Right,

In this article:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/ma...roenclaves.xml

about exclaves, there are two dodgy assertions. Firstly:

"[Ely Place] is a little corner of Cambridgeshire, still enjoying freedom
from entry by the Metropolitan Police, except by invitation of the
Commissioners of Ely Place"

I don't dispute that Ely Place was technically a part of Cambridgeshire
for centuries (a joyously bonkers story), but another source states that
"Cambridgeshire officially handed over jurisdiction of Ely Place to Camden
Council sometime in the 1970's".

Secondly:

"according to EU regulations, all inter-EU mail has to go though a sorting
office in Amsterdam."

Which seems very, very unlikely indeed to be true.

Anyone got any ideas about these? I'm asking on utl because it's
frequented by the kind of person who i feel might know.

tom

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