Rustledjimm wrote:RE: Being asked regarding Scotland's veto in the Brexit appeal.
The Scottish government has no such power as all powers divested to it are done so at the discretion of Westminster. If Scotland tried to kick up too much of a fuss Westminster could just revoke all powers and dissolve the Scottish Government in a moments notice without any consultation.
This is why we want independence.
Perhaps you should think why the devolved scottish parliment may be doing a shit job to enter the collective conciousness despite having local representative politicians of its own (i can't even name one, can you?), and different policies & approaches to aspects such as child & healthcare over the border. Maybe you're dissillusioned simply because none of the policies have affected you because the said government hasn't moved to embrace anything you care about or makes your town, county or city better. Just a handful of thoughts.
I could go on whilst you're screaming "
We want independence because we fear our government (*)
will be knocked down" but that's just how its meant to be because its a union of countries intertwined into a whole body which the central core of government could handle all themselves at immense extra cost to actively meddle with your lives but instead entrusted it to local representatives that are supposed to represent YOU.
- its not a government its basically a council that also sit as constituents in parliment whether they actually decide or abstain from political action or not.
If you want different standards just vote for your most relevant like the rest of the country instead of trying to suck poison out of a snakebite, scotland plays as much a vote for determining political outcomes as Wales or Ireland, oust the tories and vote for someone else to run your area if you dont like them; promoting better candidates. Anger towards the government i feel without proper palpable fault is just ignorance of how the political machine works and how it feeds back to you not touching the controls or focusing on some other ulterior objective whether its your own or someone else entirely.
- As the tories found out in the Brexit referendum as well as other political groups over time, calling your voters stupid does not encourage people to vote and is a gross misuse of trying to explain the point on how many people do not use their own political power within democracies, unless of course said population have become so beaten and used to ineffectual politicians that they don't inwardly believe in themselves to have self worth & promote change.
SNP propaganda and groups are no different to UKIP's scandalous bustups (didn't call itself the English National Party because it has no interest) or the DUP's ultra catholic conservitism with five minutes of fame by plugging in on hot political issues.