I remember very well a debate that took place in the House of Commons, in London, years ago, when a member, pretending to be naive, asked what was the official name of the political entity that they were so solemnly representing there. The response was immediate from the president of the House of Commons: “This, my dear colleague, is UK, which means United Kingdom.” “And what are the elements of that union?” was the next question. “Very simple, the four nations that are part of the UK are England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.”
Evidently, England has functioned within the United Kingdom as a global State, hegemonic in all aspects, with the aspiration of achieving devolution for its components, that is, autonomy with its own parliament and autonomous government.
Such ideas of regional self-government were reinforced during the time of Tony Blair, the promoter of New Labor during the years he was Premier of the UK (1997/2007). At that time, Blair seems to have thoroughly studied the new Spanish autonomous system of the 1978 Constitution, in accordance with which the 17 Autonomous Communities of Catalonia, the Basque Country, Galicia and all the others have been formalized. Now, in the United Kingdom they want to go further: the independence of its four nations from each other, although perhaps it will be with the same monarch for the new States.
I, personally, believe that the idea of now dividing a State into four is a major political aberration, and negative in many aspects.
Regarding the topic, I will remember that phrase from a veteran parliamentarian who saw a young man who was playing with several glasses of champagne. Seeing such a precious elixir in danger, he told the waiter: “The experiments, young man, with soda.”