Scotish parliment, home rule for England?
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I live in Scotland and 100% agree with you. The present system is grossly unfair and unjustifiable. Scottish MPs should not be allowed to vote or even debate bills that do not relate to the whole of the UK. BLiar's health and education bills would not have passed if the scottish labour MPs hadn't voted for them. Yet the Scottish parliament determines health and education issues in Scotland and English MPs have no say over them.
1167028
no definetly not, england rule fuck the scots welsh nd hueva else there is
874264
How can you say 'everyone would be happy'? Nationalists would still be living on a divided island, and unionists would no longer be part of the UK. FYI this idea was mooted in the 1940s, when the Unionist government was unhappy about the left-wing social programmes being imposed on them by the UK Labour government, but it was a non-starter then and is a non-starter now.
552149
0, Britain doesnt play. England, Scotland, and Wales play separately.
831883
I dont want you to lose 5 points this week by falling for the Northern Ireland answer.\n\nAlexander George Cheyne (ref got spelling wrong) scored the winner for SCOTLAND direct from a corner in 89th minute of a British Championship game against England on 13th April 1929.\n\nThe match was played at Hampden Park in front of 110512 people.\n\nWorth a beer from all you MX fantasy football managers?
889079
Saudi Arabia democratic system is different to UK's, we operate a bicameral system which means anything our PM puts through in terms of big legislation has to go through to the House of Lords, just remember back to Fox hunting.... you think they can make big decisions like reforming the work laws or anything so contraversial, it will probably be a long time before anything such as this happens unfortunately.
317600
UK is subect to EU legislation .... Austrlia can make their own rules.
800582
yes, but in some ways it is worse because we dont have the same protections afforded to us as the US do against the possibility of a totalitarian prime-minister whose party have become supine to his/her will.The house of lords can be overruled by the Parliament if they so wish and if the law lords have been installed by that leader they may be beholden to him/her.I believe we need a constitution to outline these limits.
443514
you've seen braveheart? the english will never concede\ndefeat, its the best part about being english, being ignorant of the facts yet maintaining pride! I am a decendant of both countries and love the difference\neach has to offer! even Ireland!
353404
Scotland is in the U.K. region of Europe.  I think it is just north of England.  They wear kilts, play bagpipes, eat something called haggis (which I don't know what that is) and they are verys similar to Ireland.  Scotland is a Celtic country just like Ireland.  They share a similar style in last names, mostly names that have a Mc as a part of them.  A lot of Celtic music comes from Scotland as well.  \n\nEngland ruled Scotland for many generations.  The English burnt their houses down, raped their women, killed them, and did all kinds of horrible things to them.  William Wallace, a Scotsman, was a big leader in the fight for Scotland's independence.  Watch the movie "Braveheart" starring Mel Gibson as William Wallace if you haven't seen it.  It will show you just a hint of what the English actually did to the Scottish until Scotland won it's freedom from England.\n\nI've actually met a Scottish woman before.  Her name was Irene and I met her a few years ago in a bookstore.  My sister was with me.  She was a really neat lady.  I just listened to her talk most of the time because I loved the way she talked.  I love people with accents.  She said that in Edinburgh, Scotland, they have an annual festival called the Tattoo festival, but it doesn't have much of anything to do with actual tattoos.  I don't remember what it actually is about, though.\n\nAs with every country, Scotland has it's own neat culture, customs, beautiful sights and scenery, and neat people.  I have never been there, but I am going to go there someday.  I have heard that I have some Scottish in me, so I might go and see if I can find any family history there.  I know I have a lot of Irish in me, so Scottish isn't too far fetched I guess.
400684
Scotland - not to be confused with England which we are unfortunately conjoined to.\nWe have Mountains, Lochs, Fresh Air, no handguns under the bed, Friendly natives, men in kilts, the best Whisky in the world. \nWhat more do you need. Ye cannae beat it !!!\nCome & visit & you won't want to leave.
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Well, that's a pretty open question lol\n\nThe United Kingdom comprises of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The population is around 58 million, and the capital is London.\n\nThe inhabitants are more likely to identify as coming from their constituent countries, and England is the dominant country in the union. Despite this, England is the only member not to have it's own democratic process, and all English law is made by the Houses of Parliament along with law for the whole union.\n\nIt is a constitutional monarchy, currently led by Queen Elizabeth II. However, the real power rests with the democratically elected parliament with the Queen acting as a figurehead. Theoretically, all new acts of parliament still have to be approved by the queen before passing into law however, and it is the Queen who requests the leader of the political party to form "her government".\n\nOther major cities include Cardiff (capital of Wales), Edinburgh (capital of Scotland) and Belfast (capital of Northern Ireland). Within England the major cities include Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle, Sheffield and Liverpool.\n\nI could go on forever... I hope there are enough facts there though lol
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It's not Parliament, it's the position of Head of State from which Roman Catholics and anyone married to a Roman Catholic are barred.\n\nIf the House of Commons and the House of Lords can allow Asian and African people into the chambers (Lord Tarsem King of West Bromwich, and Baroness Patricia Scotland of Asthal come to mind), then it's likely they'll allow Roman Catholics.
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The head of state in Scotland is the British monarch, currently Queen Elizabeth II (since 1952).\n\nThe Kingdom of Scotland ceased to be an independent state on 1 May 1707.\n\nIn 1603, James VI of Scotland inherited the English throne upon the death of Elizabeth I. From then until 1707, England, Scotland and Ireland had shared monarchs.\n\nIn 1707, the Act of Union merged the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain.\n\nUnder a system of devolution (or home rule) adopted in the late 1990s two constitutent countries within the United Kingdom, Scotland and Wales, voted for limited self-government, subject to the ability of the UK Parliament in Westminster, nominally at will, to amend, change, broaden or abolish the national governmental systems. As such the Scottish Parliament is not de jure sovereign. However, it is thought unlikely that any UK parliament would try to unilaterally abolish the devolved parliament and government without consultation via a referendum with the voters of the constituent country.\n\nThe Presiding Officer (Oifigear-Riaghlaidh in Scots Gaelic) is the Speaker, the person elected by the Members of the Scottish Parliament to chair their meetings. He (or she) also heads the Corporate Body of the Scottish Parliament and as such is viewed as a figurehead for the entire organisation. Two deputy presiding officers are elected to help fulfil the role.\n\nThe first person to hold the position was David Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood, appointed in 1999.\n\nList of Presiding Officers\nDavid Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood 1999-2003 \nGeorge Reid 2003-present
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I think it would be good to split the union especially now since its the 300th anniversary in 2007. I dont want to start arguments about countries which would survive outside of it or which countries support others. It is a myth that England supports the neighbouring countries though. Sure; Scotland for example is given a hefty supplemet every year to look after itself but only from money the UK (NOT England - contrary to popular belief) has earned ie from oil (which is actually Scottish anyway)and tourism - which all nations in the kingdom earn. Please dont continue flaming or anything. I havent said anything to insult anyone and everything I have said is fact. btw Robespierre made the classic fault assuming Wales and Scotland were in England. They are not and never have been, I strongly suggest you don't say that when you are in one of those smaller UK nations. You may be risking your health ;)
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I quite fancy England to win it this year although it'll be tight I think. Underdogs. Well it'll have to be Scotland since i'm scottish.
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Along with Wales, England and Northern Ireland it is part of the United Kingdom and so it's not an independent country.\n\nA few years ago the people of Wales and Scotland were asked to vote for 'devolution' and in both cases the countries voted for this.  As a result both Wales and Scotland have their own Parliaments although they are restricted in what they can do.  Most major decisions are still made by the UK Parliamant in London.\n\nFor example, only the UK Parliamant can make decisions relating to defence and national security but the Scottish Parliemnt have introduced free higher education in Scotland and one of their most recent decisions enables Scots to receive free eye tests.\n\nMany years ago Scotland was an independent country and to this day there are many Scots who would like this to be the case.  Not least because much of the UK's wealth comes from oil and gas fields found off the coast of Scotland and over the years assests totalling trillions of dollars have left Scotland and gone to the UK as a whole.\n\nThere was fierce fighting between England and Scotland and some of the darkest moments in Scotland's history result from this - the Glencoe Massacre (1692) and the Battle of Culloden (1746) for example.