@MartinGozzers@moneillsf No it's set based on what's most beneficial for London and England. There is no benefit to this union it is a means of extracting resources from the three colonies and doing nothing beneficial for them.
@Weesiwel@moneillsf London subsidises parts of England too, just as Scotland receives fiscal transfers within the UK. That’s how most modern states work. Energy pricing is set by a national market and infrastructure costs, not simply by where electricity is generated.
I have contacted SNP leader John Swinney and Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth to congratulate them on their enormous mandates.
For the first time ever, there could be three pro-independence First Ministers across these islands.
More and more people are looking towards a future beyond the constraints of the Union.
I look forward to continuing to build the friendship between the people of our nations, and to working closely with both John and Rhun in the time ahead.
@MartinGozzers@moneillsf Redistributing to London and nowhere else. You know we generate more power and get have the highest energy prices here yet London which generates no power gets the cheapest prices. Colonies.
@Weesiwel@moneillsf Tax contribution and public spending aren’t the same metric. Scotland may contribute strongly per head, but it also receives higher spending per head, both can be true within a redistributive union state.
@Weesiwel@moneillsf No devolved system gives every region total control over every policy area while still remaining one state. Constraint lol, Scotland receives more public spending per head than England!
@MartinGozzers@moneillsf But not drug policy, nor does it have the ability to vote to leave unless it gets permission from another part of the union. One part controls the rest and holds them hostage. Saying here's a tiny by of power which btw we will assign you a precise budget for is constraint.
@Weesiwel@moneillsf Calling Scotland, Wales, and NI colonies ignores what colonies actually were. Scotland alone controls health, education, justice, policing, transport, housing, environment, and parts of taxation through its own parliament.
@MartinGozzers@moneillsf England votes in its own self interest against the other parts of the union. The reality is it's not a union no matter what England pretends it to be. It's England and three colonies with the power to change traffic signage.
@Weesiwel@moneillsf You’re treating England as if it votes as one unified political actor against the other nations, it doesn’t. UK politics is driven by parties, ideologies, coalitions, and voters across the whole country, not four national blocs permanently voting against each other.
@Weesiwel@moneillsf The UK Parliament represents citizens equally across one sovereign state, not four separate states. England has more seats because it has far more people, that’s how population-based democracies work. Scotland, Wales and NI also have substantial autonomy through devolution.
@MartinGozzers@moneillsf It really doesn't. You can pretend to give the countries in the UK all the representation they want but when one party can just override it entirely because the rest don't even have enough voting power combined to even break even it's just the same as no representation.
@Weesiwel@moneillsf The EU is a treaty-based union, the UK is a sovereign state with shared sovereignty internally. Whether something is constraining depends on how much autonomy, representation, and democratic representation exists within it, the UK scores very highly on those measures.
@MartinGozzers@moneillsf Yep and again go back to your original tweet. You said Unions not specific types of unions you just said unions. The UK isn't constraining just because it's the only union of this type is your argument now is my understanding?
@moneillsf If the intention is to break up the UK then every UK citizen should have a vote! You want to unite an island whereas SNP and Plaid want to divide an island - That's hypocrisy is it not?
@moneillsf Scotland, Wales, and NI are not “constrained”. They have devolution, control over major domestic policy areas, representation at the UK Parliament, and significant financial support through the union. If anything, the UK is one of the least constraining unions on the planet.