to wish the BBC would stop calling Scotland 'Northern UK'??

[CocktailQueen]

Was reading the BBC weather website yesterday about the weather bomb that hit northern UK.

Drives me mad! Separate country ... it's never been 'northern UK'. Grr.

Presumably they were talking about bits of the UK that aren't Scotland as well?

YANBU (and as far as I know the "weather bomb" was just Scotland )

O be fair to the BBC though, I think they do it through sheer ignorance and arrogance, rather than to deliberately piss off Scots.

Scotland is the UK. It is a country in it's own right but it is also part if the UK. the northern part.

They are talking about the geographical landmass of Britain. The wind doesn't stop at the border.

They are NOT making a political point.

YADBU.

YABU - they're talking abouth the North of England, Scotland AND Northern Ireland. Which can definitely be described as Northern UK geographical.

But... it is Northern UK

But it is the North of the UK. I haven't seen this but presumably whatever they are talking about also affects Northumberland, Cumbria etc.

Sorry I waded missing the point they said northern UK!

Anyway YAstillBU!

Dont understand it is northern part including yorkshire..

Surely it would then be northern Britain (geographical) rather than northern UK (political)?

OP You are looking for offence where there is none. Geographically the North of England and Scotland form the Northern part of Britain and of the UK.

The BBC reports to UK so since NI was affected by the weather too it makes sense to use northern UK.

But do come back and explain how it's all part of the BBC conspiracy..

If they said Northern Britain then they wouldn't be describing NI. They mean NI, Scotland, Cumbria etc.

It's descriptive not political.

I just read the BBC article and it discusses how this has affected (or will affect) Northern Ireland and the north of England, so I think YABU.

I suspect they didn't want to write 'Scotland' and then have a lot of people from other northern regions complain that they were being ignored; being a bit vague was probably seen as the lesser of two evils.

Definitely had the weather bomb up here in the North of England too, which is also Northern UK so I think YABU

Just agreeing with OfficerKaren - presumably they said northern UK as they are including NI. Great Britain and UK include different land areas and not just a geographical/political difference.

North Britain!

The Fylde coast was affected yesterday although to nowhere near the extent of the Western Isles, but it was part the the same weather system.

Although I would guess (from experience) the OP refers to that area as "Down South" and thinks no further differentiation necessary, like it were Tunbridge Wells.

We can all choose to take umbrage if we try hard enough!

It is frustrating when you live in Manchester and watch the national weather. They will refer to the South East, South West, Midlands and the North. I am pretty sure we're classed as North but our weather is rarely the same as Cumbria, let alone Scotland.

Oh, and Scotland is part of the 'northern UK'. It just is. Look at a map.

(I am from NI, and don't mind the homeland being described as either the northern or western UK, or any way you care to describe its position in Ireland, because it is both, and I looked at a map .)

The United Kingdom, last time I checked, was Scotland, Northern Ireland, England and Wales.

So, if you live in Scotland you are in the northern UK.

I don't see why geography would upset you so much.

Because it is seen as a political slight by the ignorant/biased BBC Keema, not to give Scotland it's full status as a country and unthinkingly refer to it as a mere region of the UK.

Which is right in it's own way but not applicable to a weather event imo.