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[โ€“] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The empire never had Scotland. Scotland joined independently, Ireland was colonized by the Scottish under orders of the empire.

The only territory currently in the UK that the empire took was Wales.

[โ€“] Illuminostro@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

It was a joke, Professor Pedantic.