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Topic: Re:Re:Re:Re:Change in Politics
Posted by: Fraser Pearce
Date/Time: 04/06/08 16:33:00

The biggest change in postwar national politics has been the rise of the EC and EU. As a result, matters start to make more sense when taking a broader EU view.

Westminster, for example, is no longer the centre of legislative power it once was. An estimated 80% of British legislation now passes from Brussels to Westminster.

In effect, the “three main parties” are battling for what’s left over, the remaining 20% that doesn’t come from the EU. What’s ‘gained’ on a supranational level is ‘lost’ on a national one. This leaves less room for manoeuvre on a national level, resulting in the political ‘cross dressing’ mentioned here.

Again, the “very few original ideas” on areas such as “energy and the environment” may be due to the fact these are now EU ‘competencies’, not national ones. The agenda on areas such as these is again being driven by Brussels, not Westminster.

As for England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, these are part of a wider EU strategy too, starting with EU regulation 2052/88. As such, the EU’s divided into 111 ‘Euro-regions’, with 12 regions for the UK.

Scottish devolution, the London, Welsh and NI assemblies and regional development agencies are therefore part of wider strategy to create 12 British regional governments, as part of a ‘Europe of the regions’ that can bypass national governments and go directly to the EU for cash.

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Change in Politics04/06/08 10:49:00 Bryan Turner
   Re:Change in Politics04/06/08 11:15:00 Stewart Dean
      Re:Re:Change in Politics04/06/08 12:28:00 Luke Underwood
         Re:Re:Re:Change in Politics04/06/08 13:19:00 Malcolm Peltu
         Re:Re:Re:Change in Politics04/06/08 13:25:00 Bryan Turner
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Change in Politics04/06/08 13:31:00 Richard Greenhough
   Re:Change in Politics04/06/08 13:14:00 Ken Munn
      Re:Re:Change in Politics04/06/08 13:39:00 Anneberth Lux
         Re:Re:Re:Change in Politics04/06/08 14:28:00 Richard Greenhough
   Re:Change in Politics04/06/08 13:50:00 Jane Rudolph
      Re:Re:Change in Politics04/06/08 14:20:00 Malcolm Peltu
         Re:Re:Re:Change in Politics04/06/08 14:28:00 Anneberth Lux
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Change in Politics04/06/08 16:33:00 Fraser Pearce
   Re:Change in Politics04/06/08 19:15:00 Alastair Banton
      Re:Re:Change in Politics04/06/08 20:48:00 Guy Lambert
         Re:Re:Re:Change in Politics05/06/08 14:20:00 Fraser Pearce
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Change in Politics05/06/08 18:03:00 David Giles
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Change in Politics05/06/08 19:45:00 Martin Hime
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Change in Politics05/06/08 19:47:00 Malcolm Peltu
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Change in Politics05/06/08 22:13:00 Guy Lambert
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Change in Politics05/06/08 22:46:00 Guy Lambert
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Change in Politics05/06/08 23:08:00 Malcolm Peltu
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Change in Politics05/06/08 23:25:00 Vanessa Smith
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Change in Politics06/06/08 11:01:00 Phil Andrews
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Change in Politics05/06/08 23:28:00 Vanessa Smith
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Change in Politics05/06/08 23:46:00 Martin Hime
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Change in Politics06/06/08 10:35:00 Malcolm Peltu
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Change in Politics06/06/08 11:05:00 Alastair Banton
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Change in Politics09/06/08 09:09:00 Luke Underwood
                     Equality in sl£aze too?09/06/08 11:50:00 Malcolm Peltu

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