I was just thinking to myself.... Does it not give England a significant advantage over the other UK nations having their parliament sitting as a huge part of the UK Parliament.
If the other 3 nations (Scotland, NI and Wales) are devolved then shouldn't England have a devolved parliament too...
We should be a Federation of nations rather than 3 devolved nations and a big brother to guide us. THOUGHTS?
CONTEXT: I have this observation that the Parliament of England actually can impose their will to the monarch. This was proven by how the monarch needs the approval of the Parliament to go to war and increases taxation. I understand that the relationship exists thusly because there was a precedent that the members of Parliament, the landowners, to successfully make the Monarch comply, ex: King John-Magna Carta, and King Henry III-De Monfort's Parliament. And this state of relationship is kept through generations which, in my analysis, supported the democratization of the United Kingdom such as appointment of commons' representatives, the appointment of the first lord of treasury to rely on the Commons' trust, the universal male suffrage, the universal women suffrage, and practically giving the position of the head of Government to a member of the House of Commons. Yes, the Monarch might refuse and resist, ex: Ferrers' case and James VII/I's parliament suspension, but when the Monarch has stepped too far, the Parliament could successfully make the Monarch cut off, like what happened to Charles I. The point is the change brought by the Parliament is inevitable to be implemented.
Question:
- Why does this kind of relationship not exist in other countries? (French Estates General was weak to the French King and Spanish Cortes were weak to the Spanish King. I mean the elements were all there, the lands were managed by the land-owners, why then there was no resistance at all from these land-owners).
Btw, yes, I'm a new subscriber. I have read the rules, and yes I understand that I'm asking a broader-concept topic. Mainly because I like to talk about the underlining concepts in History.
In a surprising move, today Theresa May announced plans for referendums in England to create three regional assemblies: one covering the southeast and southwest, one covering the East, East Midlands and West Midlands, and one covering the Northeast, Northwest and Yorkshire and the Humber. In a statement, Ms. May said that this was in the interests of fairness, recognising how Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and London each had their own assemblies or parliament, yet England didn't, which was part of the reason many in England felt they were left behind by the rest of the country. The government will also rename the Scottish Parliament to the Scottish assembly, to show each being at a similar level of power. The highest amount of opposition to this has been from the Tory backbenchers, with some describing it as the next stage in the end of Parliaments power, and leading to the breakup of the union.
[M]I'll do a roll for each one.
