on 26.04.2002 20:01 Uhr, mark at markds_at_mac.com wrote:
>
> Donald Wilson <marchie_at_mac.com> writes:
>
>> On Friday, April 26, 2002, at 10:07 AM, Smith, Bradley wrote:
>>
>>> Good point. Like it or not though, the Scots are British...
>>> for now.
>>>
>>> Brad
>
>> Well, they have their own independant Parliment, and the
>> Monarch has no power over law, so the claim that they are
>> British is a bit anachronistic and deceiving of the way things
>> are.
>
> True-ish (the parliament is not as independent is it appears to be
> and the Queen would probably annex Scotland if she ever decided to
> place England under military rule and could presuade the army that
> it made sense - joke), but unfortunately my passport is British
> and it describes my nationality as British. As a Scot living in
> Berlin in Germany though, I am usually reasonably pleased to be
> referred to as a Britischer instead of the usual Englander.
>
> mark.
Ah ha, another British Newton user in Berlin!
Simon
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