I'll admit I've long been unclear about the various divisions in England and the U.K. For example, I know Chelsea is in London, but what, exactly, is Chelsea? And what are boroughs? I think I know the difference between the Town of London and Greater London. But what are counties?
See what I mean?
Boroughs are subdivisions of the city of London, aka Greater London, (note the non-capitalisation of city). London has a local authority structure called the Greater London Authority (famously abolished by Mrs Thatcher but since resurrected), within it are sub-divisions known as boroughs which have their own local authority structure with the ability to pass laws and exact local taxes within the framework of the GLA. Chelsea was once its own borough but has combined with Kensington to form a larger borough formally known as the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, several other boroughs have combined in this way in a general re-organisation several years ago. Royal boroughs (and other locations in the UK) are those granted a royal title or status by express wish of a specific monarch, and those with prefixes or suffixes such as "King's" or "Regis" that relate to historic ownership of the area by the Crown. To add confusion as we Brits always like to do, there is an area within the Borough of Southwark called just Borough (it was the scene of a terrorist attack you may have heard of a couple of years ago). Each borough has a chief executive and a ceremonial head called a Mayor.
There is no Town of London but there is a City of London (note the capitalisation of City) which is mainly comprised of the financial area of Greater London which has its own local authority arrangement. It's this Mayor who has the procession known as "The Lord Mayor's Show" every November. Songs popular before the 60s may include references to "old London town".
The rest of the country is split into counties or metropolitan areas which have their own structure of local government similar to the boroughs in London, although there are further subdivisions so that towns and cities within the counties have their own local authorities.
However, patting myself on the back, I know the exact difference between England, Great Britain, and the U.K. But don't ask me where Canada fitsinto that picture.
Congratulations, lots of Brits don't but I may have to set you an exam. Can you explain what the British Isles are?
Canada, like Australia, is a constitutional monarchy that accepts the Queen as it's head of state and a Governor General appointed by the Queen to represent her. However it has the autonomy to remove her if it so wishes. Like the Queen does in the UK, the Governor General formally "appoints" the government of the day, but if they didnt appoint the leader of the majority party in Parliament there would be a constitutional crisis.
And speaking of Chelsea (see! this isn't a thread hijack!), NBC used to air Premier League matches on either the broadcast network NBC, one of its basic cable channels (like CNBC or USA, etc.), of on NBCSN.
But last year they created their own streaming service called Peacock, and it has two tiers: Free and a pay access. Starting today, they have moved all of the top matches (like Man U v. Leeds and Chelsea v. CP) to Peacock+ which is behind a paywall. I can't see ponying up another $10 per month for yet another streaming service. But I suspect I'll change my mind as the season wears on...
[/b]
I have heard of the Peacock channel but was never sure what it was, thanks for explaining. I take it the choice of name reflects the NBC logo.