r/Holyrood

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Seems like a good opportunity to ask him more about Scottish issues

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Burnham promising "the biggest transfer of powers" has a strong echo of Gordon Brown's 2014 pledge that a no vote would lead within three years to a settlement "as close as
possible to federalism," which obviously never transpired.

Apart from anything else, is taking powers away from the parliament that Scotland voted to have those powers and giving them to bodies that even fewer people turn out to vote for than turn out in Holyrood elections, without a vote on that and without it being in a manifesto (and remember, he claims he can't introduce proportional representation because it wasn't in a manifesto) a) really a vote winner and b) a legitimate thing to do?

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Hi all! I'm u/Unitedthe_gees, and I've just set up r/Holyrood as a space for Scottish politics discussion.

I created this because Scottish Parliament chat tends to get lost in r/UK subs, where it's often quite heavily pro-union and hard to have nuanced conversations. Party-specific subs are great, but I reckon we also need a cross-party space where we can talk about Scottish politics without ending up in an echo chamber.

We're all about being friendly, constructive, and inclusive — even if you disagree with everything. I genuinely think engaging in good faith conversation is the only way forward. Ostracising people just creates more divide.

I'm still getting things set up, so if you've got suggestions for rules, flairs, or anything else that'd make this better, let me know in the comments.

Thanks for being part of the first wave.