XPost: soc.culture.scottish, soc.culture.irish, uk.media.tv.misc   
   From: peffers50@btinternet.com   
      
   "Westprog"  wrote in message   
   news:e4smsf$j6a$1@news.datemas.de...   
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   > "Paul Hyett"  wrote in message   
   > news:yshmtRBanUcEFwvh@blueyonder.co.uk...   
   > ...   
   >> IMO it's a red herring anyway - it would only be a problem if Scotland   
   >> were doing much better than the rest of the UK through this   
   >> 'preferential' treatment. I see no evidence of that.   
   >   
   > The issue is about representation. At present, England is represented on   
   > quite different terms to the rest of the country. (Well, apart from   
   > Northern   
   > Ireland, where the assembly is on hold).   
   >   
   > Either the UK parliament decides for the entire country,   
      
   Which of the four UK countries is , "The Country", you speak of?   
   > or it should   
   > delegate certain matters to other bodies. It shouldn't delegate for some   
   > areas and not others.   
   >   
   > J/   
   >   
   >   
      
   See the point? The UK is NOT a country, it is a state made up of four   
   countries yet the Westminster Parliament is funding England as the UK while   
   funding the other three countries with their own block grants.   
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   Fife,   
   Scotland, (UK).   
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