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Please take this OUT of .direct. It really doesn't have anything to do with
.direct anymore.
Paul Ferguson wrote:
> First, I apologize for jumping into this off-topic discussion with
> another off-topic response but I'll do it anyhow. What Paul says below
> is MOSTLY true, with some reservations. My experience is now about
> a decade old, so you UK people can help me out here where I've gone
> wrong.
>
> 1. Scots Law is not, in fact, exactly the same as English Law. The titles
> (the "Procurator Fiscal" is one) and duties of the judges and officials of the
> legal system are different, and there are some procedural differences. The
> most notable is that Scotland allows THREE verdicts in a criminal trial:
> Guilty, Not Guilty, and Not Proven. The last basically means that the jury may
> think that the accused committed the crime, but that the prosecution messed up
> its case, so the accused goes free. For you mystery novel readers, this is the
> origin of the term "Scotch Verdict".
>
> Moreover, whenever the Parliament (at Westminster, in London) passes a
> law, it applies to England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. They then pass
> an identical or similar bill called the "whatever-this-law-is (Scotland) Act".
> Note that it really ticked off the Scots back in the late 1980s when
> the conservative government imposed on Scotland a "poll tax" which fell
> more heavily on low-income people than the English counterpart did, because
> they'd worded the two laws differently. (Perfidious sassanachs!)
> Perfectly legal in the U.K.
>
> This is because, unlike Wales and Northern Ireland, Scotland did not come
> under the Britsh crown by conquest. Instead, a Scottish King, James VI (of
> Scotland), inherited the English throne, becoming James I of England
>
> 2. Currency: All banknotes in England are printed by the Bank of
> England, which is kind of like the U. S. Federal Reserve. Bank Notes in
> Scotland are issued by three commercial bankes, the Bank of Scotland,
> the Royal Bank of Scotland, and the Clydedale Bank. They all look different
> from each other and from the Bank of England notes. (Coins are the same
> everywhere). In fact, the last time I was there, on the English side,
> all the one-pound paper currency had been replaced with coins, but Scotland
> still had one-pound paper notes. Now, all of this currency is SUPPOSED
> to be legal tender throughout the U.K., but as those of us who have taken
> the overnight train from Edinburgh to London with nothing but a pocket
> full of Scottish currency know, it can be darn hard to convince local shops
> in the south of that (I've even had public transit people refuse my
> Scottish notes) -- they've just never seen the Scottish ones before.
>
> 3. Postage stamps: no big deal, cause they all work everywhere in the
> U.K., but did you know that there are variants of the basic, non-commerative
> postage stamps, too? In Scotland they have a lion (Scottish royal symbol)
> in the upper right. In Wales it's a dragon, and in Northern Ireland it's
> the hand of Ulster.
>
> Oh, well, end of tirade. Don't even get me started on the Isle of Man,
> the Tinwold, and "birching."
>
> Paul Ferguson
> (On behalf of the Community of the Realm of Scotland)
>
> In lugnet.lego.direct, Paul Davidson writes:
> > Well, whether you like it or not, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales are
> > all subordinate to the sovereignty of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
> > and Northern Ireland, sharing her laws, defense, and currency.
> >
> > But I'd be the first one to support an independent Scotland if they ever
> > manage to get that far. :) The Scottish Parliament is a good first step!
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> > Paul Davidson
>
> ....<Big snip here of Scott Arthur's message>
>
> > >
> > > Scott A
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| Tom, My mistake. I thought I had deleted .direct from the post to: field. Apologies to all. Paul (...) the (...) may (...) up (...) the (...) Act". (...) (26 years ago, 28-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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