The Isle of Man is not and has never been part of the UK. It is a Crown Dependancy with its own parliament and its own laws.
I could see Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and at a push Cornwall becoming independent but splitting up the rest of England would be highly unlikely.
BTW: The voters in the north of England rejected a regional assembly and the government has given up on the idea.
Dont know about Wales and Ireland but your post is incorrect about Scotland, Scotland was a unified independent state before 1066.England was a well ordered and functioning country pre 1066 = when Wales, Ireland & Scotland were a bunch of feuding states. Of them, only Scotland managed to become a fully independent unitary state.
That said, why even contemplate a split.
Northerners may live beyond Watford but they are still English.
England was a well ordered and functioning country pre 1066 = when Wales, Ireland & Scotland were a bunch of feuding states. Of them, only Scotland managed to become a fully independent unitary state.
That said, why even contemplate a split.
Northerners may live beyond Watford but they are still English.
Dont take this the wrong way(and Ian,dont you dare ban me for another week!) but this is pretty crazy.britain never recovers from world war 2 by 1960 everyone is so sick of being poor that the country implodes with scotland becoming independant wales during the crisis the royal family and thier supporters manage to keep the london area and south east the rest is divided up by local politicains and buisnessmen. By 1962 it's clear that scotland and wales are communist the U.S decides that it's had enough since it's war loans aren't being repayed and invades scotland and wales. Meanwhile the kingdom of london and the southeast gets into a stupid war over the channel islands with France and is subsequently occupied. West germany takes the middle bit after uing an economic excuse to invade. Russia takes the hebrides and shetland islands in a sneak attack. northern ireland incidentally gets merged with the republic of ireland. all except for the middle bit of england is occupied
Dont take this the wrong way(and Ian,dont you dare ban me for another week!) but this is pretty crazy.
So it had nothing to do with being a Socialist?Heck, George Orwell joined a socialist militia in order to be in the ruling party once Britain fell to The Revolution.
So it had nothing to do with being a Socialist?
He was taking on Franco. A very noble cause indeed. As far as I was aware though, he was a Socialist.Does he mean the POUM? They were Trotskyists. Hardly likely to be in the 'winning side'...
Nah, the Solent. You're all northerners!
How about an independent Wessex?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wessex_Regionalist_Party
Oops, regarding Scotland. However, the Scotland that existed pre-1066 covered a smaller area than existing Scotland with areas like the Western Isles, Orkney, Shetland being part of Norway (albeit with native gaelic chiefs). The Treat of Perth, 1266, transferred the Western Isles to Scotland (for a small sum of cash). Other parts of modern Scotland, such as Moray and some of the Border regions were effectively independent - at least until King David, one of Scotland's greatest Kings, brought them under royal control in the early 12th Century.
I probably wasn't as clear as I should have been.
Hmmm...isn't it already happening?
London and a number of cities declare themselves Islamic Republics, which are imediately recognised by other Islamic powers, incl. some with nukes. The remaining Britons in the smaller towns are, heads bend, busy removing Piglets and other images that could insult those who must not be insulted.
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Steffen Redbeard
I think he was indluging in a bit of ignorant Islamophobia as is the fashion amongst the right these days.