United Kingdom
Devolution was introduced in 1998 in Scotland and Wales, but not in England.
The Labour Party is in favour of devolution to Regions of England, whereas the Conservative Party prefers "English Votes on English Laws". Some political parties such as the English Democrats Party want a full English parliament. The Liberal Democrats are currently reviewing their policies on this subject.
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Famous quotes containing the words united and/or kingdom:
“Hearing, seeing and understanding each other, humanity from one end of the earth to the other now lives simultaneously, omnipresent like a god thanks to its own creative ability. And, thanks to its victory over space and time, it would now be splendidly united for all time, if it were not confused again and again by that fatal delusion which causes humankind to keep on destroying this grandiose unity and to destroy itself with the same resources which gave it power over the elements.”
—Stefan Zweig (18811942)
“The kingdom of man over nature, which cometh not with observation,—a dominion such as now is beyond his dream of God,—he shall enter without more wonder than the blind man feels who is gradually restored to perfect sight.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)