England is "not a valid country".

[Deleted User]

Just received a form to register to vote.

Went to complete it on line.

The second question is "What is your nationality?"

The options are:-

British

Irish

Citizen of a different country

I choose the 3rd option, and a box appeared entitled "Country name".

I entered "England" and clicked "Continue"

It refused to allow that, on the grounds "This is not a valid country". :mad:

GwylimT

There isn't such a thing as English nationality so they don't have to accept it, after all, do you know anyone with an English passport?

duchy

No Welsh or Scottish either - but then no such thing as a Welsh or Scottish passport either.

Bit obvious really. England is a part of Great Britain.
Surprised if you are English that you never knew that !

[Deleted User]

The question asked was "Country name".

The reply I got was "This is not a valid country".

How the hell can England not be a valid country :huh:

Also, I tried "English" (although English, while being a nationality, isn't a country), and that was refused for the same reason.

GwylimT

England isn't a valid country because there is no such thing as English in nationality, I always thought it was quite obvious.

photome

GwylimT wrote: »

England isn't a valid country because there is no such thing as English in nationality, I always thought it was quite obvious.

What is England if it isnt a country

what does it have to do to become valid

photome

duchy wrote: »

No Welsh or Scottish either - but then no such thing as a Welsh or Scottish passport either.

Bit obvious really. England is a part of Great Britain.
Surprised if you are English that you never knew that !

I know England is part of Great Britain, I am guessing bob does too but as per my other post what is England.

Are we unique in living in a country called England that isnt a "valid" country

pmduk

England is not a valid country name to answer in that field. That doesn't mean it isn't a country. We all should have known the correct answer is British

Azari

GwylimT wrote: »

England isn't a valid country because there is no such thing as English in nationality, I always thought it was quite obvious.

You appear to be one of those unfortunate people (of whom there seem to be a good quantity here) who are able to infer 'obviousness' from a complete misunderstanding of a situation.

Of course there is such a country as England and such a nationality as English.

The fact that there is also a recognise nationality: 'British' does not change that fact.

Neither does the fact that some entity that does not need to know from which part of Britain you derive your British nationality and thus does not accept it on an on-line form.

Of course, this is just sloppy and lazy programming on the part of the council. It should accept any of the component parts of 'Britain' and then record the answer as if it had been 'Britain'.

Buzby

They buy in data sets that provide the options - in Scotland I've had this option rejected as I need to find out what the alternatives are, UK, a United Kingdom, GB, Great Britain etc.

Same too where they insist I enter my County, and present a list of counties that were last active in 1964 and not the one I'm in now.

Still with the upcoming Independence referendum just 8 weeks away, I do hope we can do something to resolve the issue, as following a YES vote, all Country lists may well be updated as 'rUK' for E&W is not on.

But it might take until 2042 before your wish is granted.

HappyMJ

Your national identity is English. Your nationality is British.