I think your post is spot on. I trust the Labour government more than the previous Conservative government but there are areas where I don't trust it at all. I am not an ardent independence supporter and could be convinced to vote for Labour if I thought they were genuinely governing in the best interests of all of the nations, but they are not. I will therefore be voting SNP/Green in the upcoming Scottish elections.
On the continent we see large as well as very small nations, that have found democratic ways to make this situation work well. At the moment national borders have to be indicated with roadside signs to be noticeable, as do municipal borders everywhere else. So, if Britain would try and emulate that development and the Brits showed some true common sense, the nations on the island would likely be able to organise their environment in a similar manner, live and work together and experience hardly any difference from what the situation is now. Just stop using FPTP and stop voting in populist idiots who mainly provide themselves with a job, tv notoriety and for the rest the public be damned.
Well I take issue with a couple of things. Your short-term media driven memory. No, up until the Con/Lib coalition we were a three party Nation. LibDem had some strong leaders with wide support. Obviously with a current leader relying on gimmicks for attention they are going nowhere other than as a footnote.
You are missing the underlying dissatisfaction giving rise to devolution. The rest of us are totally fed up with London/Home Counties centric driven Central Government. Their arrogance and rubbishing of any other regional views. Collectively we are far stronger, but that requires the centre to listen to and respond to regional views , then incorporate them and carry them along.
That is unheard of is practiced now. So many issues where 'London' overrides some regional counter view. We in the SW have such different issues to face than those cosy home county views. Just one current example. As a rural county we are penalised with a 41% uplift to the 'calculated housing need' figure! Our rural communities are to be drowned in suburbs to fuel home county aspirations for cheap houses.
Gov has no fans... after all governing...it's a chalice of shit.... but.. independence? Nah.
The voters .... greedy, self servivg, virtue signalling, gutless, witless... and ready to appease Putin... Britain has a purpose and it is geographic. Brexit hobbled it and the Ukranians paid the price.
Many thanks. The UK has always had a history of having one central government that determines everything. The British Empire messed this up for other nations far too well, Sri Lanka is the one of the best examples, since the UK centralised all, Sinhalese and Tamilians can't get alone, and the Tamilians have been on the losing end. Many countries have devolved governments, where regional powers govern their regions over very many areas. In the UK this is still muddled and only Scotland has a proper parliament, but still far too many decisions are made in Westminster. It ain't working! It is great for Tory or Labour chiefs as they can determine the directions of their parties as they were presidents rather than PMs. It deprived the regions while Westminster prospered. Proportional representation could fix that, but the big parties don't want to bring it in. As a result we may have a Reform UK government rather sooner than later. They would certainly ignore devolution.
This seems a fairly clear analysis. But I'd like the numbers of how many in each party are in Parliament now, because that's so relevant to the article, rather than have to run around online looking for this info.
Proportional representation may be needed to stabilise the UK.
I was running over word count, but if I was to expand on this piece this would be my next argument.
I think your post is spot on. I trust the Labour government more than the previous Conservative government but there are areas where I don't trust it at all. I am not an ardent independence supporter and could be convinced to vote for Labour if I thought they were genuinely governing in the best interests of all of the nations, but they are not. I will therefore be voting SNP/Green in the upcoming Scottish elections.
Surely the Untied Kingdom?
Wish I'd thought of that!
On the continent we see large as well as very small nations, that have found democratic ways to make this situation work well. At the moment national borders have to be indicated with roadside signs to be noticeable, as do municipal borders everywhere else. So, if Britain would try and emulate that development and the Brits showed some true common sense, the nations on the island would likely be able to organise their environment in a similar manner, live and work together and experience hardly any difference from what the situation is now. Just stop using FPTP and stop voting in populist idiots who mainly provide themselves with a job, tv notoriety and for the rest the public be damned.
Well I take issue with a couple of things. Your short-term media driven memory. No, up until the Con/Lib coalition we were a three party Nation. LibDem had some strong leaders with wide support. Obviously with a current leader relying on gimmicks for attention they are going nowhere other than as a footnote.
You are missing the underlying dissatisfaction giving rise to devolution. The rest of us are totally fed up with London/Home Counties centric driven Central Government. Their arrogance and rubbishing of any other regional views. Collectively we are far stronger, but that requires the centre to listen to and respond to regional views , then incorporate them and carry them along.
That is unheard of is practiced now. So many issues where 'London' overrides some regional counter view. We in the SW have such different issues to face than those cosy home county views. Just one current example. As a rural county we are penalised with a 41% uplift to the 'calculated housing need' figure! Our rural communities are to be drowned in suburbs to fuel home county aspirations for cheap houses.
Gov has no fans... after all governing...it's a chalice of shit.... but.. independence? Nah.
The voters .... greedy, self servivg, virtue signalling, gutless, witless... and ready to appease Putin... Britain has a purpose and it is geographic. Brexit hobbled it and the Ukranians paid the price.
I'm still reeling from that disgrace.
Pure evil never sleeps. Wake up ffs!!
Many thanks. The UK has always had a history of having one central government that determines everything. The British Empire messed this up for other nations far too well, Sri Lanka is the one of the best examples, since the UK centralised all, Sinhalese and Tamilians can't get alone, and the Tamilians have been on the losing end. Many countries have devolved governments, where regional powers govern their regions over very many areas. In the UK this is still muddled and only Scotland has a proper parliament, but still far too many decisions are made in Westminster. It ain't working! It is great for Tory or Labour chiefs as they can determine the directions of their parties as they were presidents rather than PMs. It deprived the regions while Westminster prospered. Proportional representation could fix that, but the big parties don't want to bring it in. As a result we may have a Reform UK government rather sooner than later. They would certainly ignore devolution.
This seems a fairly clear analysis. But I'd like the numbers of how many in each party are in Parliament now, because that's so relevant to the article, rather than have to run around online looking for this info.
Nobody wants the Westminster KiSs do they?