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| trashleg said: My mum is English, but has lived in Scotland for more than half her life. And you're right, any legal immigrants also have a vote. I don't remember if I said so already, but 97% of thsoe eligible to vote have registered to do so. I don't think this is a "temporary" problem. Only twice since the last world war has Scotland's vote in the general election had any effect on the results. It kind of feels like we're allowed to help out in the garden, but we've been given a teaspoon next to England's shovel. I agree that we've had some really good strengths together, but then I've never known any different - and neither have you. 1/4 million children in Scotland live below the poverty line, food banks are exploding exponentially. Can you blame people for wanting to take this chance to opt out? (Personally, I didn't even consider myself British until very very recently). I've always identified as Scottish, it wasn't until a few years ago I realised that being "British" wasn't only something English people could be proud of, because that's how foreign TV always works (Watch any episode of any American TV show, "British" always refers to an English character and us Scots are described as, well, Scots... Growing up with that made it kind of difficult to automatically associate with that identity). It isn't the particular party that irks me, personally. It's the entire system. And yes, I would MUCH prefer a more EU-type forum with more grounded delegates. People always go on about how the British political system is so good because it's so established. But that's just ridiculous - just because it's old, doesn't mean it's fit for purpose. It's archaic and elitist and it needs to go. We need to remove ourselves from it, one way or another. And I'm not just speaking as a Scot. That last statement applies to all us Brits. |
The same could be said for inner cities, surely? (And York) The last election results all major inner cities were pretty much Labour or Lib Dems. Yet even then with places of such high desensity and population it's not enough to outweigh the amount of country side seats (and here I am, a farm kid voting Labour.... maybe there is something wrong with me).
Is poverty in Scotland because of the Union? According to stats, 1 in 6 children in the UK are below the poverty line, this is a UK wide issue. But I understand the idea of wanting to get out. It's why I understand those who think electing UKIP to get out of the EU is a good idea, even if they don't understand it.
Maybe a good polical system is based on our 4 nations, each nation has it's own Parliament each with and individual leader. The big decisions on international related things or new laws that affect the nation is done by a vote of those 4 representative after it's gone through the 4 parliaments. it has to get majority 3 out of 4 to pass a decision (like going to war). While other laws about tax, NHS funding etc are all done based in the regional parliaments. Even then larger funding or say international aid/budget could be done by again 4 representatives, 1 from each parliament, not just 1 guy who sometimes doesn't even have a GCSE in Ecomonics.
Hmm, pie.
