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by marrs 3905 days ago
Neither the Isle of Man nor the Channel Islands are a part of the UK.
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Urgh. This is part of the problem. They're Crown Dependencies. They're neither fully independent countries nor part of the UK. They're accountable to their own local electorates but host a lot of firms doing business that's really in other countries. They're ideal tax havens.

I am fond of the constitutional tweeness of Man, Sark, etc, but their situation really does need to be regularised.

The last time that was on the cards suddenly all the MP"s expenses got stolen then exposed by a news paper whose owners live on sark.

Not that I am saying the two are related of course Inocent Grin

If the Isle of Man was invaded, the UK would be the one defending it.

The legal wordplay is irrelevant; it has no effective sovereignty if it cannot even put up a semblance of defending its own borders.