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‘We recognise China, and that Taiwan is part of China’ – Irish Prime Minister clarifies Ireland’s position ahead of Davos meetings (m.independent.ie)

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[-] bigbluealien@kbin.social 14 points 9 months ago

And Scotland

[-] DillyDaily@lemmy.world -2 points 9 months ago

Britain is historically just England and Wales, though colloquially now used as a shorter way of saying "Great Britain", which is England, Wales, and Scotland.

The British isles is England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland (and all the smaller islands like the Hebrides, Orkneys, etc)