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Is Devolution Likely To Invigorate Celtic Nationalisms and Lead To the Break-Up of Britain?
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IS DEVOLUTION LIKELY TO INVIGORATE CELTIC NATIONALISMS AND LEAD TO THE BREAK-UP OF BRITAIN? A government document confidently assured in July 1997: "the Union will be strengthened by recognising the claims of Scotland, Wales and the regions with strong identities of their own. The governments' devolution proposals... will not only safeguard but also endorse the Union". However could such an assertion reside as a gross political and constitutional miscalculation: does devolution represent the first step towards a British quasi-federalist state and an eventual break up of the Union; or conversely will it serve to smother Celtic nationalisms by accommodating the UK's divergent political demands in different parts of the country? Devolution is the devolving of political decision-making power from the centre to sub-national units. At least in theory, there is no loss of sovereignty at the centre in political devolution; for powers that are devolved can be repealed by an Act of...
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