I never understood why the Welsh and the Scottish clamoured for regional assemblies. I’ve seen the parliament building in Cardiff and it looks *expensive*.
Presumably people think they’re going to get more representation, whatever that means. But all they really get is to pay for more goverment people to interfere in their lives; more committees wanting to Do Things and more targets for lobbyists and interest groups. Sure enough, Scotland gets all the totalitarian anti-drink laws first. And Wales gets mobile average speed cameras.