Celritannia wrote:The Nihilistic view wrote:
Doesn't matter, conservative or a few years ago before the EU referendum conservative and UKIP is normally around or over 50% of the vote.
You seriously underestimate how blue most of the South East is. The 2019 general election had us on 54% of the vote and that's normally not quite as good.
Sure, in the South, but That would be within that devolved Legislature.
They would still be able to spend money how they see fit, and oversee issues which they can focus on, like education, policing, environment, instead of waiting for central government all the time.
A federal UK will help places deal with situations without waiting for action by Westminster. Too much control from a central authority limits reactions from local areas. A Federal system allows this.
The money is in the south, the North can't set an income tax rate on the South East or have a slice of any regional inheritance tax from London.
So the North would have two choices, cut spending or increase taxes it was responsible for to raise the money for its discretionary spending.