United Kingdom is made up of 4 countries - England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. UK minus N. Ireland is Great Britain. All these four countries are united for many things and independent on others. The language and culture of all the 4 provinces are different. One gets only a VISA of UK and not as England or Britain. England and Wales combine for Cricket, Scotland is a separate team. For Football they have different teams for all. They used to play hockey under the GB banner a few years back.
UK Flag (UNION JACK)
England Flag
Scotland Flag
Wales Flag
Northern Ireland Flag (Unofficial)
The UK flag is made after combining all these flags. Hence it is always referred to as the Union Jack. The reason why when there is mention of England we have a red plus sign in a white background and not the union jack. I never happened to notice it so far in my life and so would have quite a few people like me.
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