Scottish Independence Pledge Prompts Tweeters To Suggest New Names For The UK

Even 'Poundland' might not work anymore.

Nicola Sturgeon’s pledge to give Scotland another vote on independence has got people thinking that “the United Kingdom” no longer accurately describes Britain.

The Brexit referendum showed how divided Britons are and now Scots might stop being Britons at all.

Some suggested an Oldie But Goldie that we first heard after the Brexit vote in June: Renaming the country around the one thing we still all indisputably share.

Poundland
#SuggestANewNameForTheUK

— Mr Hyde-White (@jabbawonger) March 13, 2017

Another tweet, however, suggested things have only gotten worse in the last nine months since the June referendum.

Half a poundland #SuggestANewNameForTheUK

— Chris Boyd (@paperghost) March 13, 2017

If you change the name of a group of islands off Cornwall slightly, you get a name Monty Python would have approved of.

#SuggestANewNameForTheUK The Silly Isles

— LondonKaren (@KarenLondoner) March 13, 2017

Someone suggested we re-think the uncharacteristic boastfulness in our name.

#SuggestANewNameForTheUK Good enough Island

— ➡Emmzyz⬅ (@DigitMiss) March 13, 2017

Ironically, the hashtag showed something Brits tend to have in common: the love of silly jokes. Fittingly, it was a silly joke that came out of a vote by the public.

Boaty McBoatFace, the name so many voted for when asked to name an Arctic research ship, was adapted to describe a post-Brexit, possibly Scotland-less, UK.

#SuggestANewNameForTheUK
Please, please let it be.
LeavyMcLeaveFace pic.twitter.com/vsq4VBeS9o

— Alan Knox (@alanknox) March 13, 2017

Developing Nationy Mc Developing Nation Face. #SuggestANewNameForTheUK

— J 2 D (@Johnny_Two_Dogs) March 13, 2017

Brokey McBroke-face#SuggestANewNameForTheUK

— It Could Be You (@craigmnet) March 13, 2017

Film titles were thin on the ground but one person reminded us how far we’ve come since the days we ruled a quarter of the globe.

The Empire, Shrunk Back #SuggestANewNameForTheUK

— MrPHays (@MrPaulHays) March 13, 2017

Some set out to troll most people who live in Britain.

#SuggestANewNameForTheUK
London and the other bits

— Kevin Johns (@Berlinseshdmtv) March 13, 2017

Others saw a bleak future where we hold referendums all the time.

The land of referendums 🙈🙄😆 #SuggestANewNameForTheUK pic.twitter.com/nzfS3SieLP

— Tina ❄️ (@Tinapeg2) March 13, 2017

Neverendum land#SuggestaNewNameForTheUK

— Rupert Myers (@RupertMyers) March 13, 2017

While others looked to the future of the union, beyond Scottish independence.

PleaseDontLeaveUsWales #SuggestANewNameForTheUK

— Abhishek Pratap (@AbhishekPrtp) March 13, 2017
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