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Miliband REJECTS English votes for English laws and accuses Cameron of playing politics
Daily Mail ^ | 21 September 2014 | Tom McTague

Posted on 09/26/2014 12:45:58 PM PDT by george76

Labour leader says he's open to English-only 'scrutiny' of law but not vetoes.

He refused to back English votes for English laws after being asked 13 times.

Mr Miliband claims move was drawn up on back of a 'fag packet' by the PM .

David Cameron said if Scotland gets new powers so should England.

But Mr Miliband said the proposal would mean our 'Parliament being split up'.

Mr Miliband says he's 'not in favour of a Commons that becomes divided'.

Labour has 41 MPs in Scotland which could help it form a majority next year .

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Why should Scottish MPs be able to vote on what is taught in English schools, to reduce spending on English hospitals, or even vary English or Welsh income taxes, when under the new settlement English or Welsh MPs would have no say in such matters in Scotland?

‘It is fundamentally unjust to have the views of the people of England and Wales overridden in this way.’

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: cameron; england; englishlaws; englishvotes; miliband; northernireland; scotland; wales
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Miliband REJECTS English votes for English laws and accuses Cameron of playing politics with Westminster 'vow' to Scotland

1 posted on 09/26/2014 12:45:58 PM PDT by george76
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To: george76
Equality...it's a simple concept.If Scotland has a particular power so should Wales,Northern Ireland and England.
2 posted on 09/26/2014 12:59:10 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Islamopobia:The Irrational Fear Of Being Beheaded)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Labour isn’t interested in devolving power from a central government.


3 posted on 09/26/2014 1:12:06 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: george76
Here's the thing: the socialist/left wing vote in the UK is Labour and the regional independence parties (SNP, SInn FEin, Plaid Cymru).

Combined Labour and the left wing nationalists had 9.5mm votes at the last election, while the Conservatives had 9.9mm and the conservative nationalist parties (UKIP, BNP) would have added another 1.4mm.

If there were an English Parliament, it would have 11.3mm right wing voters and 7mm left wing voters - it would be 46% right, 29% left, 25% wishy washy Lib Dem.

Labour would never win another election if the English started getting ideas.

4 posted on 09/26/2014 1:13:21 PM PDT by wideawake
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To: Army Air Corps
They are very interested in devolving power in Wales and Scotland, where they would be the larger partner in a socialist colaition government.

They might even support devolution in Northern Ireland, where they could be the junior partner in a socialist coalition government.

They want central government in England, ebcause they would lose every election in England.

5 posted on 09/26/2014 1:17:13 PM PDT by wideawake
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To: wideawake

True enough.


6 posted on 09/26/2014 1:18:12 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: wideawake

Personally, I wouldn’t classify BNP as conservative. Fascist, yes, but not conservative as we use the term in the US.


7 posted on 09/26/2014 1:19:56 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: george76

Miliband has to thread an eye of a needle here (and really it’s not possible).


8 posted on 09/26/2014 2:11:38 PM PDT by JSDude1
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To: Army Air Corps

That’s fair enough - but they wouldn’t align with Labour.


9 posted on 09/29/2014 6:04:16 AM PDT by wideawake
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To: wideawake

True enough.


10 posted on 09/29/2014 6:10:15 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Army Air Corps
Indeed. Fascism is totalitarism. It is left wing. It is socialist. It is antithetical to Conservatism.
11 posted on 10/10/2014 3:00:18 AM PDT by agere_contra (Hamas has dug miles of tunnels - but no bomb-shelters.)
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To: agere_contra

Spot on. Fascism was born of the hard left.


12 posted on 10/10/2014 6:07:18 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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