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Is England a Country? |
Vlammetje
Joined: Mar 01, 2003
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From: Den Haag
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the Commonwealth is a bit bigger than just the 'nations' of the United Kingdom, besides it is self organised.
It is my belief that the Brits would have liked to send Scottish, Welsh, English athletes rather than 'British' ones but perhaps the Olympic Comittee wouldn't hear of it? Perhaps they simply go by 'countries'?
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batesie
Joined: Feb 13, 2004
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From: London, UK
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On 2004-07-24 21:07:28, Liam wrote:
After a lengthy debate at work last night we couldn't work out the answer to this question.
Is England a Country?
If anybody could help, it would be much appreciated.
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DUH. if its not a country, where do i live? the twilight zone.
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etaab
Joined: Jan 23, 2004
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From: UK - South Yorkshire
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As i see it, i'm English. Im not British. I come from England, i was born in England and i support England.
Britain, and the United Kingdom to me are stupid old terms we should have stopped using a hundred years ago.
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mince-inside
Joined: May 09, 2004
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From: Made in Alnwick living in Scot
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You only ever see UK or GB used in sporting events when we cannot muster enough team members per country 
Where's @scotsboy? as I'm sure its all to do with the Queen why it's still used.
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methylated_spirit
Joined: Jul 07, 2004
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From: Bonnie Scotland
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The COUNTRIES of scotland england wales NI are seperate, but they all *technically* owe loyalty to the queen, hence united *kingdom* it IS all to do with the royals, the kingdom bit, but remember the queen has no real political power, the government do. So in one sense we are all one nation, but in another we are seperate countries. Or i think thats what my history teacher was babbling on about when i was trying to look up Susan Harmans skirt 
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etaab
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methylated_spirit pretty much hit the nail on the head. They are seperate countries, they just all have to put up with the royals.
Personally, i hate the whole idea of a royal family.. what makes them royal compared to everybody else ?
The queen does have power though. In fact, she is above the law. Look at the Paul Burrel case. He was going to do time for theft, until the last minute the queen herself stepped in and said ' case closed '.
I mean come on, what the ***k !?
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methylated_spirit
Joined: Jul 07, 2004
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From: Bonnie Scotland
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To be honest i dont care, the burrel case had no effect on my life and i've got enough of my own problems to worry about. Im sure the queen doesnt care if i ran out of cash to pay my phone bill this month.
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Liam
Joined: Aug 21, 2002
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Whilst the fact that the burrel case has no direct effect on us is apparent. What does matter is the implications it has on the rule of law. Why should anyone be above the law? |
chucky_egg
Joined: Dec 18, 2003
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What worries me more than Queenie stopping the case at the last minute is that she *could* have stopped it before it cost us taxpayers thousands... she, and other "royals" effectively withheld evidence from what I understand of it.
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MadBob
Joined: May 07, 2004
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From: Manchester
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I was born in Britain I am British and all this crap of separate countries in the UK is bollocks.
If England, NI, Scotland & Wales are separate where is the border control? the same people who parrot on about England this and Scotland that are probably descendents of the idiots who used to say "I am not giving fealty to a king of England what's wrong with Mercia? we don't need no stinking Single England"
I can't wait for their to be a World Gvt. then we can have one football team (but who would they play?)
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tranquil
Joined: Dec 15, 2001
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From: Oslo, Norway
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The countries of England, Wales and Scotland form Great Britain (GB).
Great Britain + Norhern Ireland form United Kingdom (UK).
Simple as that.
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absinthebri
Joined: Feb 11, 2004
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From: London, UK
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On 2004-10-18 10:47:52, tranquil wrote:
The countries of England, Wales and Scotland form Great Britain (GB).
Great Britain + Norhern Ireland form United Kingdom (UK).
Simple as that.
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Wales is not a country; it's a Principality. Northern Ireland is not a country; it's a Province. But I get your point - Scotland is not England (seperate education and legal systems for a start) and they'r both part of GB and the UK. Simple, huh?
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methylated_spirit
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Scotland was a seperate country until some king or other sold it to England for £400, what a bargain!
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kimcheeboi
Joined: Dec 19, 2003
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the Native Americans sold the colonists Long Island for 2 necklaces and a blanket, if i remember correctly.
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Jake Blues
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quick someone give the scots their £400 back!!!
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