The
Politics of England forms the major part of the wider
politics of the United Kingdom, with
England being more populous than all the other
countries of the United Kingdom put together. As England is also by far the largest in terms of
area and GDP, its relationship to the UK is somewhat different from that of
Scotland,
Wales or
Northern Ireland. The English capital
London is also the capital of the UK, and
English is the dominant language of the UK (not officially, but
de facto).
Dicey and Morris (p26) list the separate states in the
British Islands. "England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the
Isle of Man,
Jersey,
Guernsey,
Alderney, and
Sark.... is a separate country in the sense of the
conflict of laws, though not one of them is a State known to public international law." But this may be varied by statute.