! This post hasn't been updated in over a year. A lot can change in a year including my opinion and the amount of naughty words I use. There's a good chance that there's something in what's written below that someone will find objectionable. That's fine, if I tried to please everybody all of the time then I'd be a Lib Dem (remember them?) and I'm certainly not one of those. The point is, I'm not the kind of person to try and alter history in case I said something in the past that someone can use against me in the future but just remember that the person I was then isn't the person I am now nor the person I'll be in a year's time.
Alex Salmond asks if, given that the majority or MP’s with Scottish constituencies are opposed to Scotland hosting Trident, they are to have it “forced down the throats of Scotland”.
Whilst the SNP choose not to vote on matters that affect only England (for which they should be commended), the same cannot be said of their colleagues from north of the border who cast the deciding vote on university top-up fees and foundation hospitals, both of which were rejected by a majority of MP’s elected in England and only affected England.
Could the moral of this story be “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you”?
One of the only truly UK issues dealt with by Westminster is Defence. ALL parts of the UK benefit from the protection of the armed forces. And when there is a vote on defence issues, there are MPs to represent (almost) equal sized constituencies of each part of the UK. So if Scotland votes against something, but England, Wales and N.I vote FOR it- TOUGH LUCK SALMOND, IT’S CALLED DEMOCRACY!
It wouldn’t surprise me if it was moved to England though Tom – whilst defence is still the competency of the British government, it is (naturally) a Scot who holds the post of defence minister.