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Ah, OK. Both on UK soil and in continental Europe, I see. Yes, that's quite possible, since other than that there's only Gibraltar, I think. (Though, off-topic
by tom_mellior 9y ago
Ah, OK. Both on UK soil and in continental Europe, I see. Yes, that's quite possible, since other than that there's only Gibraltar, I think.
(Though, off-topically, I don't necessarily buy the "UK soil" part. Supposedly even the "embassies are foreign soil" thing is more of an urban legend than legal reality. Also, the monument being the property of the UK should be enough to block its destruction.)
- jcranmer 9y ago> Supposedly even the "embassies are foreign soil" thing is more of an urban legend than legal reality. It depends on what you mean by "foreign soil." Embassies are extraterritorial--as the name implies, it does not represent a claim on land, but the laws of the diplomat's country, not the host country, generally apply. This difference is sometimes crucial: being born in an embassy would not give you jus soli citizenship and GWB set up the terrorist prison in Guantanamo Bay to try to ensure that the Constitution wouldn't apply (since Guantanamo Bay isn't US soil, it's a base leased to the US by Cuba).
- kakwa_ 9y agohttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/does-perpetuity-have-a-future-9242899.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/does-perpetuity-... Yes, it might be a little more complex than that: > On 29 December 1915, a law was passed creating a right to a perpetual resting place on French soil to any soldier in the French army or Allied army who had died for France. The land that contains the UK's war cemeteries abroad is held "in perpetuity" by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC)