I do indeed acknowledge it. ;-) Guest, I was using the word "England" only in the common colloquial sense, as one might in an informal conversation. What I meant in that context, clearly, was "the United Kingdom". If Teribus said "England" somewhere back there in a similar regard, I imagine that he too would have meant "the United Kingdom".

It is fairly common for people outside the UK to refer to ALL its inhabitants as "English", although technically they are not all English by any means.

One is best guided by context when interpreting such statements.