Another British isles discussion

**pineapple stu** · 17/09/2007, 9:26 PM

The council is Derry Council. It was brought to the courts last year to change the city name officially to Derry, but the court ruled (correctly, in my opinion) that that was a matter for a vote, not a court of law. The vote was left by the wayside as too divisive.

**OneRedArmy** · 18/09/2007, 8:57 AM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

The council is Derry Council. It was brought to the courts last year to change the city name officially to Derry, but the court ruled (correctly, in my opinion) that that was a matter for a vote, not a court of law. The vote was left by the wayside as too divisive.

As City status was granted by an Act of Parliament, and the city's name is officially Londonderry, it will require an Act of Parliament to change it.

It was left by the wayside as there was no chance of winning.

Personally, if I continued to pay rates in the DCC area I'd be fuming at the whole thing.

Let people call it what they want, Derry/Londonderry/Stroke City, there are a lot more important things to worry about in the city like job creation, anti-social behaviour etc.

**RogerMilla** · 19/09/2007, 7:31 AM

this is a fascinating thread , no one has actualy agreed on anything but nonetheless a lot of ground has been covered. i recall reading somewhere that the dept of education has taken the british isles out of the geography books being issued to kids ? is anyone here a geography teacher ?

I reckon i shall be noising up quite a few english mates with the info that the British isles actually do not exist citing our dept. of education as my source...

**Lionel Ritchie** · 19/09/2007, 7:40 AM

Originally Posted by RogerMilla

this is a fascinating thread , no one has actualy agreed on anything but nonetheless a lot of ground has been covered. i recall reading somewhere that the dept of education has taken the british isles out of the geography books being issued to kids ? is anyone here a geography teacher ?

I reckon i shall be noising up quite a few english mates with the info that the British isles actually do not exist citing our dept. of education as my source...

Surprised it was ever mentioned. When I was in secondary school in the 80's and doing my leaving cert in the early 90's we heard and learned absolutely nothing about the UK. It wasn't in the book. I can understand trying to get kids to broaden their horizons a bit and see a bigger world but that it wasn't even in the book is still a bit disgraceful when I think about it.