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Via the Campaign for an English Parliament we have this:

"Surely the result of the recent referendum and subsequent change in New Labour policy towards English devolution serve to illustrate that Scotland is different from the English regions in that we are a nation...."

Richard Lockhead, MSP, Scottish Parliament.

Honestly, try as I might I can't work out what Dickie is talking about or what point he is trying to make.

The English regions that he speaks of are artificial and fanciful made up sections of England so, I suppose, in that context he is right. For instance, if we were to substitute his reference to these fairytale and ephemeral secret regions with something more concrete that the people of England are familiar with, say counties, then....:

"Surely the result of the recent referendum and subsequent change in New Labour policy towards English devolution serve to illustrate that Scotland is different from the English counties in that we are a nation...."

....makes a little more sense but beyond that it is simply Scotch mist.

I wonder, was the reason that it cost so much to build the Scottish Parliament building something to do with how high up a mountain it was constructed? Is Dickie's problem simply altitude sickness?

Still, once again it shows our common ground because, like Scotland, England also differs from its various areas in that it is a Nation and they are not.

Similar countries separated only by an air of incomprehensibility.

Posted by John at November 29, 2004 03:08 PM | TrackBack