barcode wrote:* Why does England need a voice? its has Five times as many mps over all the other parts of the UK, Maybe you lot should get better MPS.
I should know better than to respond to you, but can you just stop and think for one second instead of spewing all sorts of crap into posts on this forum? All too often talking to friends, they really think it's all about us in Scotland. Well, it's not always all about us. The SNP has done very well and good luck to them but UK General Elections (under the present arrangements) should have an England-skew, especially as most people in the UK live there, and also so many matters are now devolved to Scotland where we get to choose representatives as well.
You ask why does England need a voice? Well, think about this. In Scotland, we've got:
3-4 councillors per ward, elected under Single Transferable Vote
1 MSP for each Scottish Parliamentary constituency
6-7 Additional MSPs for each Scottish Parliamentary region (Additional Member System)
1 MP for UK Parliament constituency.
In many parts of England, compared to the above, people have 1 councillor and 1 MP. That's it. Maybe 'more representation' or institutions aren't wanted, but you must be able to acknowledge there is an imbalance.