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
Border disputes between New York and Connecticut Border disputes between New York and Connecticut During the American colonial era, the colonies of New York and Connecticut often disputed the precise location of their shared border, leading to a bloodless border war that eventually gave the colonies their modern shapes. Though the dispute was officially resolved in 1731, effects of the boundary conflict persisted until well after both colonies gained statehood as part of the United States following the American Revolution. The dispute originated largely as an extension of a wider ongoing conflict between the colonial ambitions of benefactors of the Dutch Republic and the Kingdom of England.