Blue Since 76 wrote:Socrates wrote:
I worked at Westminster as a parliamentary researcher at the time mate, the MP who I worked for was on the committee for the bill. The matters and implications were discussed at great length and I stayed awake through most of it. The lawyers have it wrong, Wales has as much right to an independence vote as Scotland. Real difference is it has about a 1% chance of being successful, compared to about a 25% chance in Scotland!
Thought the reason of the difference now between the two colonies was that Scotland had voted for a parliament with a majority and the Welsh didn't. Wales could have had one if the vote had been big enough but they ended up with a middle ground. Few years ago though and haven't read up on it since.
No, the proposals were different partly because of the historical differences John touches on above but mostly because there was doubt that a vote could be won on an all out Welsh parliament as there was so much resistance to the idea amongst the English living in Monmouth and Glamorgan. As it was the Welsh referendum was won by a very narrow margin so I guess they got the balance right as to what the communities wanted at the time.
