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dataker · 2015-04-23 09:13:35+00:00

Wow. Do they count UK population as unclaimed UK citizens(sons, grandsons,...) ?

I had no idea there was such a massive diaspora going on.

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calpaterson | karma 4570 | avg karma 4.97 · | 2015-12-07 11:37:46+00:00

Not everyone who lives in the UK is a British National

jiriknesl | karma 117 | avg karma 1.05 · | 2021-04-09 11:26:47+00:00

Maybe there are lots of people from the UK here.

inflatableDodo | karma 2947 | avg karma 2.41 · | 2019-06-03 09:02:19+00:00

Most of us have. Confusingly, there are 6 different types of British nationality, and there are still some British subjects around.

https://www.gov.uk/types-of-british-nationality

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thrwyoilarticle | karma 1358 | avg karma 2.38 · | 2022-05-08 11:19:50

Are quite a lot of them British?

DicIfTEx | karma 820 | avg karma 8.91 · | 2023-05-19 14:51:05

British subjects are very rare, and have been since the '80s: https://www.gov.uk/types-of-british-nationality/british-subj...

ceejayoz | karma 74610 | avg karma 3.33 · | 2021-08-18 09:17:30

Huh. TIL I was born a British subject, but lost the status in 1987.

kelipso | karma 902 | avg karma 1.15 · | 2022-12-04 09:49:06

Aren't most of those people waving Union Jacks genetically/ethnically Anglo? As in they are descendants of people from England.

skeletonjelly | karma 1696 | avg karma 1.81 · | 2012-01-10 17:50:46

Wait are you being sarcastic?

UK = Great Britain + Northern Ireland

Great Britain = England + Scotland + Wales

So technically if they're registered in the UK they're a part of Ireland I suppose.

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nicoburns | karma 22847 | avg karma 3.29 · | 2022-04-11 18:30:48

As a UK resident, I can't help but wonder which group you're including the UK in. We're both a European and an anglophone country!

glomph | karma 1028 | avg karma 1.76 · | 2017-03-07 00:52:17

.uk does belong to the uk though.

lewisflude | karma 1441 | avg karma 3.83 · | 2013-03-25 10:05:50+00:00

I'm a bit annoyed that British Citizen is filed under U (for United Kingdom).

olivermarks | karma 5772 | avg karma 2.36 · | 2022-07-11 23:40:22

This is the entire UK population, not a 'sub population'...

roywiggins | karma 12849 | avg karma 3.52 · | 2014-09-09 02:48:26+00:00

Surprisingly (to me), most citizens of Britain are not technically "British subjects."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_subject

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bechampion | karma 175 | avg karma 1.39 · | 2015-12-07 05:59:43

but aren't they residents anyways?(not tourists for course) as in British resident someone that resides/lives in GB?

heyoni | karma 1801 | avg karma 1.85 · | 2021-03-20 04:02:38

Might be ex-patriate, but it's safe to assume that people in London are british unless told otherwise...

snickmy | karma 656 | avg karma 2.93 · | 2023-06-30 09:43:49

I bet 95% of those come from England.

saaaaaam | karma 800 | avg karma 2.05 · | 2018-11-30 14:52:13+00:00

British people.

Jaruzel | karma 11536 | avg karma 4.55 · | 2019-01-15 13:32:52+00:00

I know, I'm a UK citizen. :)

hwntw | karma 39 | avg karma 3.9 · | 2023-04-17 05:57:36

Would be a nice thought, but literally nobody means the descendants of the Britons where talking about being British.

If they did, depending upon what that encompasses, then either large swathes of Scotland would be included (Glasgow is a Brythonic name!), or you'd be excluding England from the discussion.

Largely without fail, someone talking about Britain is talking of the island itself, or the current inhabitants.

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