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Subject: [Leica] OT: What about England/Channel Islands
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Thu Dec 15 13:21:33 2005
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Hello David,
thanks for going into more detail on the Channel Islands, now I remember 
that it was only Sark which had a Seigneur.
For Channel Island fans there are some wonderful passages in Lawrence 
Norfolk's wonderful novel  "Lempriere's Dictionary" describing the 
landscape.
cheers
Douglas

David Morgan wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Douglas was nearly right about the Channel Islands, but not quite...
>
> The Channel Islands (British to differentiate them from the islands 
> off the Californian coast) are made up of a large number of islands, 
> some not much larger than rocks.  The 4 main islands (in order of size 
> and population) are Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Sark. These islands 
> are self-governing and so are NOT part of the UK, but ARE part of GB 
> (confused yet?)
>
> We in the Channel islands have different tax laws from the UK. I am 
> not certain about the other islands, but Jersey's tax status was 
> granted by Charles II in appreciation of the Island's support during 
> the civil war.  Going back a little further, Jersey was part of the 
> Duchy of Normandy so when William the Conqueror  (Duke of Normandy) 
> invaded Britain he made it part of the Duchy of Normandy. So it could 
> be argued that Britain belongs to Jersey!!
>
> From a political standpoint, the Channel islands are split into 2 
> bailiwicks (overseen by a bailiff)  - Jersey and Guernsey with  
> Guernsey assuming responsibility for Alderney and Sark. We have our 
> own parliaments (or states as they are called) and make our own laws. 
> However, as we are effectively British, the laws are very much in line 
> with UK law. But we are not members of the EU.
>
> Sark was feudal until a few weeks ago - gradually getting into the 
> 18th Century. The Jersey states until last Monday had a governing 
> system based on committees - no prime minister or cabinet as in 
> Britain. We have just moved to a more UK - like system after about 500 
> years.
>
> As a Jersey resident I have a Jersey passport. As I was born in Wales 
> I have rights allowing me to work in the EU. My wife, who is a Jersey 
> girl by birth and of a Jersey family (ie all 4 grandparents born in 
> Jersey) has a stamp in her passport saying that she is not entitled to 
> work in the EU..
>
> Hope this makes everything simple!!
>
> David in sunny Jersey
>
> At 00:07 13/12/2005, you wrote:
>
>> Adam,
>> Great Britain is an island, the largest of the British Isles.
>> England, Scotland and Wales are countries on the island of GB, Northern
>> Ireland is a part of the island of Ireland. The other part of the 
>> island of
>> Ireland is Ireland, or the Republic of Ireland, aka Eire, whereas the
>> northern bit is sometimes known as Ulster.
>> Add to these thethe semi-independent Channel Islands and the Isle of 
>> Man, we
>> then have an entity known as the British Isles (purely geographic in
>> nature).
>>
>> Now the political bit:  Subtract Eire from the equation and we now 
>> have the
>> United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the political
>> bit) Usually shortened to the United Kingdom or just plain UK..
>>
>> Subtract Ulster (N.Ireland) the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 
>> and we get
>> back to Great Britain, which, although ruled from London, does have 
>> regional
>> capital cities with regional parliaments, Scotland has Edinburgh, 
>> Wales has
>> Cardiff, The Isle of Man is out on a limb with it's Tynwald in the 
>> capital
>> Douglas, a sort of local government related to the Nordic idea of a 
>> Ting or
>> Thing, a meeting of elders to decide the fate of a nation, The IOM is
>> actually allowed, along with the Channel Islands, to make their own 
>> laws and
>> set the level of their tax levies. To make it even more fun the Channel
>> Islands are ruled in a form of feudalism with a bloke called a 
>> Seigneur at
>> the top of the political pile. Then there's also a pile of rocks way 
>> out in the Atlantic Ocean called
>> Rockall, the only use of which is to extend our continental shelf 
>> rights and to act as a training site for Royal Marines to mount 
>> amphibian assaults - nobody lives there.
>> Douglas
>>
>>
>>
>> Adam Bridge wrote:
>>
>>> I was listening to the news today and I heard a reporter sign off from
>>> London, England.
>>>
>>> Someplace along the line I was bashed pretty hard (not here) about 
>>> there
>>> being a United Kingdom but that England wasn't precisely a place. So 
>>> I've
>>> always used U.K.
>>>
>>> What's "correct" and what's general usage. And does it really matter?
>>>
>>> I'm curious and wanted to know.
>>>
>>> An aside: Has anyone tried the McCallan Scotch that's aged in oak wine
>>> barrels? It sure sounds mellow to me. Read about it in the Wall Street
>>> Journal's article on Scotch that was out this weekend.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Adam
>>>
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In reply to: Message from abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge) ([Leica] OT: What about England)
Message from douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp) ([Leica] OT: What about England)
Message from david.morgan10 at localdial.com (David Morgan) ([Leica] OT: What about England)