London 2012

politically however it's the capital of the united kingdom

I hereby agree. Just like Paris is the capital of Australia.

The United Kingdom is a Union of the Countries of England and Scotland, the Principality of Wales, and Northern Ireland.

The Capital of England is London.

The Capital of Scotland is Edinburgh.

The Capital of Wales is Cardiff.

The Capital of Northern Ireland is Belfast.


The Captial of the Union is London.

Geographical fact overrules political folly.

The geographical "fact" is that London is the biggest city within the UK, it is the home of the UK 's Government and of the UK's Monarchy - ipso facto it is the capital of the UK. A quick look through a few reference books or on the web should be all that's needed to accept this.

In the US each state has a capital city, but the capital of the United States is Washington DC. Same principle.

But geographically, England isn't separate -- only politically.

The United Kingdom is not an island either, it is many hundreds of islands. You are speaking of Great Britain, which is a geographical term for an island, often wrongly applied to mean the political entity that is the United Kingdom.

Wales didn't have a capital until 1955 -- what about before then?

I can't believe you're still arguing over this.

Take a look at your passport. You are a subject of the United Kingdom of Great Britian and Northern Ireland, of which the capital is London

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I would have liked this discussion to go back to the London 2012 sucessful bid, and not carry on with his London, UK crap which has been going on for ages now. You're all preety much enforcing what the last person said.

I'd pretty much like you to be quiet, we don't always get what we want.

No you don't. Continue arguing then, Hymagumba.

Not sure how true this is, but someone said to me that the reason Britain didn't get the Olympics before was because London wasn't the host city. As good as Birmingham and Manchester would be the IOC felt that the capital should host it.