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 Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 2:26 am Post subject: Re: The West Lothian Question- The Tory proposals are no ans |
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On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:49:30 -0700 (PDT), Maria <info@tajarts.co.uk>
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On Jul 4, 11:41 pm, Andrew <thecr...@macunlimited.net> wrote:
On 2008-07-04 05:35:46 +0100, Robert Henderson
phi...@anywhere.demon.co.uk> said:
In message <2008070400332075249-thecroft@macunlimitednet>, Andrew
thecr...@macunlimited.net> writes
than dissolving the Union altogether) is for England to have its own
Parliament, just as Scotland does. Ideally it could be based away from
London. Westminister is the UK Parliament, and creating 2 classes of
representative there would, I think, be corrosive to its
Simple solution: exclude all non-English seat MPs from the Commons
and that becomes the English parliament once more. The members of the
four national parliaments then sit in the federal parliament. The
Lords would be abolished. RH
As long as we didn't have to subsidise your English parliament, that
would be fine. So, where do you fancy siting the federal parliament?
(Clue - not Westminister).
Give the Celts a choice between each building with their own money an
assembly big enough to take the members and rotate the parliament or
use the House of Lords. RH
So where does the English parliament sit? In the Westminister buildings
we've contributed to? Using the equipment we've contributed to? I don't
think so. Typical English though - "what's mine is mine and what's
yours is mine too".
Just out of interest, where did the funding for the Scottish
Parliament come from?
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Fully funded from Scotland's fixed budget.
England, of course, operates under no such strictures. |
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Robert Henderson
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:01 am Post subject: Re: The West Lothian Question- The Tory proposals are no ans |
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In message <2008071422072943658-thecroft@macunlimitednet>, Andrew
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Sigh. Everyone in England subsidises Scotchland. RH
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I see we are in agreement. RH
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ŽiŠardo
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:08 am Post subject: Re: The West Lothian Question- The Tory proposals are no ans |
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Paul C wrote:
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On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:49:30 -0700 (PDT), Maria <info@tajarts.co.uk
wrote:
On Jul 4, 11:41 pm, Andrew <thecr...@macunlimited.net> wrote:
On 2008-07-04 05:35:46 +0100, Robert Henderson
phi...@anywhere.demon.co.uk> said:
In message <2008070400332075249-thecroft@macunlimitednet>, Andrew
thecr...@macunlimited.net> writes
than dissolving the Union altogether) is for England to have its own
Parliament, just as Scotland does. Ideally it could be based away from
London. Westminister is the UK Parliament, and creating 2 classes of
representative there would, I think, be corrosive to its
Simple solution: exclude all non-English seat MPs from the Commons
and that becomes the English parliament once more. The members of the
four national parliaments then sit in the federal parliament. The
Lords would be abolished. RH
As long as we didn't have to subsidise your English parliament, that
would be fine. So, where do you fancy siting the federal parliament?
(Clue - not Westminister).
Give the Celts a choice between each building with their own money an
assembly big enough to take the members and rotate the parliament or
use the House of Lords. RH
So where does the English parliament sit? In the Westminister buildings
we've contributed to? Using the equipment we've contributed to? I don't
think so. Typical English though - "what's mine is mine and what's
yours is mine too".
Just out of interest, where did the funding for the Scottish
Parliament come from?
Fully funded from Scotland's fixed budget.
England, of course, operates under no such strictures.
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....because they don't have a parliament of their own on which to waste a
massive overspend.
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Andrew
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:08 am Post subject: Re: The West Lothian Question- The Tory proposals are no ans |
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On 2008-07-15 10:41:24 +0100, ŽiŠardo <here@nowhere.com> said:
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Paul C wrote:
On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:49:30 -0700 (PDT), Maria <info@tajarts.co.uk
wrote:
On Jul 4, 11:41 pm, Andrew <thecr...@macunlimited.net> wrote:
On 2008-07-04 05:35:46 +0100, Robert Henderson
phi...@anywhere.demon.co.uk> said:
In message <2008070400332075249-thecroft@macunlimitednet>, Andrew
thecr...@macunlimited.net> writes
than dissolving the Union altogether) is for England to have its own
Parliament, just as Scotland does. Ideally it could be based away from
London. Westminister is the UK Parliament, and creating 2 classes of
representative there would, I think, be corrosive to its
Simple solution: exclude all non-English seat MPs from the Commons
and that becomes the English parliament once more. The members of the
four national parliaments then sit in the federal parliament. The
Lords would be abolished. RH
As long as we didn't have to subsidise your English parliament, that
would be fine. So, where do you fancy siting the federal parliament?
(Clue - not Westminister).
Give the Celts a choice between each building with their own money an
assembly big enough to take the members and rotate the parliament or
use the House of Lords. RH
So where does the English parliament sit? In the Westminister buildings
we've contributed to? Using the equipment we've contributed to? I don't
think so. Typical English though - "what's mine is mine and what's
yours is mine too".
Just out of interest, where did the funding for the Scottish
Parliament come from?
Fully funded from Scotland's fixed budget.
England, of course, operates under no such strictures.
...because they don't have a parliament of their own on which to waste
a massive overspend.
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They just think they do. |
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ŽiŠardo
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:52 pm Post subject: Re: The West Lothian Question- The Tory proposals are no ans |
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Andrew wrote:
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On 2008-07-15 10:41:24 +0100, ŽiŠardo <here@nowhere.com> said:
Paul C wrote:
On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:49:30 -0700 (PDT), Maria <info@tajarts.co.uk
wrote:
On Jul 4, 11:41 pm, Andrew <thecr...@macunlimited.net> wrote:
On 2008-07-04 05:35:46 +0100, Robert Henderson
phi...@anywhere.demon.co.uk> said:
In message <2008070400332075249-thecroft@macunlimitednet>, Andrew
thecr...@macunlimited.net> writes
than dissolving the Union altogether) is for England to have
its own
Parliament, just as Scotland does. Ideally it could be based
away from
London. Westminister is the UK Parliament, and creating 2
classes of
representative there would, I think, be corrosive to its
Simple solution: exclude all non-English seat MPs from the
Commons
and that becomes the English parliament once more. The members
of the
four national parliaments then sit in the federal parliament. The
Lords would be abolished. RH
As long as we didn't have to subsidise your English parliament, that
would be fine. So, where do you fancy siting the federal parliament?
(Clue - not Westminister).
Give the Celts a choice between each building with their own money an
assembly big enough to take the members and rotate the parliament or
use the House of Lords. RH
So where does the English parliament sit? In the Westminister
buildings
we've contributed to? Using the equipment we've contributed to? I
don't
think so. Typical English though - "what's mine is mine and what's
yours is mine too".
Just out of interest, where did the funding for the Scottish
Parliament come from?
Fully funded from Scotland's fixed budget.
England, of course, operates under no such strictures.
...because they don't have a parliament of their own on which to waste
a massive overspend.
They just think they do.
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Well, the only wasted massive overspend in this particular case was
fairly and squarely in Scotland. Plus, of course, Ł88,000 for a desk!
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