David's Daily Diversions

More Scottish Oppression

Scotland is grossly over-represented in the UK Parliament. There are 72 Scottish MPs. In some cases Scottish constituencies include as few as 20,000 people, whereas English constituencies include as many as 100,000.

There have been plans reduce the number of Scottish seats to 59. This would not create actual parity with England, but would come closer. These plans may now be shelved until after the next General Election. The reason is simple. The largest number of seat are held by Labour and they would be the big losers. The Government wants to pad the next election in every way that it can to insure a third consecutive term in office.

I have already blogged recent about how the Scots enjoy a great deal of power over the English. They can vote in the UK Parliament on matters that affect the English, but have been devolved to Edinburgh for the Scots. Not only that, Transport and Health Secretaries in London, both Scots, determine policy for England but not for Scotland.

I think all the Scots MPs should go home. Perhaps there should be special days when policies affecting all the UK are dealt with, and then the Scots can send down a little group to take part in the debate. But when it's over, put them all on a bus and send them back north of the border.