Wee sooky girrel
Anna loves to suck, and given that her mum won’t let her have a dummy, she has to use her thumb instead, just like her paternal grandmother (who was also not allowed dummies).
It is very cute, no?
The British Parliament
Although I’d prefer Scottish independence, if I can’t have that, I’d prefer a fully federal system in the UK. That would mean that the federal parliament should only deal with foreign affairs, macroeconomics, defense and a few other things.
Such a parliament should give ample representation to the smaller nations. The only reason that the English are allowed to dominate Westminster so heavily is that it is also their national parliament. As soon as the English had their own parliament to deal with schools, hospitals, traffic and so on, there would be no basis for this any more.
I think the fairest solution would be using the square-root of population figures.
I also think this would be a good opportunity to enfranchise the areas under the British Crown that are not part of the UK.
Given the current population figures, the new British Federal Parliament would look as follows:
| Nation | Population | Seats |
|---|---|---|
| England | 50,762,900 | 71 |
| Scotland | 5,116,900 | 23 |
| Wales | 2,958,600 | 17 |
| Northern Ireland | 1,710,300 | 13 |
| Jersey | 89,300 | 3 |
| Isle of Man | 80,058 | 3 |
| Guernsey | 65,573 | 3 |
| Bermuda | 64,482 | 3 |
| Cayman Islands | 46,600 | 2 |
| Gibraltar | 28,875 | 2 |
| Virgin Islands | 21,730 | 1 |
| Turks and Caicos | 21,500 | 1 |
| Anguilla | 12,800 | 1 |
| St Helena | 6,563 | 1 |
| Pitcairn | 67 | 0 |
| 61,013,215 | 147 |
Det rene, det store og det borgerlige
Pittelkow skriver i dag: “Engang var SF partiet, der stod for den rene vare. Socialdemokratiet var det store parti. Og de radikale var partiet, der rakte over til de borgerlige.”
Han fortsætter så med en analyse, jeg ikke er enig i.
Så vidt jeg kan se, er udviklingen, at DrV er ved at blive partiet, der står for den rene vare, især efter introduktionen af Søvndals nye retorik. Socialdemokraterne er ved at blive partiet, der rækker over til de borgerlige – de er i hvert fald meget ofte ukritisk enige med regeringen. Og SF bliver måske nu til det store parti.
Hvis den analyse er korrekt, vil det lede til nye regeringskonstellationer. Man få forvente mange SF-ledede regeringer i koalition med Socialdemokraterne (og måske Ny Alliance, hvis de overlever), men med DrV som støtteparti uden megen indflydelse. Og man vil måske nogle gange se S i koalition med V og C, på samme måde som VKR i gamle dage.