It's run by people who are annoyed by the so-called "West Lothian question" – the fact that Scottish MPs can (and do) vote on matters such as health, education, local government etc. for England, while the reverse isn't true. But most people don't see any point.
My preferred solution to the West Lothian question is to let Scottish and Welsh MPs go home on a Thursday afternoon and conduct English-only business on Friday. I don't think the Scottish MPs will complain about that
. The additional benefit is that they can get back to their constituencies sooner for weekend surgeries etc. – after all, they have further to travel.
P.S. I think the official government objection to Devolution for England is that would basically be federalism, and federalism doesn't work when one state is much bigger than all the others. Which is probably true.
My preferred solution to the West Lothian question is to let Scottish and Welsh MPs go home on a Thursday afternoon and conduct English-only business on Friday. I don't think the Scottish MPs will complain about that
. The additional benefit is that they can get back to their constituencies sooner for weekend surgeries etc. – after all, they have further to travel.P.S. I think the official government objection to Devolution for England is that would basically be federalism, and federalism doesn't work when one state is much bigger than all the others. Which is probably true.
Vigilantibus non dormientibus jura subveniunt.
—Nous disons en allemand : le guerre, le mort, le lune, alors que 'soleil' et 'amour' sont du sexe féminin : la soleil, la amour. La vie est neutre.
—La vie ? Neutre ? C'est très joli, et surtout très logique.
—Nous disons en allemand : le guerre, le mort, le lune, alors que 'soleil' et 'amour' sont du sexe féminin : la soleil, la amour. La vie est neutre.
—La vie ? Neutre ? C'est très joli, et surtout très logique.
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For Our Nordmenn: What Happens to Federal Religious Holidays in the Absence of a State Church?
- 27/05/2012 01:33:20 PM
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Nothing, they are federal holidays still because of strong unions, not religion
- 27/05/2012 06:58:52 PM
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Hypocrisy FTW, eh? 
- 27/05/2012 11:04:38 PM
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- 27/05/2012 11:04:38 PM
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No.
- 27/05/2012 11:16:11 PM
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Again, some people manifestly care; just not enough to relinquish a paid holiday.
- 28/05/2012 01:48:26 AM
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Nothing.
- 27/05/2012 07:03:07 PM
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Replacing it with another, secular, holiday seems the responsible thing to do.
- 27/05/2012 11:15:11 PM
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People. Don't. Care.
- 27/05/2012 11:29:07 PM
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If people did not care, disestablishmentarianism (and its antithesis) would not exist.
- 28/05/2012 01:41:18 AM
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Most of them are stolen from heden traditions and have nothing to do with christianity.
- 27/05/2012 07:15:55 PM
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Since two resident history buffs recently excoriated me for that claim, I have no wish to revisit it
- 27/05/2012 11:27:13 PM
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Thanksgiving isn't a religious holiday.
- 27/05/2012 08:43:58 PM
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That is rather debatable.
- 28/05/2012 12:08:53 AM
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The Distinction
- 29/05/2012 07:41:47 PM
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Thanksgiving was a purely federal institution. FDR dictated the date it's celebrated
- 30/05/2012 03:22:09 AM
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That distinction would be an almost wholly Roman Catholic (or possibly Greek Orthodox) one.
- 01/06/2012 01:47:12 AM
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How do you come to four for Canada?
- 27/05/2012 11:29:57 PM
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Because I counted Thankgiving, and holidays for federal employees rather than just statutory ones.
- 28/05/2012 02:03:55 AM
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Re: Because I counted Thankgiving, and holidays for federal employees rather...
- 28/05/2012 04:31:14 AM
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Well, you know better than I, but I found the 1580s date interesting.
- 28/05/2012 04:08:31 PM
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Re: Well, you no better than I, but I found the 1580s date interesting.
- 29/05/2012 01:15:52 AM
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Ireland has a tonne of religious public holidays yet no state religion.
- 28/05/2012 12:48:55 AM
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I wondered how that would shake out for the rest of Europe, or at least Western Europe.
- 28/05/2012 02:29:16 AM
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It's funny how you use "federal" to mean "mandated by national government".
- 28/05/2012 03:49:17 PM
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I was thinking more "central" government, but OK.
- 28/05/2012 04:26:38 PM
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Re: I was thinking more "central" government, but OK.
- 28/05/2012 04:50:32 PM
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Re: I was thinking more "central" government, but OK.
- 01/06/2012 02:03:40 AM
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I think you've got the Scotland Act backwards.
- 01/06/2012 09:48:36 AM
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There's a lot of countries that call "devolution" federalism, though.
- 01/06/2012 09:52:23 PM
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What about when most of the country is still under central control?
- 02/06/2012 10:25:47 AM
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I wasn't saying the UK is a normal federal country.
- 02/06/2012 10:17:08 PM
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There is a Campaign for an English Parliament.
- 03/06/2012 10:12:21 AM
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