- Target:
- Scottish MPs
- Region:
- United Kingdom
I love Scotland, its people and many of its products (notably beef and whisky); my wife and I have enjoyed many happy stays north of the border.
However, it appears to me that the number of Scottish, especially Labour, candidates to English constituencies for Parliament is extremely high.
In Scotland, to put oneself forward as a candidate for public office, as an Englishman (or woman) is to invite ridicule and certain crushing defeat, as a result of the incredible anti-English feeling that is generated in such contests north of the border.
We, the undersigned, call upon the United Kingdom government to take steps to limit the proportion of Scottish candidates to English Parliamentary constituencies, to that of the proportion of English candidates to Scottish constituencies, so restoring a balance in the political relationships between Scotland and England.
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The Restore the balance between Scottish and English MPs petition to Scottish MPs was written by Neil Hutchinson and is in the category Politics at GoPetition.