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The case of the shaggy tartan

By Tom Clifford - posted Monday, 15 September 2014


"But what Watson, what? We have a new master criminal. It used to be Moriarty now it's Murdoch, the arch villain. He is instrumental to the hacking of Britain. I tell you Watson, we are in a pickle, make no mistake. Let's examine what we have. England, Wales, Northern Ireland. Take the first two letters of each country and you have Enwano. Heavens to Jupiter and back to Pluto, what could that inspire?"

"Why can't we keep the United Kingdom."

"It means UK all. You see without Scotland there is no United Kingdom, just a united kingdom."

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"Holmes, I am confused."

"If Scotland goes, England is the only kingdom. Wales is a principality and Northern Ireland, the six counties that are in the whatever we will be, are not even a full province. Ulster has nine counties, and Northern Ireland isn't even a correct description as the most northerly part of Ireland is in the south. If a name can't be accurate then …"

"Well yes, so what do we do? Let's start at first principles. Where does Britain come from?"

"Well, that's it, Brittany in France. People don't realize we were the first colony of France. Cross-channel trips started long before the chunnel."

 

"Well let's take the first three letters then. EngWalNor"

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"Sounds like a rival to Narnia."

"Great story that, the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, incidentally, written by an Irishman."

"So were we, Holmes, so were we. I say, Prince!"

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Tom Clifford worked as a freelance journalist in South America in 2009, covering Bolivian and Argentine affairs. Now in China, he has worked for newspapers in the Middle East, Africa, Europe and the Far East.

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