Will the SNP save the English? Labour to crubble from its Celtic roots?

[David Black]

If the SNP win well in Scotland they can put Mr Gordon Brown out of the Westminster Government? The answer is yes and forever.

If the Tories then exclude Scottish and Welsh MPs from voting on things like health, local government, policing etc ie things managed from Edinburgh and Cardiff the English might be saved from the future Mr Broons of the word?

The West Lothian question may in the end kill the Labour Party as a party of government at this election.

Posted in CB until I woke up and worked out news might be a better place.

[jno]

Crubble, that's a word game?

[kia cat]

hopefully, not

[jake-the-peg]

More to the point will Cameron Kill Britain?

Should he just scrape a majority he will doubtlessly have next to no MPs from Scotland - this will give Alex Salmond immense leverage in telling Scots they are being ruled undemocratically by a foreign power.

And when the extent of Ozzie the Ostrich's head in the sand cuts becomes clear we could see a surge in Nationalist support

[David Black]

I think other than defence and foreign affairs where the costs of doing it alone would be huge for Scotland and Wales there is no reason why they cannot manage their own affairs? Are they in anyway less able than Gordon Brown.

This would leave England governed in away much closer to how the population here actually have traditionally voted?

Do you have an issue that the government of the day should reflect the will of its voters?

[R1Geezer]

Ruled by a foriegn Power? Thats England up to now jake! So it's about time the sweaties had a dose!

[jake-the-peg]

Defense and foreign affairs are only exceptionally expensive if, like England you attempt to assert your authority over the whole planet.

I doubt Alex Salmond is thinking along the lines of Scottish Aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines do you?

So Geezer what's foreign to you then:c) ?

North of Watford?

[New Judge]

The only people that have an issue with the notion that the government should reflect the will of the people, David, are politicians, most notably those in government.

Tony Blair said, soon after being elected, that he saw the role of his back bench MPs as promoting the ideas and ideals of “his” government. He did not, he said, see their role as bringing their constituents’ wishes and concerns to Parliament. I use Blair as an example because he definitely said this, but there is no reason to believe that any other Prime Minister of any persuasion would think any differently.

There are large swathes of the UK where a particular party holds sway. The Tories dominate the shire counties and much of England south of the Wash, bar London. Labour MPs represent most constituencies in and around the big cities. Any of these areas can claim that they are being ruled undemocratically and in many respects they are. So long as party politics holds sway the party in power will concentrate its efforts on its core voters so a geographical bias will seem evident.

The SNP currently holds just 6 of the 59 Scottish seats. The LibDems have 11, the Tories one, with Labour holding the rest. It is very unlikely that huge numbers of Labour voters in the heavily populated areas in the South West of Scotland will defect to the SNP so in fact the SNP’s ability to influence the outcome of a General Election is extremely small.

[New Judge]

I’m not sure, jake, but Geezer may be referring to Europe.

[R1Geezer]

What nationality is the PM?

[Haggisdj]

He's actually British and, rightly or wrongly, has to put that on all official forms...

[R1Geezer]

except the last census form which allowed you to be Scottish, Welsh or British, you were not allowed to be English.

[youngmafbog]

England has been ruled by the sweaties. And disatrously.

Cameron kill Britain Jake. No chance Brown trashed it ages ago and continues to drag it down.

Gie the sweaties independance. Full independance that includes all the miserable b**ds going back up just like I would like my piles to do.