What do you know about... the British oversea territories?
Welcome to the sixth part of our new short series where we talk about european dependencies and overseas territories! You can find an overview here. Todays topic: The British oversea territories. The British Overseas Territories are 14 territories under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United Kingdom. They are the remaining parts of the ...
Why aren't British Overseas Territories made part of Britain.
Dec 29, 2012 · Their overseas territories ARE France, pretty much. Need a passport as it's not part of Schengen space, but you can work and live in those territories if you wished, as they are part of the EU. The British Overseas Territories are not. NOTE: Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man are Crown dependencies, not Overseas Territories. Slightly different.
Which British Overseas Territory would or should be the next
Jun 20, 2023 · The British Overseas Territories are fascinating to me; far-flung remnants of the British Empire which still want to be under UK sovereignty: Anguilla, Bermuda, the BVI, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Saint Helena, Turks and Caicos, and a handful of even smaller islands.
B841 - British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies
Jul 1, 2019 · (1) All current British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies Members of Parliament will retain their seats under the Overseas Territory Democracy Act 2015. (2) If, via Section 3 (1), a British Overseas Territory or Crown Dependency becomes an integrated part of the United Kingdom, Sections 2(2) and 2(3) of the Overseas Territory ...
Why aren’t some British Territories fully apart of the U.K.? - Reddit
Dec 9, 2021 · So first of all we're going to have to distinguish the Crown Dependencies from the Overseas Territories. If I'm not mistaken the Crown Dependencies are almost completely self-governing apart from when it comes to foreign policy issues, whereas the Overseas Territories have some self-governance, but their governors are appointed directly by Westminster (and …
It’s time to make British overseas territories fully part of the UK
The solution is to do as the French do, the bigger overseas territories, can be granted a specific MP, but the smaller ones should be grouped together and form "overseas" constituents. Then with additional "overseas" constituents, where people that vote from abroad is counted from.
Map of The 13 British Overseas Territories : r/MapPorn - Reddit
Oct 30, 2022 · Also, the status of the two British Overseas Territories in Cyprus is more complicated too. Technically, these areas are legally considered as sovereign Overseas Territories of the UK under leasing from the Republic of Cyprus, that's why the UK government has to pay rent to the Cypriot Government for the military bases there.
Why are the French Overseas Territories part of the EU, but
French Overseas Territories are France. British Overseas Territories aren't the UK. The UK is limited to the areas that currently send MPs to Parliament (there's a concept in the Westminster system that "Parliament's jurisdiction only extends entirely to, from where its members come."
Flags of Current British Overseas Territories : r/vexillology - Reddit
Dec 26, 2014 · The name "British Overseas Territory" was introduced by the British Overseas Territories Act 2002, replacing the name British Dependent Territory introduced by the British Nationality Act 1981. Prior to 1 January 1983, the territories were officially referred to …
Do you feel people in British overseas territories are British and ...
Afaik w the British ones, they have far more autonomy, use a different version of the pound, don’t really get representation in parliament, and for a while the people who lived in these overseas territories weren’t really British in the sense that they had …