Ok, Kev, this is why it’s called a “power grab”:
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- The Brexit that 62% voted against is happening anyway and the powers that are currently held in Brussels are coming to the UK.
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- These powers include those over public procurement, fisheries, environmental policy, food regulation, animal welfare and agriculture.
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- Important: There are 24 powers over areas devolved to Scotland.
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- Instead of being ‘automatically devolved’, as was promised, London has decided it should take them.
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- ‘Grab‘ is a better word than ‘take’ because when the British Government intercept these ‘automatically devolved’ powers they do so against the wishes of the entire Scottish Parliament, bar the Tories, naturally.
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A majority of both Yes and No voters support devolved control over food, fishing, farming and the environment. 82.3% and 53.1% respectively.
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- 68% said they did not think Scottish MPs were doing enough to hold the British Government to its assurances over devolving powers.
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- To protect their power grab the British Government is taking the Scottish Government to court after Holyrood voted against it.
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- The Scottish Government has been backed by their Welsh and Northern Irish counterparts who also describe London’s actions as a ‘power grab’– which undermines devolution.
No country dominates the EU like England dominates the UK
So what phrase should people use when powers over devolved areas currently held in Brussels, which should go to Edinburgh, are intercepted by London? When London does this against the wishes of people here.
Kev doesn’t get why everybody’s calling it a ‘power grab’ is inappropriate but Kev has a habit of getting confused by the whole EU-Scotland-Brexit mess.
Like when he gets the EU mixed up with the euro area in regards to joining criteria. Or when he struggles with the difference between a unitary state with some devolution and a trading bloc of sovereign states (the smaller members working together in groups to advance their goals). Telling people they’re anti English for supporting independence in the EU.
