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Originally Posted by Bagor
Semantics. I'm aware of that. And they are based in ....
Scotland is under the rule of a British Conservative government who has the final say in many of their matters despite voting in one Conservative MP to their 59 seats. Same as Wales and Northern Ireland.
So, in a way. The English decide who governs Scotland.
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Greater London is the closest politically to Scotland.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/o...ut-not-london/
In fact greater london is more similar politically to Scotland than it is to the rest of England and Wales. They only elected 28/74 conservative MP's. And the more urban you get in greater london the more the Labour Party takes control.
So you might say that London is being ruled by the rest of England. And if so I think that London needs to separate from the rest of England.
And if you notice that the current British Government is a Colilition between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats. Scotland also elected 11 liberal democrats of roughly 60 seats who sit in government. So they really sit in a similar situation to greater london.