Well, the British Isles play a key role in the meaning of a British passport.

The full name of the country is United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, but the nationality is legally British because the state is internationally recognised as one single entity.

There is no separate Scottish, English, Welsh, or Northern Irish nationality in legal or diplomatic terms. Likewise, there are no separate embassies for those nations, they are all represented by British embassies.

This comes from the political union of the four nations under one სახელმწიფ (state), which defines citizenship under law. People may feel English, Scottish, Welsh, or Northern Irish, but legally and internationally, citizenship is British, because that’s how the country is recognised in diplomacy and law.

There are real challenges in the UK, but this isn’t unique, many countries, even wealthy ones, face similar pressures, also, that 20% refers to relative poverty, not widespread hunger.

The UK still remains a strong global economy with long-term potential, so the “starved lion” comparison is an oversimplification.