Government spins over "Sealand"

[Jon Ribbens]

Martin Cooper <mjc@cooper.org.uk> wrote:
> I see from the Guardian today that the Home Office
> is playing fast and loose with the facts by trying
> to pretend "Sealand" is under the juristiction of the
> United Kingdom in spite of the 1968 court ruling
> recognising it to be outside the country's territory,

The impression I got from reading the sealand web page was that the 1968
court ruling simply said "well, yes, it is more than 3 miles away". It didn't
say anything that would prevent the UK claiming ownership now that the
limit is 12 miles not 3 miles.

Also I'm not quite sure what's so secure about a territory with no armed
forces to speak of.