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And if Labour had 40 seats in Scotland and Wales And an overall majority of 1, it could push through legislation affecting just England that the majority of English MPs objected to through the use of votes that represent citizens that have no moral or logical interest in the matter. That is the...

It's not been sorted because until now it has been largely hypothetical. Virtually every ruling party since 1974 would have had a majority in the HoC regardless of the distribution of Scottish seats. This is much less likely to be the landscape for the mid-term, particularly where Labour is the...

You are wrong. This is about representation and not nationalism. Scottish MPs get to vote on issues where the determination of Westminster is not applicable to their own constituencies because Hollyrood has the sole power to make law in that area. Therefore Scottish MPs, representing Scottish...

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Sorry but I fundamentally disagree. Scottish residents are represented on certain issues at Hollyrood whereby they can take a completely different course to the rest of the UK (eg tuition fees?). Then allowing a Scottish say in those issues for England or the rest of UK on the self-same issue is...

So you would be happy for Scottish MPs, who represent the will and views of Scottish residents, to vote on matters that only impact a sub-set of England, Wales and Northern Ireland? No - not democratic, not fair and not logical. We are in a constitutional mess and I wish that the Scots had voted...