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Topic: Re:Reply
Posted by: John Hawkes
Date/Time: 12/05/26 12:09:00

Mr Ixer

'Interestingly, we now have nationalist parties with a majority in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Is this a reaction to the growth of Reform being seen as a rise in "English" nationalism rather than British nationalism? And, potentially, the ZUK's break-up?'

Another non sequitur.

Support for Reform and so called 'English nationalism' are a result of observation of how Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have benefited from the largesse of the the UK public purse mainly funded by England and they wonder why that should be.

Scotland in the policies of the SNP and now the Welsh through Plaid Cymru are even more vociferously calling for independence: supposedly to stop the encroachment of 'the right wing' in the shape of Reform.

They don't appreciate that many Scots and Welsh actually warm to Reform's social policies especially regarding immigration.

And these Parties never acknowledges how much they benefited from the Barnett formula of funding transfer; a mechanism used by the Treasury in the United Kingdom to automatically adjust the amounts of public expenditure allocated to Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales to reflect changes in spending levels allocated to public services in England, Scotland and Wales, as appropriate. The formula applies to a large proportion, but not the whole, of the devolved governments' budgets − in 2013–14 it applied to about 85% of the Scottish Parliament's total budget. The formula has been adjusted in recent times to take account of increased tax and welfare powers being devolved, particularly in Scotland, to take account of greater control over revenue raised from devolved taxes being allocated to public spending. By July 2025, around 50% of Scottish Government spending is generated through devolved taxation in Scotland in contrast to the main source of revenue for public spending in Scotland in 2013–2014 coming from Barnett formula allocation.

That's why the Scots have always been too canny to vote for Independence.

It would stop money flowing into their sporrans !

And also why, with such an unbalanced economy, so many Scots leave to work in England.

Especially as the Labour Government's energy policy formulated by 'lil Ed Miliband from Islington constrains it from exploiting the massive natural resources it has in gas and oil.

To counter this diaspora non-British immigrants were urged to settle in Scotland.

With consequential results being the state of the streets in parts of Glasgow.

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TopicDate PostedPosted By
Reform - really not racist ...10/05/26 15:58:00 Michael Ixer
   Re:Reform - really not racist ...10/05/26 16:44:00 Ivonne Holliday
      Reply10/05/26 17:59:00 Sue Hammond
         Re:Reply10/05/26 18:23:00 Robert Wheeler
            Re:Re:Reply10/05/26 18:37:00 Ivonne Holliday
               Re:Re:Re:Reply10/05/26 19:00:00 Steven Rose
                  Reply10/05/26 20:10:00 Michael Ixer
                     Re:Reply10/05/26 21:11:00 Sue Hammond
                        Reply10/05/26 21:23:00 Michael Ixer
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply11/05/26 10:19:00 Ivonne Holliday
            Reply11/05/26 00:38:00 Michael Ixer
               Re:Reply11/05/26 11:59:00 John Hawkes
                  Reply11/05/26 13:12:00 Michael Ixer
                     Re:Reply11/05/26 16:10:00 John Hawkes
   Reply11/05/26 10:37:00 Michael Ixer
      Re:Reply11/05/26 12:14:00 John Hawkes
   Re:Reform - really not racist ...11/05/26 11:53:00 John Hawkes
      Reply11/05/26 12:44:00 Michael Ixer
         Re:Reply11/05/26 13:40:00 Steven Rose
         Re:Reply11/05/26 16:58:00 John Hawkes
            Reply11/05/26 19:59:00 Michael Ixer
               Re:Reply12/05/26 11:17:00 John Hawkes
                  Reply12/05/26 11:39:00 Michael Ixer
                     Re:Reply12/05/26 12:23:00 John Hawkes
         Reply11/05/26 17:57:00 Sue Hammond
            Re:Reply11/05/26 18:13:00 Lucille Grant
               Reply11/05/26 20:09:00 Michael Ixer
                  Reply11/05/26 20:30:00 Michael Ixer
            Reply11/05/26 18:20:00 Michael Ixer
               Re:Reply11/05/26 19:37:00 Jonathan Callaway
                  Re:Re:Reply11/05/26 21:46:00 Steven Rose
                     Re:Re:Re:Reply11/05/26 23:09:00 Jonathan Callaway
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply12/05/26 07:13:00 Robert Wheeler
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply12/05/26 08:05:00 Jonathan Callaway
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply12/05/26 08:57:00 Robert Wheeler
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply12/05/26 09:31:00 Ivonne Holliday
                                    Reply12/05/26 10:01:00 Martine Guy
                                       Re:Reply12/05/26 10:53:00 Ivonne Holliday
                                          Reply12/05/26 11:12:00 Martine Guy
                                          Re:Re:Reply12/05/26 11:34:00 John Hawkes
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply12/05/26 09:34:00 Steven Rose
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply12/05/26 09:48:00 Ivonne Holliday
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply12/05/26 10:44:00 Steven Rose
                                          Reply12/05/26 11:24:00 Michael Ixer
                                             Re:Reply12/05/26 12:09:00 John Hawkes
                                                Reply12/05/26 12:31:00 Michael Ixer
                                                   Re:Reply12/05/26 13:32:00 John Hawkes
                     Re:Re:Re:Reply12/05/26 11:26:00 John Hawkes

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