Talk:United Kingdom

'Great Britain' redirects automatically to 'United Kingdom.' This is incorrect as the two terms are not interchangeable. The former is strictly the name of the Island which comprises the Mainland of England, Scotland and Wales, whereas the United Kingdom, is the name of a country, who's territory extends over many islands, including Northern Ireland. There should be a seperate article for 'Great Britain.'

It is true that this difference needs to be made clear in the entry -- but there seems little sense in having a separate entry for two such overlapping entities! Boethius 11:04, 22 March 2007 (EDT)

That's a fair point I suppose! Consider it done : )

Currency

Not changed the article text but I'm 99% sure that while English money is legal tender in Scotland, NI et al the reverse isn't true - can anyone confirm this & if so amend the article appropriately? Tracy C Copeland 13:24, 22 March 2007 (EDT)

The paragraph, as it is, is ok and correct - you could expand it if you wanted to, but the situation's a little complex:

• Only the Bank of England produces coins, and they are legal tender throughout the UK.
• Bank of England notes are only legal tender in England, Wales, Channel Islands & Isle of Man.
• Scottish & NI notes aren't legal tender anywhere.
• So no notes are legal tender in Scotland & NI at all.

But "legal tender" doesn't really mean anything. All the forms of currency are perfectly acceptable anywhere in the UK - you'd have a hard time convincing a court that you had a right not to accept Scottish notes just because they aren't "legal tender". I got this information from here and here --JamesK 19:56, 22 March 2007 (EDT)

Anthem

Wales is the only country of the UK to have an official national anthem. Scotland hasn't ("Flower of Scotland" is definitely not official), England hasn't, and "God Save the Queen" is not even the official anthem of the UK. Dorpfeld 15:30, 22 March 2007 (EDT)