There was a dog's breakfast it's true.
For me it was from the start when 3 out 4 countries that constitute the UK/Union obtained their devolved parliaments and not all 4.
The ' West Lothian' question has been an issue of fairness for donkeys years.
Wasn't it Gerald Kaufman who made the comment in Parliament yesterday that it was 'racist'? . I don't know why then he considers it not 'racist' for the 3 devolved parliaments to vote on their own issues if that is how he determines when it suitable to use the word racist. Added nothing to the debate but 2 mins of fame I guess.
To be honest I think there is a total hypocracy being spoken by those who have their own ability to vote on their own laws, education, health service etc. yet want to refuse the one country that has no right to do the same from having the same powers.
I'll tell you what let's try an experiment. England, Wales, Northern Ireland have devolved parliaments but Scotland can't have one.
It always hits home to me when we have a General Election how the Welsh, Scottish, Northern Ireland Assemblies/Parliaments can continue to function but because we have no English Parliament/Assembly it comes to a halt. How and why is that acceptable? I am not saying that they should also cease to function , I am saying it is yet another reason why the 4th country in the Union should have parity with the other 3.
If only Wales, Northern Ireland and England had devolved parliaments I would be fully behind Scotland in it's quest for it's own devolved parliament, because it would be only fair.