tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post3642383569234031290..comments2024-03-14T12:42:51.995+00:00Comments on Chris Whiteside's Blog: Up to a point, Lord Copper ...Chris Whitesidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02888720969479013951noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-55132129860243051072017-03-18T18:51:30.499+00:002017-03-18T18:51:30.499+00:00I'm thinking in terms of the structures in pla...I'm thinking in terms of the structures in place now, yes. <br /><br />The only way the Harrogate agenda is likely to come into place is if the House of Commons decides to adopt it. <br /><br />That may happen in our lifetimes, Jim, but it's not likely to happen in the timeframe of the current debate about how Brexit should take place nor that about whether there should be an Indyref2 during Nicola Sturgeon's tenure as FM.Chris Whitesidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02888720969479013951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-41764533782990734562017-03-18T10:32:49.145+00:002017-03-18T10:32:49.145+00:00You are still thinking "central management&qu...You are still thinking "central management".<br />Sage 6 of Flexcit (The Harrogate Agenda) solves this problem. See we figured that there is no point in returning power to Westminster, the very place that gave it away in the first instance. Instead it spreads power thoughout every citizen.<br /><br />Now if one local authority wants to lend to another then that is fine, it just means that the people of both areas have to first be asked and agree to this deal.<br /><br />Harrogate was pretty much our back up plan had the referendum gone the other way, we would not have called for a second referendum, we would instead have pushed harder on Harrogate, thus making ourselves incompatible with the EU. Its one the main reasons Switzerland is not an EU member state, its direct democracy is incompatible with the EU.<br /><br />I guess you could think of it as Absolute devolution max.<br />Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00373005279697295131noreply@blogger.com