um, no. Scotland is a separate country, only merged into the UK by a coincidence of royal lineage. And you could try persuading a Welshman that Wales has been

um, no. Scotland is a separate country, only merged into the UK by a coincidence of royal lineage. And you could try persuading a Welshman that Wales has been part of England for almost a thousand years now, so can they please give up any pretence at being a separate country? but you won't get far. But England dreamed of Empire and submerged itself into Britain completely. In the wake of Scottish and Welsh nationalism and independence votes, England is emerging again. And if England isn't going to be part of its own Empire, then its not going to be part of anyone else's either. Brexit is all about English nationalism (not British nationalism, because that's dying - except in Northern Ireland).