Vince Brannigan wrote in message ...
Peter McLelland wrote:


It is interesting that the constitution they
adopted was merely an improved version of the UK one with and elected
second house and an elected king.

Actually no. The US federal system was a complex balance of powoer on
both national and local levels that had no UK counterpart. States in
fact were much closer to the UK model than the Federal government.

And that what's it still is. Still the UK doesn't
have a Federal Government. NASA is a wholey-owned
property of the US. The European counterpart
is France. The Asian counterpart is God Help Everybody.
Australia.