He will be better than ever!
He will retain his usual effectiveness. (Please explain what this means to you.)
He's done. Send in the new Captain Britain already.
Who cares about this guy? (No one.) Give me Captain Scotland!
I don't like or know anything about comics.
Where are you getting your facts KF? Because I've done an internet search and Great Britain is defined as the larger island. The people of the republic are not ethnically, culturally or politically British. We are geographically part of the British Isles, which has no official basis, (use is actually discouraged by the Irish government) but not part of Great Britain. I can't find any source that would describe Ireland as part of it.
We may have to agree to disagree.
With regard to my other country, (dual citizen) Australia our constitution states specifically that our head of state is the monarch of the UK, so apparently if the UK breaks up, then we probably have no legal head of state. Aussies are fairly split about whether a republic is a good thing or not.
I'm fine with the idea of Captain Britain representing both islands because it's fiction. Also, he's a decent bloke.
Personally, I'm holding out for a Si Spurrier written European based team with Captain Britain, Meggan, Wisdom, Banshee, Nightcrawler, Hercules and Magik on it. Chances of it happening are slim to zero I admit.
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To complete the confusing what he meant I think is the United Kingdom (U.K) at least that is it what it called on my atlas.
The question is does anyone call himself U.K.ler?
By the way the U.S.A have also many islands with confusing citizen statuses which where conquered at the beginning of the 20th century.
Edit: About the vote I don't know how the result will be like anyone else^^ It's so 50/50 which make it impossible to make predictions.
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He can represents both nations but his costume might need a change to have the St Andrew Cross separate from whatever becomes of the Union Jack if it's redesigned.
Also Britain and Great Britain are interchangeable as the it's the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
He should change his name and change his costume.
I like Brian Braddock, but I have to say I've always disliked flag-related costumes, except when worn by superhuman government agents in oppressive totalitarian regimes, such as in Red Son. Leave the flag-wearing stuff to Private Rogers and Geri Halliwell.
I'm more interested in what kind of flag to replace the Union Flag that we would come up with in the event of Scottish independence. Personally, I think they should not use the Welsh flag as the centrepiece. Dragons FTW.
How did he fare when the UK lost Australia? When they lost Canada?
He'd have to remove the blue from his costume but he'd still be Captain Britain. Great Britain will still exist as Ireland, Wales and Northern Ireland but it will no longer have Scotland's colours in the Union Jack as it won't be part of the United Kingdom anymore. Replacing the blue with green since Northern Ireland and Wales have that on both of their flags would work.
Also any flags which feature the Union Jack will have to change to no longer include the St Andrew's Cross as part of it.
Whatever the new Union Flag is in 18 months once the separation of the union is finished, his costume will have to reflect that.
In a side note, the idea of wanting independence but still wanting to keep the pound stirling and the Queen as a ceremonial head of state... doesn't sound like independence to me. If the union is to divide, then shouldn't it be a complete separation? I mean Australia have a completely different currency as do Canada even though the Queen is on their currency.
(a) Australia and Canada were not part of the United Kingdom, rather they were governed as part of the British empire, (b) the flag didn't have to be changed when they left, and (c) you could also have asked that question in relation to Indian independence, South African independence, etc. All those countries are still part of the Commonwealth, which is an intergovernmental organisation.
And in any event (d) he wouldn't have been alive :-)
No Monarch has tried to excersise such archaic laws in centuries, though. The likelihood of it holding water is uncertain. But yes, the army and security services are indeed sworn in service to the Crown and not it's government.
Sir James Braddock was a 'Sir' and not a Lord. He would not have held a seat in The Lords.
The costume? Plausibly. Depending if the Union Flag were to be altered.
The name? No. There would still be a Britain. It's just possible that today Scotland may (and it's still absolutely MAY at the moment) opt to leave it.
But given that Brian is literally powered by the very psyche of the people of the British Isles does he not hold that right? I mean what other character more tangibly embodies a people THAN Captain Britain?
I think that the blue of the Union Flag would have to become Green and some kind of Dragon motif be present. Still a big IF right now.
Pretty much the same. In Marvel comics the power is brought from the people who inhabit the geographical region of the British Isles. Because this is where Otherworld interesects with the physical world. Political borders should not effect that.
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Yeah, I guess he could keep his name :-)
You're absolutely right about the currency. The Queen is still the constitutional monarch for Australia and Canada, but the political parties (Conservatives, Labour and Lib Dems) have stated that they wouldn't allow Scotland to have the same currency. Alec Salmond claims he can force them into doing it by repudiating Scotland's share of the national debt, but that would be a mad threat - Scotland's credit-rating would fall through the floor. I think Scotland is going to have to have a separate currency - they can't adopt the Euro as yet because that has a lengthy application process and they'd have to apply for separate membership of the EU.
Just my view, though.
Since Braddock's powers originate from Otherworld, an extrapolation of the poll/question would be how would that realm be affected?
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Haven't Spain already said they won't accept them into the EU until they can prove economic stability and independence for at least 5 years because of the EU financial crisis related to Italy, Ireland, Greece and France? I also think Germany might have issues since they have been constantly forced to fund the bail out.
I think it is telling a lot of notable wealthy Scots and even the Royal Bank of Scotland have suggested they'd want to move to the UK even if it does lose Scotland as part of the union because they will have only a year and a half to work out a whole new form of independent governance, taxation and international relationships without the financial codependence of the rest of the United Kingdom behind them. 18 months to set up a whole new regime is going to be very difficult, their previous efforts in Panama that failed were partly why they joined the union to begin with.