Wigwam
” Scotland is the second-largest COUNTRY in the United Kingdom, and accounted for 8.3% of the population in 2012. The Kingdom of Scotland emerged in the 9th …
That’s an extract from Wikipedia, no ambiguity there.
Your extract from wiki validates what I pointed out. I said and still do, that Scotland is a Country, it is not a sovereign state but it most certainly is a Country which is rapidly moving towards a Sovereign state. Read the extract below carefully and you might learn something.
“A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state, nation, or other political entity. It may be a sovereign state or make up ONE PART OF A LARGER STATE.[1] FOR EXAMPLE THE COUNTRY OF JAPAN IS AN INDEPENDENT STATE,SOVEREIGN STATE, WHILE THE COUNTRY OF WALES IS A COMPONENT OF A MULTI-PART SOVEREIGN STATE, THE UNITED KINGDOM”.
Now even you Mike700 and Kezo should be able to understand from the above that Scotland is a Country and is recognised as such but it is not yet a sovereign state.
By the way Wigwam do you still believe that “the Scottish Government is not the government of Scotland” as you did in one of your previous rants?