tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post6167335590410045265..comments2023-11-05T09:37:36.840+01:00Comments on A View From Rural Wales: Debate on the Barnett Formula.Glyn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10442114752573417252noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-91417718109734927612011-01-19T15:02:34.276+01:002011-01-19T15:02:34.276+01:00Yes, I was a bit perplexed by Selous' contribu...Yes, I was a bit perplexed by Selous' contribution too. (Interesting name, Selous.) <br /><br />Because we all know that the reason successive governments have not tinkered with Barnett is for fear of pushing the Scots closer to independence. Unless Selous speaks only for himself are some political strategists now calculating that, with a Tory-led coalition government in London, the Scots will return to Labour in the May elections?<br /><br />And get well soon, Glyn.Jac o' the North,https://www.blogger.com/profile/02032744625666336148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-5880220527462451932011-01-19T14:07:15.876+01:002011-01-19T14:07:15.876+01:00But the BBC didn't even report the story to th...But the BBC didn't even report the story to the people of England.<br /><br />The article you refer to was on the BBC Wales website, but there was no mention of it on the BBC's England pages or on the main UK politics page (unlike Wales and Scotland, England doesn't get its own BBC politics page).<br /><br />And was it mentioned on any BBC TV or radio in England? No.<br /><br />This shouldn't come as any surprise because, as <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/apr/08/statesofthenation" rel="nofollow">Mark Simpson writes in the Guardian</a>, "The BBC, Westminster, the Royal Family and London all block the emergence of an English national - and political - consciousness. Why? Because it would undermine their power, their very existence, and indeed, their point. The institutions of "Britishness" may or may not favour "Scottishness" (and "Welshness") but are quite definitely all set against Englishness."Garethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10021800974251370747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-71144689355360960152011-01-19T11:51:16.124+01:002011-01-19T11:51:16.124+01:00I was wondering Glyn, as a member of the Governmen...I was wondering Glyn, as a member of the Government do you think anything will be done on barnett in this Parliament. I think, that despite the Conservatives having virtually nothing to lose up North, they like all Governments will be scared to 'jig' things around in case of upsetting the bloody scots!. We in Wales should complain more like them! <br /><br />It's an awful formula.<br /><br />And I'm also intrigued on how things like Olympics/Crossrail aren't "barnetted". Who actually makes that decision and how. Does anybody know!!?<br /><br /><br />I think what makes it difficult for Governments is what is the alternative!?.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com