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Exactly. But these tories still identify the UK with England, so they cannot imagine two distinct parliaments in London.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Jun 12th, 2006 at 07:33:01 AM EST
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Well, I think there are two issues here:

The Tories haven't thought through the logical extent of their attitudes. i.e. Two parliaments is a logical outcome, but it's not something they have thought about.
Maybe you underestimate the pressures that may occur in Scotland (maybe Wales too) to not participate in a federal state once all the options are on the table.

by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Mon Jun 12th, 2006 at 09:21:06 AM EST
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Ok on 1. On 2, I think it is the Tories that underestimate them.

The tories don't seem to be thinking very clearly on any issue. To them politics really is a game where they prize is 4 years to hold cuhy jobs.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Jun 12th, 2006 at 10:20:00 AM EST
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