tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972114991869354050.post1828775273498418328..comments2024-02-01T14:56:24.725+00:00Comments on The Laird Report: Federalism, the political road to nowhere: Scotland's Labour leader Richard Leonard wants Jeremy Corbyn to legislate for a federal UK if he wins Westminster in 2022, he also wants to abolish of the House of Lords; if that is his platform, he is out of his political depth, the people don’t want federalism in England or in Scotland, learn from history, the Kezia Dugdale era was a major disaster Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972114991869354050.post-65400232906151840272018-04-24T11:27:15.831+01:002018-04-24T11:27:15.831+01:00Three cheers for Her Majesty, a mother again.
Hip...Three cheers for Her Majesty, a mother again.<br /><br />Hip, hip - hoorah!<br />Hip, hip - hoorah!<br />Hip, hip - hoorah!<br /><br /><br />Rule Britannia, Britannia rule the waves<br />Britons never never never shall be slaves.<br /><br />Hip, hip - hoorah!Kezia Davidson-Rennienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972114991869354050.post-28475915179611028462018-04-23T15:04:29.055+01:002018-04-23T15:04:29.055+01:00"Holyrood has been a failure, although you co..."Holyrood has been a failure, although you could place a lot of blame at the door of the SNP"<br /><br />I agree, and I think the reason for this is that the SNP hoped that Holyrood would be a vehicle for independence, but that mission has rapidly transformed into a failure, and Holyrood hasn't developed beyond this short-sighted thinking.<br /><br />"One thing about the House of Lords is that it does have independent voices who speak out, we would lose this with a crony elected new second chamber. We should lose our history and traditions because of some people’s desire for cheap political expediency."<br /><br />This is why I'm not really in favour of getting rid of it, nor of being rid of the royal family - despite not being staunchly royalist or entirely unsympathetic to British republicans, because it doesn't look great on paper, but in both cases it's very valuable to have a separate neutral referee in democracy, which Sweden, the country many on the left see as an example to follow, has as well.<br /><br />A lot of Brexiteers are grumbling though about the House of Lords response to Brexit regarding the Customs Union debate. What are your thoughts on that, George?THE INVISIBLE MANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00300169798315384245noreply@blogger.com