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Originally Posted by Britannist
UKIP proposes that the Welsh Assembly and Scottish Parliament be abolished with MPs from the House of Commons who represent Welsh and Scottish constituents do the job at less cost by meeting regularly in different parts of Wales and Scotland to deliberate on Scottish/Welsh matters. In their absence from the House of Commons English constituency MPs would deal with specifically English matters.
All the parts of Great Britain would be governed in the same way at less cost than at present and legislation would be debated and voted on in all parts of Great Britain by the same people who sit in the Union (i.e. UK) Parliament (the House of Commons).
UKIP not getting a large vote in Scotland or Wales at the last General Election does not mean that the people of Scotland and Wales disagree with the party's policy on devolution and on answering 'the English Question'.
I would expect that that the UKIP proposals would generate much interest if they 'went mainstream' in Scottish and Welsh politics and could, one day, be put to the Scottish and Welsh people in a referendum.
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In broad terms, the policy described by harryaldridge seems to meet the criterion of equity and fairness, but I think rjt has hit the really important nail right on the head. It is not sufficient having a reasonable policy if it does not command wide support. Even though one might regard another policy as inferior, it has to be considered if it meets most other criteria and is likely to attract increasing support.
As has been said many times before, we have to proceed from where we are, not from where we would like to be.