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You're referring to the way things were in the past, whilst making claims about the present day. Empires don't generally give parts of themselves fair and free
by fidgewidge 4y ago
You're referring to the way things were in the past, whilst making claims about the present day. Empires don't generally give parts of themselves fair and free referendums on whether to stay and then win, do they?
- dTal 4y agoTell me then, why do you think England is unique among the constituent countries of the United Kingdom in not having "its own" parliament? Is it because it's the least important member, subservient to the others?
- fidgewidge 4y agoHistory, and the way devolution was set up by Blair. He wanted Scotland to have more power locally because it's a relatively left wing place that voted Labour at the time, and didn't want England to have more local power because that would have hurt Labour electorally.