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February 20th 04, 07:52 PM
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A H wrote:
"Cast_Iron" wrote in message ... "Jonn Elledge" wrote in message ... "Cast_Iron" wrote in message Having got onto this topic perhaps someone can help me out. The Tories are against closer integration into Europe claiming loss of sovereignty etc. If that is really the case why are they also against returning sovereignty to Scotland and Wales? I'd guess it's because they're Conservatives, e.g. content with the status quo. This includes the unwritten constitution which centralizes all power in the Crown, and therefore in the government at Westminster. Therefore moving power to Edinburgh is just as offensive as moving power to Brussels - because it detracts from the Sovreignty of Parliament. But the Scots (notionally anyway) chose to give up their sovereignty to the English Parliament and become part of the United Kingdom. So what's wrong with returning it to them? No. The Scots didn't "chose to give up their sovereignty to the English Parliament and become part of the United Kingdom". The Scottish and English Parliaments both voted themselves out of existence (in 1707) in favour of a new *British* Parliament. The United Kingdom came into being 104 years earlier (in 1603) when James the 6th of Scotland became James the 1st of Great Britain (note, *not* James the 1st of England). The English educational system has never been on the ball regarding what really happened! The English view of course is that the English Parliament absorbed Scotland, not true............ Which does not detract from my argument. |
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