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It always struck me as a little odd that in quite a few British ex Colonies/Dominions the capital city and largest city were very often different - Ottawa V Toronto, Canberra V Sydney, Pretoria V Johannesbourg, Edinburough V Glasgow, possibly Delhi V Calcutta. Belfast may even at one stage have had a higher population than Dublin at one stage.
So could we ever have had, my favourite English city, Manchester, as the capital of England/Britain either by way of population (ie bigger than London) or as the seat of government!
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