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The West Lothian Question More foot dragging by the Government – By Ian Campbell The Scottish press, in the shape of The Scotsman and the Herald, both reported today (21 December) that, ‘after months of delay the UK Government last night announced it was finally setting up a commission to consider the so-called West Lothian [...]
£30m Olympics bribe for Scotland, Wales & NI On Wednesday the British government finally announced the West Lothian Question commission that they promised over a year ago, yesterday they gave a practical demonstration of why it’s so desperately needed. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have negotiated a £30.2m bonus from the British government because the British government have [...]
Eleanor Laing MP doesn’t realise that the Government is a coalition<Original Article Submitted by Toque on Thu, 12/22/2011 – 21:44 Eleanor Laing, Conservative MP for Epping Forest, speaking on BBC R4′s Westminster Hour: It [the West Lothian Question] would matter far more if the people elected for Scottish and indeed Welsh and Northern Ireland constituencies held [...]
This article seen on the on line version of the Scotsman is stating that the commission will run for just over a year from February 2012. What are peoples thoughts on this and the possible outcome? West Lothian Answer by 2013 Published on Wednesday 21 December 2011 00:00 A commission to resolve the so-called West [...]
EDM 2426 Some members have reported that their MPs will not sign Frank Field’s EDM as they ‘do not support the case for an English Parliament’. The EDM does not course ask them to support the case. It asks only that a select committee should look at both sides of the question. It may be worth [...]
Englishness for Sale The House of Commons, which refuses to allow England to govern itself and to make its own laws, now seeks to cash on that highly marketable brand, Englishness, by offering an afternoon tea tour for £36, ‘trading on the Englishness of the brand’ (Sunday Times). Englishness is for sale in the HoC, [...]
Is Salmond playing a game of spin to get maximum out? The Independence revival in Scotland has jumped 9% since last year. Devo Max is increasing to nearly neck and neck. Along with Sturgeon’s claim that the latest GERS report is putting an extra cost of £ 1000 pound per person going in the the [...]
Gideon (“George”) Osborne has announced that the Government will be increasing infrastructure spending. This is being paid for by a combination of public/private partnerships along with money taken in cuts from spending elsewhere. As a result of this increase in infrastructure spending the Barnett formula has generated a bonus of £433 million pounds for Scotland [...]
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