Open Letter To America

So – here’s the thing.

SCOTLAND :- Country to the north of our Eastern Isles of islands. 

NORTHERN IRELAND : Occupied territory to the north of our Western Islands. 

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND : Free nation to the south of our Western Islands. Liberated by terrorists.

WALES :- Country to the West of our Eastern Isles.

ENGLAND :- Country that joins Scotland to Wales.

BRITAIN :- A country made up of ENGLAND, SCOTLAND and WALES. Also known as GREAT BRITAIN.

UNITED KINGDOM :- A country made up of ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES and NORTHERN IRELAND. 

HEAD OF STATE :- The Queen.

DESCRIPTION of HEAD OF STATE : Queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

HEAD OF GOVERNMENT :- The Prime Minister.

DESCRIPTION of HEAD OF GOVERNMENT :- Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Given that the United States is made up of fifty different districts, I am entirely why a fair number of Americans, including some I thought were quite smart, have a problem with British Geography and British Government.

As far as I know, no one has ever said George Bush was the President of Texas, or President Obama is the President of Maine.

So could you – each one of you – do me a favour?

Write to your favourite television producer, script writer, stand up comedian, actor, director and so forth and tell them she is THE QUEEN OF BRITAIN not THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND.

It’s not that hard. Get it right.