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Will the UK become a nation of federal states?
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 11 Sep 2014 10:44 |
Do you think, as a result of the various debates about Scottish Independence, that there will be increased pressure put on central government to devolve more powers to other regions, perhaps even going as far to make these regions - federal states? |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 11 Sep 2014 10:59 |
Dividing England up into smaller self governing segments would be too inward looking and a nightmare to work out budgets. |
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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it | Report | 11 Sep 2014 11:08 |
I hope not |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 11 Sep 2014 11:37 |
the idea that London/Westminster is "remote" is often quoted and as with many daft ideas untrue. We live in an age when quite ordinary people think nothing of jetting off to Bali or Orlando for a break and own holiday homes from the Rockies to Tuscany. London is by far the easiest place to access from all parts of England. In any case the internet has given us low cost instant communication world wide. We live in a global village not villages of mud huts and three days to London! England has never been run in any sort of federal sense for over a thousand years. Labour tried to bring in such ideas in the last govt and they were roundly rejected. The problems of political islands impervious to change responsible to no one are all to obvious in, say, S Yorkshire and Glasgow. It has always been UK policy to allocate funds according to need not the tax base. Thus the Barnett formula is fair. Without it the Highland and. Islands would become a desert and the health problems of GT Glasgow even worse than now. This is also one of the gaping holes in Salmonds nonsense. The W Lothian question suggests that questions about such things as transport education and the NHS in England should be decided only by the English. Problem is the decisions about Hs2, London airports, major universities and the NHS affect everybody in these islands. Federalising the UK is just another way of granting Salmond what he most desires. |
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Rambling | Report | 11 Sep 2014 11:52 |
I have to agree with Rollo that Westminster is not remote. 300 years ago yes, even 50 years ago in some respects, but today I can email my MP and have him listen ( and respond) to my concerns about many subjects from bees to local budgets. |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 11 Sep 2014 12:17 |
All the leaders of the 3 main political parties at Westminster have promised to devolve more powers to the Scottish Parliament if Scotland votes No to independence, these include more tax powers, more spending powers, and more powers over the welfare state - that might heal some wounds as far as Scotland is concerned but I think it will open up wounds in other areas of the United Kingdom :-( |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 11 Sep 2014 15:59 |
Trouble with those in power is they do like to use smoke & mirrors ;-) |
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BrianW | Report | 11 Sep 2014 21:07 |
Even if you moved the UK Parliament to (say) Manchester everybody outside Manchester would be moaning that Manchester is remote and not catering for their needs. |
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