February 25, 2006

He will probably rule with less authority

This is a cracking article from Brian Monteith in the Scotsman:

"How can there be a prime minister who is not accountable to the English electorate yet can choose a Cabinet, introduce legislation and then vote on it when he has no ability to so influence the same matters in his own seat in Scotland?"

This line of attack plays to the growing sense of injustice in England fed by the Conservatives receiving the largest share of the English popular vote but resulting in a majority of Labour MPs being returned, together with the perception that the 25 per cent higher public spending in Scotland is paid for by the English taxpayer.




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