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Old 11-08-2007, 05:54 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Yes, I saw some of it a few months ago. I don't like the McConnell (the Labour leader who was First Minister at the time) - nor Salmond, of course.

I also don't like the way the rival Parliament in Edinburgh is designed - the semi-circle seating arrangement is like that of a continenal Parliament.

I prefer the way the seating is positioned in the House of Commons in London (or the House of Commons in Ottowa and the Federal Parliament in Canberra).
Yes, I also prefer the adversarial system of the commons over the 'collective' approaches of the Continent and the States.
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