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Originally Posted by Husker
Dereds, I'm interested in your reasons for this
Firstly the English tend to get the Government they voted for. In recent years there are no examples of Westminster Governments ruled by a party that secured fewer seats in England than the opposition. The English generally get the governments they vote for, it's true in 2005 the Conservatives secured more of the popular vote in England but ended up with 91 fewer seats than Labour in England, lol fptp. In any case the English do not have unpopular governments foisted on them by the Scots and this is clearly not true of the Scots.
Secondly the benefits derived from theUnion, a greater say at the UN, the position within the EU and Nato, are greater for the English, if the government at Westminster is often out of step with sentiment in Scotland it's hard to see what benefit they derive from the UK speaking on it's behalf.
Unions seem to privilege the larger partner, understandably but with the result that smaller partners may feel their interests don't receive adequate representation. Given there is already an existent framework, the EU, for England and Scotland's relations as, and to other, independent countries, and given the existent and future devolution of Scottish government I don't know what benefit the Scots get from a layer of government at Westminster.