The Difference between Great Britain, the United Kingdom, and England

[tulloch]

Like Pence, Farthings, Shillings, Crowns and Florins - lots of history and more than a little complicated. Thanks. Very interesting.

[McClef]

Unless they're referring to the Partition of India, which was anything but peaceful.

T.

They should have made that a little clearer if they had actually had this in mind.

Ghandi himself was never an advocate of partition, that was instigated by Jinnah but only once the principle of independence had been conceded. Ghandi tried everything he could to prevent it but was unable to persuade him to change his mind.

So it still wasn't accurate to picture Ghandi the way they did.

[piperdbh]

You think he read that all in one take?

[Mike_Oettle]

A correction here for O’Callaghan: Crown dependency is the correct term for the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
They are not represented in the Westminster Parliament, but fall directly under the Queen.
The Isle of Man has its own parliament, the Tynwald, the world’s oldest existing legislature. The Tynwald is made up of the House of Keys and the Legislative Council.
The Channel Islands comprise two bailiwicks, Jersey and Guernsey. Its legislatures are called the States of Jersey and the States of Guernsey.
Sark and Alderney both fall under the Bailiwick of Guernsey.
When Westminster proposed privatising the Post Office in the 1970s, the States (of both bailiwicks) and the Tynwald disagreed, and were allowed to form their own postal services separate from Royal Mail.
This is why these islands then ceased issuing regional postage stamps (bearing the Queen’s head but no country inscription) and instead issued their own stamps, inscribed Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey.
Stamps have occasionally also been issued for Alderney by the Guernsey Post Office.
Private issues of locally valid stamps have been made for Herm island (also part of Guernsey), but these have had no official or international recognition.
During the Second World War, the Channel Islands were the only British soil to be occupied by Nazi German forces.
With permission from King George VI, the island authorities issued their own postage stamps during that time.
Regards,
Mike

[Jack Daw]

So, if the U.S. wanted to buy the province of Alberta, who do we pay?

[ABG0819]

Have you ever thought "that would be interesting to know." until you see an odd little video explaining it. "Maybe I didn't want to know that bad." LOL Great video and a LOT of information in a small amount of time.

[Mike_Oettle]

First watched this video at the office, where I have no sound. When I ran it on my home computer, only the first part came up, with no jump to the second part (which I observed at least twice at the office).
Can anyone solve this conundrum?
Regards,
Mike

[O'Callaghan]

A correction here for O’Callaghan: Crown dependency is the correct term for the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
They are not represented in the Westminster Parliament, but fall directly under the Queen.
The Isle of Man has its own parliament, the Tynwald, the world’s oldest existing legislature. The Tynwald is made up of the House of Keys and the Legislative Council.
The Channel Islands comprise two bailiwicks, Jersey and Guernsey. Its legislatures are called the States of Jersey and the States of Guernsey.
Sark and Alderney both fall under the Bailiwick of Guernsey.
When Westminster proposed privatising the Post Office in the 1970s, the States (of both bailiwicks) and the Tynwald disagreed, and were allowed to form their own postal services separate from Royal Mail.
This is why these islands then ceased issuing regional postage stamps (bearing the Queen’s head but no country inscription) and instead issued their own stamps, inscribed Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey.
Stamps have occasionally also been issued for Alderney by the Guernsey Post Office.
Private issues of locally valid stamps have been made for Herm island (also part of Guernsey), but these have had no official or international recognition.
During the Second World War, the Channel Islands were the only British soil to be occupied by Nazi German forces.
With permission from King George VI, the island authorities issued their own postage stamps during that time.
Regards,
Mike

I thought the inscription inside my old passport said 'The United Kingdom of Great Britain, Northern Ireland, The Isle of Man and the Channel Islands'. Perhaps it said, or should have said 'The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, The Isle of Man and the Channel Islands'. Completely different, you see. The current one doesn't say anything like that.

[Mike_Oettle]

Probably the bureaucrats in London were cutting corners and not being as clear as they should have been.
I imagine that British passports have always been valid for the (home) Crown dependencies as well, but the distinctions between them and the UK have been more marked in the past four decades.
Regards,
Mike

[Brian K]

I enjoyed this immensely. It was an entertaining way to flesh out the details of something I understood in the main but was lacking in the some of the details. Thanks, Ron!

Could someone help out a Yank, though? In the video the presenter spoke of British citizens, but I was always taught that the correct term was subjects. I would appreciate a clarification. Some would say it's a question of semantics but, considering the video's explanation of the concept of The Crown, it is, perhaps, an important distinction.

Regards,

Brian