Personally, I'm against devolution, but unless we can take Scotlands and Wales parliments/assemblies away I think we should in the interests of fairness.
2006-07-05 05:44:07 · 14 answers · asked by AndyB 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
youre missing the point.
scottish parliament has only scottish m.p.'s. deciding on scottish issues and laws. no english or welsh input. However, the english parliament has the input of many other m.p.'s who are not english, deciding on english issues and laws. You have got a scottish chancellor, a scottish prime minister to name two, and more besides voting on english issues.
devolution is fine, but this is becoming an invasion by stealth of politics.
2006-07-05 06:01:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Why would anyone in their right mind want MORE government? From where I sit, I have a Parish Council, a Borough Council, a County Council, Westminster and the EU! They are generally useless as well! What have the Welsh and Scottish assemblies achieved? They've kept people voting for labour while shutting up their respective nationalist loonies. The people of Scotland and Wales have now got what they wanted, whilst costing the British taxpayer even more than they already paid out for subsidising the greater social security burdens that these 2 countries create (well alright, Wales is a principality, not a country). But are their lives any better? Well in Wales, you now get cheaper prescriptions. Whoop-de-do. Who's paying for it? Not the Welsh!
What was wrong with the United Kingdom? It worked for centuries and Blair's legacy will be to have torn it apart. I am proud to be British, not English. I like Scots, Welshman, Englishmen and Ulstermen. I don't see why we can't get along.
2006-07-05 13:33:27 · answer #2 · answered by Answer Me! 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Scottish and Welsh Parliament and Assembly respectably are all part of the Westminister Parliament in London. Although devolution has attempted to dissolve Westministers's sovereignty the Welsh Assembly has been criticised for being a talking box. Nothing can get done with out Westminister's say so. They have no legislative powers and can only suggest changes to Westminister and the EU. With regards to Scotland, the only main power is that they can raise and lower taxes. They can do other things like increase help for the elderly etc. The main flaw of the devolution of Scotland is that the building that they are in was budgeted at £40m but actually cost over £400m of the British tax payers cash. So, I don't believe we should have our own parliament unless we give all powers over Scotland to Scotland (and of course Wales).
2006-07-05 13:05:33 · answer #3 · answered by MonkeyMan 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think a previous poster had it right when they stated "How far does the devolution go?"
The Scotland and Wales MP voting issue aside, the Westminster Parliament tends to vote on issues near and dear to the SE (aka London). So do we set up a London Parliament? What about the north? Does Northumbria who often feels very alienated from SE politics get it's own Parliament? What about Cornwall and Devon? Cumbria? Birmingham?
When do we say enough is enough and say no to bigger government? It hasn't worked here in Scotland (by and large) and it won't work in England. The answer is a better, more efficient and streamlined government -not making all 60m of us an MP.
2006-07-05 14:15:49 · answer #4 · answered by Blitzhund 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it would be a pure waste of time at the moment and miss the point competely because when was the last time that the general public affected any legislation going through any parliment? In fact apart from voting ( for parties that arent that different anyway) when have you ever felt involved in the decision making process in this "democratic" country? Blair wont even listen to anyone else over a decision as important as war, where was parliments power? Think I'm wrong? Then try to affect some legislation through parliment, it wont happen. Some people think 1984 is long gone, I think its getting closer and closer.
- Paul C
2006-07-05 18:27:07 · answer #5 · answered by wicked_paul 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely. Scotland and Wales harp on all the time about being hard done to yet constitutionally England doesn't exist. Welsh and Scottish MPs vote on English issues but Wales and Scotland have their own assembly so England can't vote on their issues. Lets stop funding them and give them their independence asap...
2006-07-05 21:06:55 · answer #6 · answered by Jackie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am a Scot and I would encourage the English to get their own Parliament. You need your independence as much as we do. There are many reasons why it would now make sense to break up the Union. This does not mean we cannot be friends, I would hope that we could both develop at our own pace but support one another when it makes sense to do so.
I personnally think that Scotland should seek indepence but remaining inside the European Community. England should seperately consider their future.
2006-07-05 13:16:46 · answer #7 · answered by paul1953uk 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
England is in control of Scotland and Wales, why do we need our own parliament? The Welsh assembly and Scot's parliament is just a carrot to keep them sweet. Their 'governments' are more like local councils!!!!
Bless em...
Pot Noodle food of Britain. ISN'T IT!!!
2006-07-05 13:36:34 · answer #8 · answered by darren_pile 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
London has one, scotland & wales... so suppose the rest of england should. It would have the same amount of government as Australia and the USA if they did get their own parliament.
2006-07-05 12:48:52 · answer #9 · answered by CJ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its already got one. And the really cool thing (from an English perspective) is that England's Parliament gets to rule the neighbouring countries too.
2006-07-05 13:01:27 · answer #10 · answered by Quentin G 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋