双语阅读：英格兰政府的历史
History of England governmentEvery since the Acts of Union, in 1707, England has not had its own independent government or political system.
Because England is essentially the historical core of the UK, and also by far the largest constituent part in population and area, its relationship to the UK is somewhat different to that of Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. The UK capital London is also the capital of England, and English is the dominant language of the UK as well.
Since Scotland and Wales voted for devolved administrations in referendums in 1997, there have been numerous debates about England's position within the United Kingdom. London has had a degree of devolution dating from about the same time in the form of the London Assembly.
While Scotland and Northern Ireland have always had separate legal systems to England, this has not been the case with Wales. However, laws concerning the Welsh language, and also the National Assembly for Wales, have created differences between the law in Wales, and the law in England, as they apply in Wales and not in England.
在1707年英国的《合并法》颁布之前，英格兰没有自己独立的政府或政治体系。
因为英格兰在历史上一直都是英国的核心，而且至今为止仍是英国有选举权的人口最多和面积最大的部分，它与英国的关系，和苏格兰、威尔士或北爱尔兰与英国的关系比较有些不同。英国的首都伦敦也是英格兰的首府城市，而且英语也是英国的主要语言。
自苏格兰和威尔士1997年进行公民投票选举成立地方议会，下放了管理权以来，关于英格兰在大不列颠联合王国中的位置的问题也进行了大量的辩论。几乎从同一时间起，伦敦市也通过伦敦议会的形式进行了一定程度的权力下放。
虽然苏格兰和北爱尔兰一直都有自己单独的与英格兰不同的法律制度，但威尔士不是这样。但是，由于威尔士语言的法律和威尔士国民议会只适用威尔士，而不适用英格兰，这样就使得威尔士的法律与英格兰的法律之间产生了差异。
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