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Im not sure but I suspect that is not true.
I think the border with Scotland at least may well have fluctuated somewhat during this time..............
aye berwick and all that craic but you see where i'm coming from...countries like france and germany and all that had thousands of miles wiped off their borders and given back over the centuries...
It would be a bit complex to go through the whole history of England/Scotland and the United Kingdom. But basically it came into being in the old Kingdom of Wessex. When is a bit more complex, but I'd go for King Alfred being the first King of England and it is from his time you can trace the modern British state."
Ok. Cool
We now know that at one time the country didn't exist and now it does.
How was it created and how does it continue to be?
In very simple term those in power pointed to a map and said 'That bit is Britain' and it was.
Given that no one stronger has said 'nope, thats called France' it continues to be Britain.
no one really knows for sure but i guess people who live in a certain area who share common traditions and rituals..even a common dialect which is different to people from a different area who have different traditions and dialect...these borders could've been made to differentiate between the two...also land property and ownership comes into it...this is your land...this is mine...this land belongs to my tribe...this belongs to your tribe...form then all the laws and whatever have followed...thats my thesis anyway...
Given that no one stronger has said 'nope, thats called France' it continues to be Britain."
So the fact is that it's a fictional construct imposed by those with the most force. I am reading you right am I?
well is everything not a fictional construct...you define real as something you can see, feel, touch, etc etc...if you leave the room you're in...is it still there..yes it is...but you can't see it...now we could all draw a line on the borders but thats stupid...countries are real because they're real...simple as...
And graveyards are full of innocent people killed in horrifically brutal ways because the judicial system got it wrong.
DNA testing is not infallible, even assuming a police force that do not plant evidence or forge evidence in order to secure a conviction.