But surely 'Administratively British' is a pleonasm? What else can 'British' be but--whoever they are are and wherever they're from, no matter what language they speak or what their loyalties--those who are administered by British Governments? ("I'm from Ingerland./Where're you from?/Where you're from/Do they put the kettl'on?" Opening lines of "Vindaloo", Keith Allen's wonderful but unsuccessful attempt to make a left-wing football video.)
But surely 'Administratively British' is a pleonasm? What else can 'British' be but--whoever they are are and wherever they're from, no matter what language they speak or what their loyalties--those who are administered by British Governments? ("I'm from Ingerland./Where're you from?/Where you're from/Do they put the kettl'on?" Opening lines of "Vindaloo", Keith Allen's wonderful but unsuccessful attempt to make a left-wing football video.)