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February 15th, 2010 at 1:05 pmDowns

I didn’t think it was possible to associate words like “beauty” and “government.” But I stand corrected. Well done.

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February 18th, 2010 at 7:54 amKeith

Mubashar, you might want to amend the label of “England” that you have applied to the Number10.gov.uk site, before you offend readers from Scotland, Northern Ireland or Wales

It should be “United Kingdom”: it may be poorly understood across the Atlantic, but the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the sovereign state of which England is just one of four constituent countries.

February 18th, 2010 at 8:13 amMubashar Iqbal

@keith: Good point, and I do know better having lived in London for quite a few years.

In my research though I did find websites for the Government of Scotland, the National Assembly for Wales, and Northern Ireland Executive so I guess I’m was going to offend someone either way.

February 18th, 2010 at 9:57 amKeith

@Mubashar: Ah yes, we’re doing our best to confuse the rest of the world with our devolved forms of government!

Scotland does indeed have its own parliament and government with a First Minister at its head. The Scottish Government is responsible for health, education, justice, rural affairs, and transport in Scotland; other matters such as defence and foreign policy are reserved to the Westminster parliament in London, which is the supreme parliament for the UK. The Number10.gov.uk site is the site of the UK Prime Minister, who heads the UK Government, and so it is appropriate to label the site “UK” rather than “England” — the two are not synonymous, which you will know having lived there.

I’m sure that’s all clear as mud!

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February 21st, 2010 at 6:49 pmNils Geylen

Hey, nice collection here and quite different from the usual comparison of portals we get to see.

There may be some nitpicking comments to follow I’m sure, and I don’t want to come across as one, but it struck me that you’ve mixed PMs with presidents for at least a couple of countries.

For Ireland you’ve chosen the president (McAleese), but not the PM (Cowen). For Germany and France you’ve chosen the PM (Merkel and Fillon) but not the president (Köhler and Sarkozy).

I fully understand though, because there are huge differences in importance and function in these separate countries. I wouldn’t consider this an oversight or a mistake at all.

And as I said at the beginning, it’s a very interesting overview. Thanks.

February 21st, 2010 at 7:08 pmMubashar Iqbal

@Nils: Thanks for the comment.

I wish I was smart enough to understand the different ways that every country operated their governments, maybe I should have gone to school for something other than computer science

March 2nd, 2010 at 4:39 pmHüseyin

Hello, I suggest another government website. It’s from Turkey http:///www.turkiye.gov.tr

March 9th, 2010 at 9:43 amChalil Costa

Faltou citar o do governo da croácia!

http://www.vlada.hr/en