tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137857716187567509.post7697992805814495726..comments2024-01-18T02:47:12.669-08:00Comments on Tregear Vean: A win for an engaged electorate! Revjeanrolthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12744131101249601856noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137857716187567509.post-14932132409617278812014-09-19T10:19:36.039-07:002014-09-19T10:19:36.039-07:00For me the concept of the UK is indivisible, I fin...For me the concept of the UK is indivisible, I find the prospect of losing any part of it to be quite troubling. Natlionalism is quite a narrow perspective, which is why I find the claims of UKIP to be so tasteless. It's also divisive and racist in many cases and brings out all sorts of unpleasant prejudices that are harmful to the people holding them, let alone those that they damage by their views and actions.<br /><br />I'm delighted that Scotland will remain a full member of the UK, but also want the Government to take seriously their lack of disengagement until the last minute, when political expediency drew them in with emergency announcements, which will be the cause of enormous constitutional change in the space of the next 8 months until the general election.<br /><br />Frankly, I agree that devo+ is needed for both Wales and Scotland, but it mustn't ignore the regional aspirations of Northern Ireland and England, particularly England, which acts as the foundation for the Union, funds the current devolution of both Wales anad Scotland but is itself as much abused by Westminster politicians, and has huge areas of regional deprivation, Cornwall, being among them. We in the so called Afluent south east suffer from the same. Areas of Kent suffer high unemployment, social deprivation and poverty as areas in the North East and North West which are better at making a noise about their plight than the south east.<br /><br />Good for the Scots, they will benefit hugely from their political engagement, but ignoring the rest of the UK might well lead to unrest and dissatisfaction from the wider electorate, who are fed up with being ignored.UKViewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18114944341930758335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137857716187567509.post-75756256059244308782014-09-19T06:59:29.834-07:002014-09-19T06:59:29.834-07:00Sorry Ray....once again I deleted your reply by ac...Sorry Ray....once again I deleted your reply by accident....<br />Here it is...<br />Yes you're right. Cornwall is indeed very individual. Which in a way proves my point. If all these very separate identities can be successfully melded into one good whole then Great Britain we are and hopefully always will be. Revjeanrolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12744131101249601856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137857716187567509.post-66951138219575167092014-09-19T04:03:43.598-07:002014-09-19T04:03:43.598-07:00I maybe ought to add to your list. Home rule for ...I maybe ought to add to your list. Home rule for Cornwall comes up quite often! Revjeanrolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12744131101249601856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137857716187567509.post-68587154554183770042014-09-19T03:10:26.271-07:002014-09-19T03:10:26.271-07:00I also am very relieved that the "NO" vo...I also am very relieved that the "NO" vote won. It was a close thing but happily for the UK as a whole, the right decision was made.<br />Great Britain is geographically at the hub of World politics and would have no recognisable voice without its component parts.<br />Each of its individual sectors, Ireland Scotland Wales has its own distinct personality but it is in its united form that it has most impact.<br />United we stand. T B T G.Ray Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09209429097744326143noreply@blogger.com