Westminster can overrule the very existence of Scotland and Wales as anything other than an idea in people’s heads. Canberra cannot do that. It’s not even remotely similar.
I think Westminster can’t stop Scotland and Wales existing as physical realities any more than Canberra can. Trying to snuff either of them out as political entities would now probably provoke a constitutional crisis. It’s not the 1700s any more.
As it is today, the UK operates under the idea that the “British” are a single unified nation
Yeah, no. Most of the people who pretend that British means any unified thing are in a few right-wing parties.
In a London or Sydney–based game, I would probably use the city councils as the 3nd administrative division and suburbs for 4th, but maybe someone with more knowledge could address it better.
I wouldn’t in London. The only city council is Westminster, so it would leave big gaps in the map. The City of London has a Corporation rather than a city council as such. You’d probably want cities/boroughs (1st-level) that contain parliamentary constituencies (2nd-level) that contain districts/liberties/communities/parishes (3rd-level) that contain wards (4th-level) but even that is imperfect and probably subject to variation in some area or other.
Hmm, perhaps I’ve used the wrong terminology. I know I’ve used the term loosely in the case of Sydney, which has 30 separate Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the metropolitan area, only 12 of which are called “city”.
When I said city council, I meant all 30 in Sydney. And in London I meant all of the equivalent. From Enfield to Croydon, from Hillington to Havering.
I think Westminster can’t stop Scotland and Wales existing as physical realities any more than Canberra can. Trying to snuff either of them out as political entities would now probably provoke a constitutional crisis. It’s not the 1700s any more.
Yeah, no. Most of the people who pretend that British means any unified thing are in a few right-wing parties.
I wouldn’t in London. The only city council is Westminster, so it would leave big gaps in the map. The City of London has a Corporation rather than a city council as such. You’d probably want cities/boroughs (1st-level) that contain parliamentary constituencies (2nd-level) that contain districts/liberties/communities/parishes (3rd-level) that contain wards (4th-level) but even that is imperfect and probably subject to variation in some area or other.
Hmm, perhaps I’ve used the wrong terminology. I know I’ve used the term loosely in the case of Sydney, which has 30 separate Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the metropolitan area, only 12 of which are called “city”.
When I said city council, I meant all 30 in Sydney. And in London I meant all of the equivalent. From Enfield to Croydon, from Hillington to Havering.