Given that the Westminster parties' "vow" in September 2014 was that there would be a new Scotland Act by the end of January 2015, the fact that a date for the Committee of the House and third reading has yet to be laid down a full year later, I am not ...
The "kind of" proportional representation system (Additional Member System) in Holyrood was intended to preclude majority government for Scotland, and indeed there wasn't one until 2011. (2007-11 the SNP ran a minority government, the first two governments...
Bill I think your article and comments are all spot on. I do know some pre-2003 Scotlab members who are considering rejoining (not SNP members btw but Yes voters). They were not remotely impressed with Corbyn on the SNP, and while it won't dent their ...
I am very much in faviour of UBI, and have been (on and off) arguing away about it with anyone who would listen for over a decade now. Interestingly, Utrecht, in the Netherlands, is currently carrying out an experiment with it. That's one worth watching. ...
re MMP type election - well of course. But Labour and Conservatives have never had reform of the electoral system as part of their manifestos - the SNP does support a type of MMP for Westminster and I believe (from SNP supporters) that this is in their ...
Bill, we too have a nice bottle in, for either outcome :) dukeofurl: I agree about the polling, having spent an exceedingly disappointed wee hours on the Friday after the 1992 general election! You really can't extrapolate for constituency level behaviour ...
That's a great piece, as usual Bill. I too will be watching the results come on 8 May with more interest than I've had in a decade or so. re Labour in Scotland though, their vote has been gradually declining at Scottish level since 2000-2002. (IMO a ...
Crosse_Maidy as the NZ constitution works, this decision.Is not subject to either legal or parliamentary oversight. It's a"royal prerogative" and can be exercised at any time, for any reason by the Govt. That is legally speaking. Politically and morally ...
Mary_a, in answer to your question in NZ (as UK) the deployment of troops is a "royal prerogative" which means that it is beyond Parliamentary control. Here the PM/Govt exercise this prerogative and require no votes, consent or agreement to do so. Legally,...
There is a bigger democratic deficit issue in the TTIP in that it is not being negotiated by the Governments of the EU, but by the EU Commission on behalf of the Member States. This is particularly concerning in the UK for those who would like to see the ...
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