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Why does England not have its own government?
This is because the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the legitimate successor to the historical Parliament of England and the Parliament of Great Britain. ...
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Why is it so difficult to deal with cold calling?
The thing about such scams is, there is money in it. And the scams may be originated nearly anywhere. So the incentives are enormous.
Here is a story about phone scams in Alberta, Canada. In one year ...
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Why does England not have its own government?
England makes up more than 80% of the population of the UK, and accordingly has more than 80% of the seats in the House of Commons (currently 543 out of 650).
So the House of Commons is already ...
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UK allegiance oath - Is there a secular alternative?
This oath of allegiance is essentially the Oath of Allegiance given by certain public servants, originally defined in the Promissory Oaths Act 1868:
Form of oath of allegiance.
The oath in this Act ...
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Why do immigrants want to come to the UK when its cost of living is so high?
Countries with higher salaries frequently have also higher costs of living so something that looks like a heaven from the side may easily not be.
Many emigrants keep supporting they old parents and ...
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What is the logic of allowing animal testing for cosmetics regarding the safety of workers but not the safety of customers?
It seems clear that the idea was to improve animal welfare by preventing animal testing being carried out in the development of cosmetics.
Indeed but it is equally important that the people working ...
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Why is it so difficult to deal with cold calling?
Frame Challenge: Technically, cold calling is functionally the same as just calling a random 10-digit number.
The mention of a GDPR Subject Access Request does seem to indicate that you think the ...
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How does the logic work for no prosecution exceptions to the right to not self incriminate in the presence of different jurisdictions?
Frame challenge: I don't quite see what different jurisdictions has to do with this. The UK charged him for an alleged crime committed in the UK (obstruction of justice by failure to disclose ...
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What is the logic of allowing animal testing for cosmetics regarding the safety of workers but not the safety of customers?
Clearly the rights granted to animals have to be balanced with the rights granted to people - if not for a principled reason, then simply for the reason that people have political power in human ...
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Why is it so difficult to deal with cold calling?
Its a spoofed number
So, you go to the police with the number they used. If it is a genuine number (which it may not be), the person who owns that number did not make the call. The police investigate ...
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Given the typical pace of Parliament, what is roughly the earliest one could see the renters reform bill becoming law?
It's impossible to answer this, as ultimately it's up to the Government, and affected by the level of opposition in each House.
There must be an election by January 2025, though the latest rumours ...
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How does the logic work for no prosecution exceptions to the right to not self incriminate in the presence of different jurisdictions?
It's quite different - In the US the Right to not Incriminate self is "absolute" in the sense that your choice to not answer investigators, or testify, cannot be used as a proof of some ...
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Why does England not have its own government?
From 2015 to 2021 there was a parliamentary protocol called 'English Votes for English Laws' by which e.g. Scottish MPs were barred from voting on legislation affecting only England, so there was ...
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Why does England not have its own government?
The relevant political term is Asymmetric federalism.
A similar example to that is the structure of the USSR. To an external observer, the RSFSR was sufficiently large and important that the whole ...
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