Knife attack in Glasgow

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I have two very dear friends from Scotland, they are husband and wife, and I have to say, they have a strange and wicked sense of humor, PC they are not and the husband is the worse of the two.

I don't really understand what they were laughing at, but I don't always understand my friends either.

I will try to find the whole of the debate, but what was the point she was trying to get across? It went over my head.

Hi @"NightskyeB4Dawn" 

Which "she" are you asking about?
Is it the Conservative MP in Westminster in the clip I linked?

If it was, then I can maybe offer this...?

Her Speech reads thus:

"Landslides on the whole do not produce an effective Government, so our Prime Minister can rest assured of an effective and smooth 5 years (the term of the Government - She's saying that the Scottish Government will be ineffective with an SNP landslide, thereby making his life easier.)
...And it was the home of Oliver Cromwell, who defeated the Scots at Dunbar, incorporated Scotland into his protectorate, and transported the Scots as slaves to the colonies... (laughter and "hear hear hear" from Conservative MP's)
...Now THERE's an answer to the West Lothian Question!". (Send Scots away to the colonies as slaves, so that they can't vote on English matters.)

The West Lothian question was an on-going sore-point for English members of parliament in Westminster, that since Scottish devolution (the formation of a Scottish Parliament), the Scots MP's in Westminster had the right to vote on UK matters (and English (only) matters) since England does not technically have it's "own" parliament, whilst English MP's could not vote on Scottish (only) matters which were devolved to the Scottish Parliament.

This situation was resolved recently by the introduction of EVEL (English Votes for English Laws) which EXCLUDES MP's representing Scottish regions from sitting and voting on English (only) matters.
It's basically English MP's treating the UK parliament (that ALL of the UK pays for btw) like an "English" Parliament.

IMHO England should have set up (and paid for) their OWN devolved Government (like Scotland had to do), instead of kicking Scots MP's out of the UK parliamentary chamber that they were legally and democratically elected to sit in.

In Summary:
They (The Conservative Unionist MP's) were laughing along with the suggestion that the UK should send Scots to the colonies as slaves.

Nice?