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Johnson says devolving powers to Scotland was 'a disaster'
Reuters ^ | 16 November 2020 | Estelle Shirbon, Guy Faulconbridge

Posted on 11/17/2020 5:30:28 AM PST by Cronos

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called the devolution of powers to Scotland “a disaster”, a comment that played into the hands of Scottish nationalists pushing for an independence referendum that opinion polls suggest they could win.

The bonds holding the United Kingdom together have been severely strained over the last five years by Brexit and the government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, and 14 recent polls have shown a majority of Scots now support independence.

In a video call on Friday with northern English lawmakers from his Conservative Party, Johnson said that devolution, introduced by Tony Blair had been the former prime minister’s “biggest mistake” and “a disaster”, media reported.

He also said he saw no case for giving Scotland’s semi-autonomous government and parliament, which are dominated by the pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP), any further powers in addition to the ones they hold now.

Johnson’s office did not deny the comments.

(Excerpt) Read more at uk.reuters.com ...


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These comments are only going to inflame Scottish independence feelings.

1 posted on 11/17/2020 5:30:28 AM PST by Cronos
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To: Cronos

The sepratists are stupid. It would be one thing to encourage an entrepreneurial class and then contemplate independence fifty years from now, but to do it now would be a disaster.


2 posted on 11/17/2020 5:35:03 AM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is thp at they are both death cults. N)
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To: Cronos

Me Scottish blood is up, kids...

Me great grand father Andrew Ewart Harris of Clan Campbell was born in Kilmarnock...

Scotland forever !!!


3 posted on 11/17/2020 5:36:16 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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“They are expected to perform strongly in elections to Scottish parliament in Holyrood in May.”

Sounds like India trying to say Hollywood.


4 posted on 11/17/2020 5:40:03 AM PST by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
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To: Tennessee Nana

Scotland has oil. But it is socialist, and gone atheist.

Trouble ahead...


5 posted on 11/17/2020 5:40:20 AM PST by CondorFlight
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“Scotland has oil. But it is socialist, and gone atheist.”

Agree, there are some scary things going on up there, even by Socialist standards. The one I remember is that every child is now assigned a ‘social worker’ that stays with that child until they’re an adult. If the child has any issues with his ‘caretakers’ (liberal term, we call them parents), like being spanked or denied birth control, he can simply have the social worker ‘take care of it’.


6 posted on 11/17/2020 5:44:55 AM PST by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
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To: CondorFlight

Most of the British Commonwealth countries have gone socialist...New Zealand, Australia, Canada...


7 posted on 11/17/2020 5:45:35 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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But what if the social worker doesn’t “take care of it” in a manner the child approves of? Won’t the social worker need to have a social worker? That way, if the child is displeased with their social worker, they can complain up another level and then the next social worker will “take care of” the social worker problem.


8 posted on 11/17/2020 5:52:42 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: Cronos

Bojo is the DeBlasio of the UK.


9 posted on 11/17/2020 5:53:51 AM PST by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: BobL

Holyrood palace :)

10 posted on 11/17/2020 5:55:21 AM PST by Cronos
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Don’t know Scottish politics, but leaving UK, for the EU doesn’t sound very good either.


11 posted on 11/17/2020 5:59:29 AM PST by Bayard
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Covid really seems to have taken the fight out of Bojo.
He is a good man based on what a friend who knows him has told me, and based on several of Boris’ past accomplishments.
Sad to see this.


12 posted on 11/17/2020 5:59:33 AM PST by Honest Nigerian
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Covid hasn’t taken the fight our of Boris, his IDIOT girlfriend is responsible she is a leftist loon!!!


13 posted on 11/17/2020 6:01:16 AM PST by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: ClearCase_guy

“But what if the social worker doesn’t “take care of it” in a manner the child approves of? Won’t the social worker need to have a social worker? That way, if the child is displeased with their social worker, they can complain up another level and then the next social worker will “take care of” the social worker problem.”

LOL - I’m sure they have a way to make sure that the child gets his way, as that is the ultimate goal of these Orwellian (or perhaps Lord of the Flies) type systems.


14 posted on 11/17/2020 6:03:25 AM PST by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
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To: Cronos

My wife’s family is Scottish
it is not wise to piss her off


15 posted on 11/17/2020 6:13:59 AM PST by HangnJudge
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Nice hardened roof turrets...


16 posted on 11/17/2020 6:15:35 AM PST by HangnJudge
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https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/475986/Think-tank-warns-separate-Scotland-could-be-soft-underbelly-for-anti-UK-terror


17 posted on 11/17/2020 6:19:36 AM PST by 100%FEDUP (I'm seeing RED!)
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To: Cronos

The one good thing I can say about Johnson is that his hairdo sucks.


18 posted on 11/17/2020 6:29:25 AM PST by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
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To: Cronos

They want independence from the UK to avoid independence from the EU. Is that how this reads?


19 posted on 11/17/2020 6:56:08 AM PST by Republican Wildcat
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Scots have been malcontents since the ‘45.
Want to have some fun? Run a referendum in England about Scots independence. The English people would send them packing in an instant. They’d do the same to the Welsh and Northern Ireland. England has to subsidize all three.


20 posted on 11/17/2020 7:31:00 AM PST by .44 Special (Tiamid Buacach!)
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