The system works?

[rich_jacko]

So, Scottish Members of Parliament plan to vote against changing the law in England and Wales to match the law in Scotland, because they want Members of the Scottish Parliament to change the law in Scotland so it matches the law in England and Wales (which they could do anyway). And also because English voters have told Scottish MPs they want Scottish MPs to vote that way, rather than the way the English MPs, who the English voters voted for, plan to vote themselves.

In response, the Government plans to change the rules (but not the law) to let English and Welsh MPs gang up to vote against the way their voters want them to vote and change the law in England and Wales to match the law in Scotland. This won't make any difference because English, Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish MPs still all get to gang up to vote to keep the law in England and Wales so it doesn't match the law in Scotland.

At least until MSPs vote to change the law in Scotland so that it does match. Which probably wouldn't even be planned if Scottish MPs weren't planning to vote to stop the law being changed in England and Wales to match. So rather than matching one way, they'll match in another way.

Foxes win all round.

I'm glad that's sorted, then

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