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I always wonder how to properly distinguise between the United Kingdom, Great Britain, and England?
Originally posted by jcsd
No, if your from Northern Ireland your still British, Graet Britain is just the largest Island in the British Isles (though yur not British f your from Ireland).
Tony Blair is the prime minster of the UK, Scotland and Northern Ireland recently got there own parliments (though they both still send MPs to Westminster which is the parliament and executive power for the whole of the UK) and have heads of these parliaments. Wales also recently obtained what is calle a 'regional assembly', howevr this has far less powers than the parliments in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Obviously the exact constitutional situation and history is complex to say the least but bascially the UK is governed as one but some powers are devolved to regional instituions.
Originally posted by plus
How does the parliament system work in Holland?
Is there any difference between Holland and the Netherlands?
What are the main taxes in Holland?
Originally posted by Zantra
So that it is correct that the queen and rest of the royal house have no actual politcal power?
Originally posted by plus
I mean which taxes do you have to pay if you are working in Holland. Which % of wages gets directly paid to the state? What other taxes are there?
Originally posted by selfAdjoint
Did you know that Homer wrote of the "pretonic" islands?
Originally posted by Andy
The royal family could get rid of the governement if they wanted too, but the likelyhood of that happening is very very slim.
Yeah, haven't you seen the movie Johnny English?
Originally posted by Robert Zaleski
Aren't the Scottish, Welsh and Irish the original inhabitants of the British Isles? I seem to recall that they have a genetic relationship with the Basque, while the English are predominately Germanic, i.e., Norman and Saxon.