Don't get me wrong I'm not banging any political drum and have absolutely no problem being a member of the United Kingdom but if I'm asked to give my country of birth England is the accepted answer. However, when I'm filling in a British based form on the net and it asks for my 'country' I object to having to scroll down a very long list to find UK or United Kingdom buried near the bottom (thank you Gransnet for giving us near top billing). I wonder how other Gransnetters feel about this, do members from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland feel the same rather mild irritation or am I being unreasonably pedantic on this subject?
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