How did Ireland and Scotland survive the British Empire?

by bluecamel17

I've read recently that Ireland and Scotland don't have much as far as militaries. How were they not consumed by the British Empire?

sillybonobo

What exactly do you mean? The British Empire owned and controlled the entire British Isles from the 1600s until 1922 when Ireland seceded.

Parts of Ireland and all of Scotland are still British today and were among the first conquests of the Empire.