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Originally Posted by BonnieDundee
A federal UK wouldn't work unless you remove almost all power from the central gov't or regionalise the UK. England is simply too big, like Prussia in the German federation, and it would be an unsuccessful federation.
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I'm sick to death of reading "England is simply too big" - especially from Scots!
This is the shabby means whereby true democracy has been denied to the 38 million voters in England by the mean-minded, undemocratic, selfish 6 million voters in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales! Yes, we've all got to deal with each other on the basis of being equal nations except where England is concerned! Unfortunately, even UKIP has yet to realise the extent of this absurdity, but then, it has its share of anti-England members!
It could equally be said that "Scotland is simply too small" -
and Wales
and Northern Ireland!
In asserting that a federation won't work, you've made the case for dissolving the UK! Frankly, as an Englishman, I've no wish to remain within the current UK structure; it is either modified to give the English their due voice or broken up.
There's no one more British than a Scot living and working in England! However, in Scotland it's a different cup of tea.
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