UK, Ireland / Great Britain vs England, Ireland, Scottland, Wales [37]

So I am interested to hear your points of view on this.

A very annoying student of mine is of the opinion that I cant be English but I must be British. I tried to explain that I was born in England and although the 4 nations are reffered to as United Kingdom, people in these countries take pride in calling themselves English,Scottish etc. Howevere she says she has spoke to many people on the internet and they always refer to themselves as British.

I believe that every nation does many things to ensure that they remain their own country. Wales for example is trying to encourage more people to learn the Welsh languae so that it doesnt die out and so that they can feel like more than just a piece of land next to England. Scotland has its own currency(although very similar to the pound i know) and it wasnt very long ago they were planning to break away from the UK, also recently they have been given an important drug to prevent blindness for free but English people will have to pay for it. Also Ireland has had a well disputed battle in itsa country to remain its own nation.

Im not anti British but I do believe we have the right to be from our own country not a group, also I fail to see what the United Kingdom does to show that we are United. I mean look at our sports teams, we only have atheletes for a joint team and i think that might be because we dont have many good ones. So im just interested to know anyone elses views on this.

Ps I know it doesnt have much to do with Poland...