Why is there no thread on the fucking Royal Wedding?

[Cain]

England actually doesn't exist.  Seriously.

There hasn't been an English Parliament since 1707.  England does not exist as a political unit or recognized regional level administrative area, except for the purposes of EU elections, putting it on a par with, for example, Liege in Belgium.  That Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales do exist, yet England officially does not, is a cause of constant anguish for Daily Mail and Telegraph readers.  That there are more constituencies up for grabs in not-England than in the rest of the UK combined is frequently ignored, of course.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

It's a state, not a country. Scotland at least was it's own country, but I don't think the Welsh were ever granted that much freedom.

Wales was a nation once, briefly.

But they couldn't handle nice things.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

England actually doesn't exist.  Seriously.

There hasn't been an English Parliament since 1707.  England does not exist as a political unit or recognized regional level administrative area, except for the purposes of EU elections, putting it on a par with, for example, Liege in Belgium.  That Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales do exist, yet England officially does not, is a cause of constant anguish for Daily Mail and Telegraph readers.  That there are more constituencies up for grabs in not-England than in the rest of the UK combined is frequently ignored, of course.

Ah the West Lothian Question 

[Cain]

It always amuses me to argue with such people that bigwigs in London, wherever they are from, have no right to tell Wessex people what they can and can't do.  And if they start to agree, then argue it down to the county, district and town level (and beyond) until we reach a point where basically the only position one can take is that a person cannot force any other person to do anything, ever.

Arbitrary levels of local identification FTW.

[Suu]

In Florida, counties govern things like local sales tax and school districts.

In Rhode Island, they're just for show (granted we only have 5 of them). Which I guess they got from England.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

In Florida, counties govern things like local sales tax and school districts.

In Rhode Island, they're just for show (granted we only have 5 of them). Which I guess they got from England.

Same here. We're right next door so I suppose it makes sense. Counties in Massachusetts are basically only good for court cases and weather advisories.

[Suu]

Yeah, same here. We have a Providence COUNTY Courthouse, and a Kent COUNTY Courthouse. And there's no such thing as South County, it's really Washington County, which has a fair named after it, but I don't think it has a courthouse. 

[Don Coyote]

Bumping this because Welsh.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Royal Wedding you say?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wygzJtJwPnk

Now, normally, I would show this sort of thing out of being an Irish douche.

BUT.

This is a hilarious counterpoint to the standard "American station going off the air" back in the day when TV actually went off the air sort of thing.