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 Olympics as a British team but then also see teams in the football and rugby world cups under the titles of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. London is the capital of the country, but Cardiff, Belfast and Edinburgh all assert their own rights to be called capitals as well. And if it was not confusing enough –many people will be offended if called British but they consider themselves Scottish or one of the other nationalities. And the mistake of calling a Scot, Welsh person or Irish...
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