One island, more than one country

As an English person, I suspect I’m not alone in using ‘England’ as a generic term to mean Britain as a whole without realising that I’m doing it. Which no doubt comes across as English arrogance – after all Scotland and Wales also form part of this island (I don’t tend to use ‘England’ if I mean Northern Ireland so that doesn’t cause confusion). So apologies to my Scottish and Welsh friends for all the times that I have unconsciously done this in conversation, thank you for bringing it to my attention and please feel free to correct me in future!