May be many are confused by the fact that the Isle of Man is notAbsolutely not! The Isle of Man and the Channel Islands (i.e. separately Jersey; and Guernsey which governs Alderney, Sark and Herm) have a very different status from Scotland or Wales, and a very different status from provinces of a federation or confederation. Their status is actually more like that of Canada and Australia, independent countries with the same monarch. They have no representation in the Parliament in London. They are not part of the EU. Their external relations do come under the government in London as a matter of convenience, and probably for this reason they are not separate members of the UN. But they are no more part of the UK than Monaco is part of France.
an independant country, even if has its own regional legislative
authority (also in other British Channel Islands), and is more or
less considered with the same status as other regional authorities
found in many countries (including Spain's regions, Germany's
L�nder, UK's nations, US's states, Switzerland cantons...)
The French system, for better or for worse, is completely different.
-- Peter Kirk [EMAIL PROTECTED] (personal) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) http://www.qaya.org/
