Scottish radio in London?

Adrian wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article [email protected],
Adrian wrote:

Maybe this is the result of having Scotish MPs voting on matters only
affecting England.


No such thing as a 'Scotish' MP. They may represent a Scottish
constituency which is part of the UK. So no different from any other.
Their duty is to represent the interests of those constituents. Perhaps
you'd prefer otherwise?

OK, you can be pedantic about this if you like. I did of course mean MPs
with Scottish constituencies. The point is that there are matters voted
on in the Commons which relate only to England because that particular
matter is devolved to the Scottish Assembly (and or Welsh Assembly). The
result is that "Scottish MPs" vote on matters which do not affect the
people who elected them.

Well you could say that Scottish constituents are affected in a greater
or lesser extent by any westminster matter if it will affect the sharing
of resources around the country. Certainly some scottish MPs have made
the argument when challenged by the english press as to why they didn't
abstain on a vote which, at first glance, only affected england.

Stewart

On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:18:08 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article [email protected],
Adrian wrote:
Maybe this is the result of having Scotish MPs voting on matters only
affecting England.

No such thing as a 'Scotish' MP. They may represent a Scottish
constituency which is part of the UK. So no different from any other.
Their duty is to represent the interests of those constituents. Perhaps
you'd prefer otherwise?

Gordon Brown is a "Scottish" MP- he is Scottish by birth and he
represents a parliamentary constituency that is in Scotland - how else
would you describe him?
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Peter

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On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:25:55 +0100, "Max Demian"
wrote:

|!Does anyone know why Crystal Palace is transmitting Clyde 1, a Glasgow-based
|!radio station on Freeview channel 724 (in place of 3C), complete with
|!Scottish news, sport and advertisements for Glasgow area shops?

On Emley Moor as well.
Run the Scots are railing Yorkshire again ;-)
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Max Demian wrote:

Does anyone know why Crystal Palace is transmitting Clyde 1, a
Glasgow-based radio station on Freeview channel 724 (in place of
3C), complete with Scottish news, sport and advertisements for
Glasgow area shops?

I dunno why we've got Clyde 1 but 3C is no more.

http://www.3cdigital.com/

Call itself a Country and Western station? I never heard The Wurzels once.

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In article , Peter
writes
On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:18:08 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article [email protected],
Adrian wrote:
Maybe this is the result of having Scotish MPs voting on matters only
affecting England.

No such thing as a 'Scotish' MP. They may represent a Scottish
constituency which is part of the UK. So no different from any other.
Their duty is to represent the interests of those constituents. Perhaps
you'd prefer otherwise?

Gordon Brown is a "Scottish" MP- he is Scottish by birth and he
represents a parliamentary constituency that is in Scotland -


how else
would you describe him?

Don't ask!, dangerous to your pay packet perhaps?. Soon as he sods off
back across the border the better. In fact If I were to meet him I'd
only have one question and that would be when are you going to hold an
election so I can get rid of you!....
--
Tony Sayer

In article [email protected],
Adrian wrote:
No such thing as a 'Scotish' MP. They may represent a Scottish
constituency which is part of the UK. So no different from any other.
Their duty is to represent the interests of those constituents. Perhaps
you'd prefer otherwise?

OK, you can be pedantic about this if you like. I did of course mean MPs
with Scottish constituencies. The point is that there are matters voted
on in the Commons which relate only to England because that particular
matter is devolved to the Scottish Assembly (and or Welsh Assembly). The
result is that "Scottish MPs" vote on matters which do not affect the
people who elected them.

Perhaps you now know what it's like for the Scots to be ruled by an
'English' Parliament for all these years. The Geordies by a South one. And
the Cornish by a London one. Etc etc.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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In article ,
Stewart Smith wrote:
Well you could say that Scottish constituents are affected in a greater
or lesser extent by any westminster matter if it will affect the sharing
of resources around the country. Certainly some scottish MPs have made
the argument when challenged by the english press as to why they didn't
abstain on a vote which, at first glance, only affected england.

Because England is no more of an 'entity' than the UK?

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Dave Plowman London SW
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In article ,
tony sayer wrote:
Don't ask!, dangerous to your pay packet perhaps?. Soon as he sods off
back across the border the better. In fact If I were to meet him I'd
only have one question and that would be when are you going to hold an
election so I can get rid of you!....

You fancy Cameron? (Good Scots name that).

Good grief.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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"Peter" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:18:08 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article [email protected],
Adrian wrote:
Maybe this is the result of having Scotish MPs voting on matters only
affecting England.

No such thing as a 'Scotish' MP. They may represent a Scottish
constituency which is part of the UK. So no different from any other.
Their duty is to represent the interests of those constituents. Perhaps
you'd prefer otherwise?

Gordon Brown is a "Scottish" MP- he is Scottish by birth and he
represents a parliamentary constituency that is in Scotland - how else
would you describe him?

I'd call he a theiving bast**d

Mel.

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Peter

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"Adrian" wrote in message
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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article [email protected],
Adrian wrote:

Maybe this is the result of having Scotish MPs voting on matters only
affecting England.


No such thing as a 'Scotish' MP. They may represent a Scottish
constituency which is part of the UK. So no different from any other.
Their duty is to represent the interests of those constituents. Perhaps
you'd prefer otherwise?

OK, you can be pedantic about this if you like. I did of course mean MPs
with Scottish constituencies. The point is that there are matters voted on
in the Commons which relate only to England because that particular matter
is devolved to the Scottish Assembly (and or Welsh Assembly). The result
is that "Scottish MPs" vote on matters which do not affect the people who
elected them.

We have the Scottish Parliament, not an assembly.