Talk:Dependent territories of the United Kingdom

Dependency status
Are the overseas territories *really* legally part of the UK?

If I fly to Gibraltar, I have to show my passport to enter the territory; likewise on return to the UK. This to me suggests a different status than, say, Scotland or Northern Ireland.

--AdamW — Preceding unsigned comment added by AdamW (talk • contribs) 18:36, 16 October 2002 (UTC)
 * Good question. My first thought is "no".  If there's some sense it is true, it's unclear and nor what one would take from the main articles on each.  Nuances on those lines should really be dealt with there.  This should be as close to a minimal dab/nav page as can be managed without being unduly opaque.  109.255.211.6 (talk) 14:36, 8 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Looking more closely, I think what it's saying is that there's UK sovereignty, not that it's part of the UK per se. I'm not sure it's necessary to say any of this here anyway.  109.255.211.6 (talk) 02:54, 12 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Note that this (undated) question was asked in 2002. Hopefully the editor (who has been inactive since 2014) has found the answer they were looking for at some point in the past 22 years. Thanks for taking the time to help answer another Wikipedian's question, though! Adam Black  talk &bull;  contribs 00:34, 16 June 2024 (UTC)