I wonder if enough has changed in the decade since the Scottish vote that this complete devolution would be acceptable. Even back then the saner Scots figured out without being able to transfer money from London they weren't going to be able to maintain their desired social welfare system. Of course that was pre-Brexit but on the other hand I'm not sure what good the North Sea oil and gas wells are going to be in a Net Zero EU. Ireland appears to have benefited greatly from being an independent tax authority with entry into the EU and United Kingdom but that advantage goes away with devolution, Brexit, and the possibility of playing the three (Wales, Scotland, Ireland) off each other for tax concessions. Maybe they are serious but this sounds more tactical, and likely a result of the way Labor and the Tories maneuvered to block Reform than greater support for the nationalist parties.
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I wonder if enough has changed in the decade since the Scottish vote that this complete devolution would be acceptable. Even back then the saner Scots figured out without being able to transfer money from London they weren't going to be able to maintain their desired social welfare system. Of course that was pre-Brexit but on the other hand I'm not sure what good the North Sea oil and gas wells are going to be in a Net Zero EU. Ireland appears to have benefited greatly from being an independent tax authority with entry into the EU and United Kingdom but that advantage goes away with devolution, Brexit, and the possibility of playing the three (Wales, Scotland, Ireland) off each other for tax concessions. Maybe they are serious but this sounds more tactical, and likely a result of the way Labor and the Tories maneuvered to block Reform than greater support for the nationalist parties.
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