Kingdom of England, followed by the union between England and Scotland in 1707 to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the union in 1801 of Great Britain with the Kingdom of Ireland created the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom
- Symbiote 7y agoThe three kingdoms which are united are the Kingdom of England, Scotland and Ireland, the first two by the Acts of Union 1707 [1], and Ireland added by the Acts of Union 1800 [2]. Wales is part of the Kingdom of England, under the "Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542" [3]. Without Scotland, it becomes the United Kingdom of England and Northern Ireland, leaving the Kingdom of Scotland. Scotland would be assigned an ISO 3166 code. SC, SO, ST, SL, SA, SN and SD are all taken. Perhaps they can have "AB" for "Alba". The "GB" code would be unassigned. Without Ireland, it becomes the United Kingdom of Great Britain. Northern Ireland presumably joins the Republic of Ireland in this case. Without both, it becomes the Kingdom of England, the Kingdom of Scotland, etc. England would then need an ISO code, "EN" is available. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1800 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1800 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_in_Wales_Acts_1535_and_1542 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_in_Wales_Acts_1535_and_15...
- m-i-l 7y agoAccording to wikipedia [0] and UK government sources [1] there are 4 countries in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: England, Scotland, Wales (together forming Great Britain) and Northern Ireland. If Scotland and Northern Ireland left the UK, it is conceivable therefore that the United Kingdom would continue to exist but as the United Kingdom of England and Wales. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdo... and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom [1] https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20080909013512/http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page823 https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20080909013512/ht...
- thefringthing 7y agoWales is a constituent country of the UK but not a kingdom.
- osullivj 7y agoThe 1707 Union created the Kingdom of Great Britain. 1801 created United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The creation of the Irish Free State in 1922 gave us the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. So if Scotland leaves, the Kingdom of Great Britain ceases to exist. "Britain" ceases to exists as a political/national state. IMHO any reconfigured UK after that is an absurdity.
- toyg 7y ago> I guess the UK no longer exists Meh, it will become "the United Kingdom of England and Overseas Territories" or something to that effect. UK is a brand and a symbol that Westminster will never abandon. Serbia, for example, tried really hard to remain "Yugoslavia", and if it weren't for the tensions it generates, that name would still be around.