General Article Citizenship in the UK – English, Irish, Scottish or Welsh?

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Citizenship in the UK takes on a very different dimension when you factor in the four countries which make up the UK. Although technically, citizens of the UK are known as British, depending on the person whom you ask, you may get the answer of British, English, Scottish, Irish or Welsh. And it entirely depends on the individual as to which answer you will get.

For outsiders, this can seem a little complicated and it is not hard to see why. People from other countries see us play sport at the...

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