Scottish Devolution - What Do You Think ?

Question

Has anyone got an opinion about the referendum result on the setting up of a Scottish Paliament ?
The result was (approximate figures) :-
45% - Yes
15 % - No
40% - ? - Did not turn up to vote.
55% - No's plus the "couldn't care less people".

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/history/pathtodevolution/index.htm

So now we are burdened with all this extra cost and beaurocracy all housed in a £0.45 Billion Pound building.

Answer 1

Well you can't say that you "Did nay vote fuurit so your no havin it" (like that Stagecoach bloke on the repeal of clause 28).....so you'll have to put up with it for a while.

I think we'll have an even more expensive one in England soon. It's all part of the plan to centralise power in Europe and treat sovreign nations like mere regions of the EU. Your first minister will become your Euro MP soon enough.....PERHAPS.

We can stop this by devolving some power but repatriating greater powers back from Europe to our Island. We need to bury the hatchet over past infighting and start acting like brothers and sisters who live on the same small Island.

Answer 2

If Scotland votes Yes then we devide the wealth, the armed forces, the national debt. All fair and square. As an employer, if I had two equivalent candidates for a job in North West England one was Scottish and one was Welsh, Northern Irish or English, it would not go to the Scot. In 10 or 20 years time when the Scottish national debt is out of control and tax is > 50% there should be no way back in. Share everything on devolution, get back in for 50 times the price. Maybe we can get on and prosper without listening to the constant whining and Anti-English garbage. What will eventually happen? Clans will reform and Scotland will start moaning and fighting internally at each other. Why, because peopleare inheriently unhappy, probably because of all the rain and midgies.
Seriously though. If the vote is NO, can we just put it all to bed, get and move forard. Lets face it. The Union Jack is probably the coolest flag in the world, Lets keep it.

Answer 3

It's only fair to count the people who actually voted. Who's to say what percentage of the people who didn't turn up for the vote didn't want to vote yes but couldn't make it for some reason or other?

So from that point of view, it's still 45% yes, 15% no.

As for the cost of the building, let's put it into perspective - the Millenium Dome (open for a year, shut and empty for the last 5 years) costed over £700m to build; the new Wembley Stadium over £750m. Why is a fully functional set of parliament buildings, with working offices, debating, committee and consultation facilities along with all the associated support facilities, and a government building that's open to the public in the current climate of fear, with all the security and bomb proofing measures in place, be expected to cost £40million?

Answer 4

Westminster is the Parliament of the united kingdom of super Britain and northern eire. So for as long as Scotland continues to be interior the united kingdom it merits to be there and function that's say on the vast themes that would impact them, such because of the fact the Trident nuclear weapons device being renewed upon their seashores - which they are against. Devolution supplies the Scottish human beings greater say on themes that without postpone impact them, yet their parliament has been given in user-friendly terms constrained powers - Westminster is the placement that finally decides what it may and can't do. There are 646 seats in Westminster, Scotland presently has in user-friendly terms has fifty 9 of those seats, which might in all probability be decreased greater below a Tory government, so as that they may well be for sure overruled at any time. that's why independence may well be an incredible thought for them now. As for rebuilding Hadrian's Wall, i think of you will discover which you as a Geordie may well be even closer to the Scottish facet of the wall. It grew to become into equipped somewhat greater down than you may think of, that's nowhere close to Berwick-Upon-Tweed. in fact maximum of Northumberland is on the Scottish facet. So be careful what you want for. lol Edit: Scottish independence would not exchange the fact that we are all interior the ecu now. you are able to proceed to stay and artwork anyplace you like. :-)

Answer 5

It will be good if it gets local issues dealt with better than Westminster could but it does create many problems in the House of Commons! such as should scottish mps now be able to vote on only English issues, its a very grey area. I think a lower grade of parliament would have been better which could only deal with smaller issues leaving MPs in London, bit like the old system... but we'll just have to wait and see

Answer 6

Anything other than a complete free and in dependant Scotland is waffle. This Parliament was set up because the Labour party were alarmed at the inroads the SNP were making at that time into their(Labour) powerbase. Tam Dayell asked the famous Lothian question but the Labour party as usual don't want to answer.

Answer 7

As a Scot (and yes i did vote in that referendum!) it thought it was a good idea at the time but after all the scandal waste of taxpayers money - they have not really achieved anything that affects the Scot's way of life on a day to day basis - apart from the smoke ban in March - that's it.

In hindsight my opinion is that it was a waste of time/money and we should go back to one parliment for the four home nations.

Answer 8

The Scots have their own warbling house. Its time Scottish MPs were prevented from voting on English legislation.

Answer 9

My grandfather was born in Scotland and emigrated to Canada when he was 4. He and his mother spent their entire lives and much of their energy despising the English monarchy and English rule. I thought Scotland had its own parliament already; I thought that was all in the past.

Guess since Great-grandma and Grandpa are gone, no-one's keeping me up-to-date and I am out of touch.
Best of luck

Answer 10

based on your premise what are the figures for all uk elections in the last 30 years similar huh . how much did they spend on portcullis house ,the refurbishment of st georges tower and the westminster parliament itself