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The UK Continental Shelf Act dates from 1964, the devolution push (note not independence) was in 1979; fifteen years later. If anything it is a reaction agains
by tankenmate 12y ago
The UK Continental Shelf Act dates from 1964, the devolution push (note not independence) was in 1979; fifteen years later.
If anything it is a reaction against greed as Scotland is substantially more left wing than England and Wales.
- acheron 12y agoThe idea that left-wing politics are somehow "against greed" is kind of hilarious.
- lotsofmangos 12y agoI think people may get that notion from the enforced redistribution of money from the rich to the poor side of it. You can argue about which works, but the capitalists and the communists and the socialists do all claim to want the greatest wealth for the greatest number.
- nickbauman 12y agoThen, of course, there's the mathematical claim to what the greatest wealth to the greatest number is: http://nbviewer.ipython.org/url/norvig.com/ipython/Economics.ipynb http://nbviewer.ipython.org/url/norvig.com/ipython/Economics...