Glad you had a good time, but no, I don't agree that's the way forward. What we need is a fully federal UK (and ultimately, a federal Europe), with more of a powerspread. I have friends and family in northern England: the London-centric nature of UK government penalises them as much as it does us up here, and I don't want to see them condemned to perpetual enserfment by the City of London and its political arm, the Tory Party.
I think there are two possible stable end-points for the constitutional evolution the UK's going through, and one of those is federalism. I would be OK with that. Unfortunately, there's only one UK party that claims to be supportive of federalism. They're as much in power now as they're likely to be for quite a long time, and they're saying nothing about it.
When it comes right down to it, I believe independence is the only solution that can be delivered (not easily, but it's within the realms of possibility). I just don't think the political will exists to deliver a federal UK.
If independence does happen, I think there'll be some necessary political rebalancing in the rest of the UK, so it won't turn out as doomy as it looks; the electorate there won't want the Tories for ever, and other parties will benefit.
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When it comes right down to it, I believe independence is the only solution that can be delivered (not easily, but it's within the realms of possibility). I just don't think the political will exists to deliver a federal UK.
If independence does happen, I think there'll be some necessary political rebalancing in the rest of the UK, so it won't turn out as doomy as it looks; the electorate there won't want the Tories for ever, and other parties will benefit.
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