Politics of England up in Berwick. Purvis has asked for the border to be moved "twenty" miles south (i.e., south of the Tweed) to include Berwick borough council rather than just the town, and has said: According to a poll conducted by a TV company, 60% of residents favoured Berwick rejoining Scotland. Politics of England 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
March law (Anglo-Scottish border) 1464 were not much more than a reiteration of those of 1457 that Henry VI and James II had signed. Border law worked even with the coming-back into power (briefly) of Henry VI and the accession of James III of Scotland. In 1473, new procedures for dealing with cross-border homicides were instituted, along with a limit on the number of retainers that could be invited to the days of march (which often ended in riotous behaviour, in part due to the sheer numbers of opposing armed bands). The war between England and Scotland of 1480-84 put the border courts into