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Subject:	Re: UK devolved government. (was Re: Harry Potter getting left out)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Mon, 10 Sep 2001 20:53:50 GMT
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"Mr L F Braun" <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote in message news:GJF0zu.LB6@lugnet.com... > > The UK doesn't have > a real history of struggle between local, state, and federal, > so it doesn't surprise me that the decrees go from the center > outward more often than the other way. I would have thought the UK has plenty of history of struggle between local, state and federal over the centuries. We've had civil wars, and the formation of the kingdom from seperate countries. And politics is always a 'struggle' between local (town) state (county) and federal (central) governments. Then factor in the 'struggle' between England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Island and calls for independence. regards lawrence

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		Re: UK devolved government. (was Re: Harry Potter getting left out)
(...) Not in my opinion: (...) All of these were at national level, either two nations against each other or two sides vying for control of the whole nation. (...) Scottish and Welsh devolution are close, but there was no level of government (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: UK devolved government. (was Re: Harry Potter getting left out)
(...) No, actually, that's probably not as much detail as I could withstand. :D I read pretty closely on the matter when I was living in Hornsey and in Acton, especially after Kiley got involved because I use Boston's and New York's systems quite (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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