London Visitor Advice The 'British'The 'British'
The term 'British' is used extensively throughout this page and site. It can be a contentious term however, for every dozen 
people that couldn't care less, there'll be one bleating about being mis-represented. I'm using it as a contraction of 'British Isles' rather than Great Britiain, so it includes as opposed to discludes people. No demonym exists which appeals to everyone, and until one clearly does, I'll be using 'British'.
So get over it. (See the section on the British Sense of Humour.)
The detractors from the term British fall into two camps. English people who don't want to be associated with the other constituent countries of the United Kingdom. The other camp is their counterparts in the constituent countries of the United Kingdom - The Scottish, Northern Irish and the Welsh - who don't want to be lumped with the English.
However. If you take people from these constituent countries and drop them into a foreign country together. It's surprising and somewhat revealing, how quickly they manage to get along.
