The only difference since 1999 is that England has seen an increase in migration due to joining the EU, Scotland believe that this is ruining the Scottish culture. The power of a separate government would allow Scotland to leave the EU as most of the migration is from England meaning they can restore their Scottish culture. The issue that is caused is the fact that their culture is at risk and that they believe their people are worse off due a non-separate government. This causes pressure on England to allow them to leave but England and the remaining of the UK see Scotland as a key asset to the United Kingdom. Another reason that causes separatists pressures are differences in religion, culture or language to surrounding areas, for example Basque.
Following their election to parliament, the SNP's MPs pressed for the creation of a Scottish Assembly, which was given added credibility after the conclusions of the Kilbrandon Commission. However, opponents demanded that a referendum be held on the issue. Although the Labour Party and the Scottish National Party both officially supported devolution, support was split in both parties. Labour was divided between those who favoured devolution and those who wanted to maintain a full central Westminster government. In the SNP, there was division between those who saw devolution as a stepping stone to independence and those who feared it might actually detract from that ultimate goal.
This source of power is also affected by members of the cabinet whom are too powerful and important to easily dismiss, most recently famous was during Tony Blair’s leadership, 1997 – 2007, and the pressure he received off Gordon Brown to leave. The majority a Prime Minister receives in a general election also alters the power that they have. If there is a large majority then a Prime Minister has, arguably, got more of a political mandate than a leader with a
These beliefs have been the ideas and founding principles in the past, but in our modern society, voter suppression has again and again crippled the rights of the people. In the recent century, many laws and political tactics have forced many people away from voting. Why is it important for Americans to vote? The question may have conversional answers. Voting is important because it allows individuals their rights as humans to express their opinions.
Since 1997 there have been many constitutional reforms from the Labour Government to the recent coalition government, these reforms have changed the UK political system quite dramatically; these reforms may have increased our democracy but have also created new problems which have to resolved through Parliamentary debate. The main Constitutional reform which has been ongoing through the Labour and Coalition government, however the Coalition seem less keen, is the reform on devolution of Powers to Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland. Scotland and Northern Ireland were granted with Primary powers of legislation meaning they can create legislation on a variety of different matters such as Health and Social services and Law and Order, this gave Scotland and Northern Ireland much more independence and power to run their own nations, Wales was only granted secondary powers meaning they can alter legislation but not create. This devolution was in response to referendums held in the Scotland, Wales and NI and there have also been calls to have complete independence from the UK however the referendum held on this matter returned a NO vote. This devolution however has raised some issues which seem hard to solve for example the West Lothian Question creates a problem n which Scottish MP’s can vote on English Laws but English MP’s cannot vote on Scottish Laws.
Analyse the view that the Labour and Conservative parties are dominated by their respective leaders. In recent years there has been much debate as to whether party leaders have too much power over their parties. Many do believe that the two main party leaders in the UK do not dominate their parties as the structure of their party does not allow them to do so, but many more believe that party leaders have great authority over their parties and are fully committed to driving their parties policy with little delegation or use of their cabinet ministers. Historically the Conservative Party leader has been more powerful than the Labour Party leader. People believe this is down to the party’s history; the Labour Party originated from the trade union movement at the turn of the 20th century and originally had a chairman of the Labour MPs in the House of Commons, but no leader.
Should Scotland become Independent? In my essay I will be covering the arguments for/against the movement also what does it mean to become independent, effects plus evidence/statistics on the matter of voting and overall the huge decision in autumn 2014. Yes Campaign Yes Campaign Firstly, Scottish Independence is a movement to split Scotland away from the United Kingdom. Alex Salmond the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) and first minister of Scotland and David Cameron leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom signed an agreement in 12 October 2012 so that the movement can take place, the agreement had the legal terms of the referendum. This is a very important document for both Scotland and the United Kingdom.
Therefore, despite the argue amount of agreement regarding the ends they would like the country to reach, the means with which they want to do this remains controversial. Before this though, mainly during the 1970s and 1980s, after World War II and the One Nation conservatism that followed however, UK politics was adversarial, the strongly Right winged ideology of Margaret Thatcher and the Conservatives against the strongly Left winged views of Labour - both parties fiercely disagreed upon policy and how best to govern Britain. It was only when Tony Blair became Labour Prime Minister in 1997 that Britain's politics became consensual once more after the Thatcher era, with Blair moving of Labour more to the centre ground leading to a large degree of overlap with the Conservative viewpoint and also the Liberal Democrats after becoming an influential party again. Something all 3 main parties disagree on is cutting benefits. The conservatives and Liberal Democrats want to cut family tax credit and other such benefits after a family’s 2nd child to stop people having 7 or 8 children that they cannot support themselves.
* The extent to which the UK has a unitary system of government is debatable following Britain’s membership of the EU and devolution within the UK. * Constitutional reform is debated in both the US and the UK. However, the debate is often in different areas. * In the US, constitutional reform usually comes of calls for further amendments to the Constitution. These have included proposals to balance the federal budget, ban flag desecration, permit prayers in state-run schools and preserve the traditional concept of marriage.
“Is it time for Scotland to become and independent country?” Thinking Module Report (1000) Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales have all created this glorified image of togetherness since they were united in 1707 through the Treaty of Unions. Since then, however, the dispute of Scotland becoming an independent country has been a reoccurring argument that has put a strain on the relationships between these ‘united’ countries. When the Scottish National Party (SNP) were successful in the election of May 4th 2012 the position of Scotland has been questioned by politicians and mainly by the people of Scotland. Whether or not Scotland should become an independent country, a debate that was presented by Stewart Hosie, an MP for the Scottish Nationalist Party who was arguing in motion of independence. Conversely, Jenny Marra, representing MSP Labour party argued against independence.