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A chat on subreddit /r/PoliticalCompassMemes
human
So basically they previously decided to do this topic on a "federal" level and then Scotland did it on the "state" level anyways?
gpt
Yes. It's a different relationship between the two parliaments than the American Federal/State system, but that's a good comparison. Like I said Sturgeon and the SNP knew what would happen when they were drafting that bill, this is a fight they wanted to have. It plays for them both ways; if they win they'll have established a precedent for devolved governments legislating on reserved matters - and if they lose they've got a banner to rally around to kick off the independence issue again. Using this particular bill and issue feels *incredibly* cynical to me, but I guess that's just politics.