Why is Tony Blair interfering in the Scottish Parliamentary election?
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in short he is interfering because himself and his government are worried sick that when the Scottish parliamentary elections come around next may that his party will not win the majority ( which i truly believe they thought was not possible when they set it up, they believed that Scots were dyed in the wool labour voters) and  i think that they see their nightmare scenario of an S.N.P controlled parliament forcing an independence referendum and a possible unstoppable slide towards Scottish independence. this will have been made worse for them by this weeks poll which showed that a majority of people in England also want Scotland to break away from the union.\nall in all i believe that labour gave Scotland devolution because they thought that they would have a "puppet parliament" but they could still pull the strings.\ntherefore it must have galled them to see Scots msp's introduce so called 'trail blazing legislation' such as free care for elderly, the ban on fox hunting and the smoking ban which  made their English voters demand they get the same rights too.
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Scotland is, 400 years after "unification" still solidly independent.  Federalizing the British state strengthens it by making it a voluntary union, rather than a remnant of empire (my ancestors were organizers of the '45 rebellion.  *I* haven't forgotten how the UK was formed, which means that others haven't also).
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Blair's foreign policy is to follow US foreign policy. They did that in the first Gulf War when Majors, A conservative was in power why deviate now?   Also, you just gotta give the guy credit he has to defend his policies not just against the media, but an arguing session against the other party.
578227
Ok, to start off, I will correct your poor spelling - the correct title is Prime Minister.\n\nAnd the answer to your question - Scotland does not have its own Prime Minister - Tony Blair is the Prime Minister for the whole of the UK.
64994
The Prime Minister is the leader of the party that either holds a majority of the seats in the House of Commons or that leads a coalition that together comprises a majority. Unlike American presidential elections, UK parliamentary elections do not have a set date. However, no more than five years can pass between elections. Usually the party in power tries to call elections when they feel that they have the best chance to do well. I believe that elections can also be forced by a parliamentary vote of no confidence.
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blair is a twat and he actually said that he gonna rub his ass so much to a hot light bulb until his family can have a barbecuted ares for dinner.\ngordon brown is the biggest idiot ever.
623719
He's not. He just doesn't want to remind himself that he's leaving at the end of this term by setting a departure date. Everyone's saying that Gordon Brown will take power straight away, but it wont be that simple- Labour have to vote.\nThings like the recent "gigantic" cabinet shake up will not help for a smooth power hand over.\n\nThere is only one person you can trust- Sir Menzies Campbell- David Cameron is just a carbon copy of Blair!!!
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Don't know much about this "special relationship" crap, but I do know what an A R S E licker is, and our country is run by one. The Scottish gentleman that wants to follow him, will further take us to the cleaners, and what can we do about it?.  When I see bush and blair, swaggering along like a couple John Wayne's, I wonder why they don't hold hands.  How much have they cost us ?. Weapons of mass destruction, what a load of bollocks.
1003525
Don't let the Scottish vote count in England. And try and stop female voters from being so impressed by him.
944283
Seen it suggested before - remote island, too far to swim, no boats or prison guards, RAF airdrop supplies weekly (basic food rations) - no TV, drugs, or soft touches.\nDon't suppose our Scottish politicians (inc the PM) would ever agree to having extra prisons in their country.
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The title "Prime Minister" refers to the days when the Prime Minister's job was to minister to the Monarch who ruled the country. It's actually quite a derogatory title in its way! Nowadays, whilst the Prime Minister may be at the head of the government, ruling the country, they're still technically the Queen's Prime Minister, which is why they have to report to her on the political situation of the country. Technically the Queen still has the right to dissolve her government if she chooses, and the Prime Minister is technically still under her rule. I'm sure the country would be happy if she were to sack Tony Blair, dissolve the government and call a general election, but that's not really going to happen. It's more of a keeping of the traditions, because the monarch wouldn't use those powers, democracy being as important a principle to them as it is to the rest of the country.
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Yes, he's trying to copy the way Blair managed to be so popular, but he's so obviously shallow and a serious lack of polocies are going to hurt his party, \n\nHe has spent too much time denouncing tory values and then tried to backtrack on there support for the war, when our troops are still out there and deserve the support of all parties until the conflict is resolved, \n\nI may not be a conservative, but to have a proper democracy you need a strong opposition, the tories are failing in this role and it's hard to see them succeedeing in government...,,,
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Because you don't have the same political system as the UK.  Once you elect a President it is very very difficult to get rid of him (as you found with Clinton) because he is elected for a fixed term and he is there by right.\n\nIn the UK, the Prime Minister is "first among equals" i.e. he has special rights because he is Prime Minister but he is only Prime Minister by the will of parliament.  The moment he loses the support of the other members of parliament, he is out of office.  If the UK parliament decided to get rid of Tony Blair, it would take them 24 hours at most to call and hold a "vote of no confidence" in his administration and then parliament would have to either support a new government or call a general election.\n\nTherefore, in the US, it is difficult to fire President Bush:\n(1) Because the Presidency is a wholly separate office from your legislature.\n(2) Because you have fixed term administrations
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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.
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Coz the Chancellor in his "green" budget didn't want to antagonise the voting public by so obviously adding to the cost of living.  There might otherwise be a demo against petrol prices and he wouldn't want to be tarred for that - not with his aspiration to be the next PM
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Am I pleased with the people who govern me?  Absolutely not!  The sooner Scotland takes her independence the better because Tony's little pink Tories are holding Scotland back, just like Thatcher's anti-Scottish Tories did.\n\nIreland without all the advantages of natural resources Scotland has is the 4th best performing economy in the world and the 3rd most popular place to live in the world.  Norway is the most popular place to live in the world, Iceland the second most popular.  Scotland within the United Kingdom is in 18th place, the only oil producing country in the world to have got poorer.  Thatcher called the Scots "subsidy junkies" and yet it is Scotland's oil which has subsidised Westminster rather than them subsidising us.\n\nTherefore, it doesn't take a degree in rocket science to see that we shall be better off making our own decisions for our economy and standing on our own feet in the world rather than blaming it all on the English.  Roll on the May Scottish elections when the SNP will give Jack McConnell and his puppet executive the bloody nose he deserves.
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He has no choice. At this point, Blair showing anything less than 101% support for the police would completely destroy their credibility. We'd see attacks on officers, and perhaps even large riots.\n\nBest thing to do is to publicly smooth relations between police and public, while privately trying to sort out the gigantic mess the police force is obviously in.