Another Angry WomanFatal miscalculation by central government in assuming there is a single soul in Scotland who hates trans people more than they hate the English.
The UK is formed of 4 countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The latter 3 are not 100% willing in this union, to put it politely, and all have good historical reasons to be resentful and want independence. To stave off any huge protests, the compromise is these countries have devolved governments who pass laws for their countries, with central government located in England ("Westminster").
There is a veto option for the devolved governments. If Westminster doesn't like something the devolved governments are doing, they can refuse to submit it for royal assent (rubber stamping by the monarch, because this country is fucking stupid). This doesn't happen in practice, because the devolved governments are the compromise, the gesture from Westminster to stop them actually trying to leave the union.
Faye Goth@stavvers they really call your governments "devolved"? And you just ... Take that?
APT Ate My HomeworkThey really train y'all at birth to be okay with constantly refered to as lower or beneath English people.
No wonder my ancestors let themselves be deported.
Tonya Marie 🏳️⚧️@Gothfarts
I think you might be overemphasizing the "de-evolution" type of meaning for "devolved". I believe that in UK usage, the definition given by @http_error_418 doesn't come with any baggage, it is simply a word that means "delegated to the next level down of bureaucracy"
@TonyaMarie @http_error_418 @stavvers
I think I can see why my ancestors got fed up arguing with people like you and let themselves get deported from their own land.
@TonyaMarie @http_error_418 @stavvers
I don't even know what the point of your post is when I don't hold anything over you, unlike England. I just noticed something was off and commented. 🐢💯