[dukeyukey]

The UK is different, because the EU is not like the US federal government. Economic systems and cultures vary massively across the EU, far more than across US states. Hell, half the EU were Marxist-Leninist autocracies just a few decades ago!

[midasuni]

In which case you can say “Portugal is different” or “Denmark is different”

Saying “U.K. is different” implies that Finland, Greece and France are relatively similar