What term to you prefer for Great Britain, Ireland and surrounding islands

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Ah yes, this hilarious issue. Always a useful reminder that people can sometimes get very angry about things that surely aren't that important? Anyway, as a practical geographical term 'British Isles' is harmless and obviously better than the rather mealy-mouthed alternatives many of which have dodgy implications of their own. When it comes to political geography than obviously things suddenly get rather tense, particularly as these days the only sense in which you need a term is with regards to the Northern Ireland question.