Apart from hoping that the imbecile who coined the word is safely incarcerated in the Tower, what a misleading word it is. From “Britain’s exit” or “British exit”, it is plainly wrong. I can only assume that Northern Ireland is seen as a tiresome add-on that will have, at some point, to be included in whatever is finally agreed.
Even Ministers who should know better mix up the words to describe the place where we happen to live.
Britain, or Great Britain as it used to be called, is England, Scotland and Wales.
The United Kingdom consists of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, as the full name suggests – The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Ministers and others even refer to “what is best for the country” – which country? England, I suppose.
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