Regional devolution - the geography

[Liverbirdie]

If it happens, will the regions be as obvious as we think?

Cumbria for example, north west or north east?

Will Yorkshire be on its own? West and East Midlands or the midlands as one?

South west and south east, but what about East Anglia?

What would you want your region to be, and who to be in it. If there is a north west regional assembly, I think it will only be Merseyside, greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cheshire, possibly Cumbria and Derbyshire at the outside.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

I said a few days ago.
England NW, NE, Midlands, SE,SW, and London, Scotland, Wales & NI. All devolved regional parliaments.
Much greater reduced UK Parliament and elected second chamber..........located in Preston of course.
MP's and Senators elected by equal share of population of regions.

PS....... I have spoken to the Prime Minister and he said it will probably happen by next Wednesday

 

[Old Skier]

I said a few days ago.
England NW, NE, Midlands, SE,SW, and London, Scotland, Wales & NI. All devolved regional parliaments.
Much greater reduced UK Parliament and elected second chamber..........located in Preston of course.
MP's and Senators elected by equal share of population of regions

More cost, more wannabe politicians more jobs for the boys.

 

[Liverbirdie]

More cost, more wannabe politicians more jobs for the boys.

Probably, but if it means money more equally spread, and decided by localish people, instead of London based bigwigs, it will get my vote.

Get rid of the House of Lords as well, would pay for some of it.

Cornwall on its own, or happy to slum it with Devonians and Somerset, or should it include even further afield?

 

[Imurg]

If it happens, will the regions be as obvious as we think?

Cumbria for example, north west or north east?

Will Yorkshire be on its own? West and East Midlands or the midlands as one?

South west and south east, but what about East Anglia?

What would you want your region to be, and who to be in it. If there is a north west regional assembly, I think it will only be Merseyside, greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cheshire, possibly Cumbria and Derbyshire at the outside.

Whatever they decide I'll put money on Aylesbury being at the junction of at least 3 "regions"......

 

[Liverbirdie]

Whatever they decide I'll put money on Aylesbury being at the junction of at least 3 "regions"......

Which one would you prefer to be in, and which 3 are they?

 

[Doon frae Troon]

More cost, more wannabe politicians more jobs for the boys.

At least they will be local politcians, many of whom you may be surprised to find out are women.

Doing away with Westminster would save the UK loads, London may wish to keep it for their devolved parliament, if they can afford to run it.

Massive savings for the UK by [a] moving Parliament to Preston greatly reducing the existing MP's and [c]doing away with the House of Lards

Sorry liverpool [not Phil] crossed over your thread.

 

[Imurg]

Which one would you prefer to be in, and which 3 are they?

London, South East if it goes around London, South West(at a push) , Midlands or even South depending on where they draw the lines.
We used to be able to pick up 4 different regional TV channels....

Not sure it will matter which we get dumped in will it?

 

[SocketRocket]

I'm not convinced we need regional assemblies other than the current County Councils. I just want National devolution: Scottish, English, Welsh and Northern Ireland assemblies to make decisions on things that affect us as Nations, then a National Parliament for all our common issues.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

My geographical observations were taken from Golf Foundation British Age Groups championships. Based on Counties in England, and London was included in South east as they generally did not have any young golfers.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Huge additional savings on Police/Fire/Ambulence Civil servants ETC ETC ETC. by having one regional headquarters instead of the half dozen county ones.

This has worked pretty well in Scotland.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

I'm not convinced we need regional assemblies other than the current County Councils. I just want National devolution: Scottish, English, Welsh and Northern Ireland assemblies to make decisions on things that affect us as Nations, then a National Parliament for all our common issues.

Under my plans you would not have a 'National' Parliament.

Aylesbury is in the South East of England.

 

[Old Skier]

Huge additional savings on Police/Fire/Ambulence Civil servants ETC ETC ETC. by having one regional headquarters instead of the half dozen county ones.

This has worked pretty well in Scotland.

This alone should have happened years ago but to many folk protecting jobs that have no real meaning.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

This alone should have happened years ago but to many folk protecting jobs that have no real meaning.

Wow ..we agree.
How many County Assistant Chief Constables does one country need ?
Why does the Chief Constable need an assistant to start with?

 

[SocketRocket]

Under my plans you would not have a 'National' Parliament.

Aylesbury is in the South East of England.

Aylesbury! whats Aylesbury got to do with it

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Aylesbury! whats Aylesbury got to do with it

:lol: Are you getting old?

Post 5

 

[Coatsy79]

Probably, but if it means money more equally spread, and decided by localish people, instead of London based bigwigs, it will get my vote.

Get rid of the House of Lords as well, would pay for some of it.

Cornwall on its own, or happy to slum it with Devonians and Somerset, or should it include even further afield?

I consider us in Wiltshire, and possibly Dorset to be the South west, I'd be pretty peeved if were stuck in the SE "region"

 

[Hobbit]

No, definitely not.

I want Westminster to do the job it is paid for, and to do it for all the people, in equal measure. Westminster hasn't shrunk, even though there is a measure of devolvement to the Scottish and Welsh assemblies. If anyone that thinks that Regional Assemblies will see a radical change in Westminster is naive.

Generations have seen more MP's, Civil Servants, Depts, Quango's etc... that needs addressing, along with the huge number of MP's, most of which do next to nothing.

 

[Old Skier]

No, definitely not.

I want Westminster to do the job it is paid for, and to do it for all the people, in equal measure. Westminster hasn't shrunk, even though there is a measure of devolvement to the Scottish and Welsh assemblies. If anyone that thinks that Regional Assemblies will see a radical change in Westminster is naive.

Generations have seen more MP's, Civil Servants, Depts, Quango's etc... that needs addressing, along with the huge number of MP's, most of which do next to nothing.

Have a like

 

[Doon frae Troon]

I consider us in Wiltshire, and possibly Dorset to be the South west, I'd be pretty peeved if were stuck in the SE "region"

SW is Cornwall, Devon, Summerzet, Dorset, Wilts, Gloucester and the Scilly Isles