Can Birmingham secede from England that'd be funny as fuck

@ipg cornwall independence

@ipg gaining independence faster than scotland would be really funny i think

@torepang @ipg no it wouldnt :'(

@torepang @ipg
Willing to commit voter fraud for the Yaseen-Autumn presidential ticket.

@AppleAmps @ipg we would run birmingham to the ground (like it should be )

@torepang @AppleAmps How can u make it any worse than it is

@ipg @AppleAmps by trying my best .

@ipg @torepang @AppleAmps They should put me in power so I can fuck up in new and exciting ways

@ipg the Government actually thought of this ages ago and basically legally, all cities, towns, counties, etc in UK exist only at the pleasure of the Government (and of the devolved governments in Scotland and Wales). So if any settlement really had an independence movement, the Government could send troops into occupy the area and then legally dissolve it to break it up

@yassie_j @ipg that's not so funny :(

@yassie_j British once again LARPing as America by sending in troops to break up independence movements except instead of entire countries it's Stoke-on-Trent

@ipg @yassie_j "the government sends troops into Coventry to break up independence movement" 😭😭😭 grow up .

@torepang @ipg I am imagining an armed insurrection that occupies the cathedral

@yassie_j @ipg I think originally this was at the pleasure of the Sovereign. Which is why the king, esp. post-1066, just burnt down parts of the country for rebelling

@starfrost @ipg yep, and since the Government acts on behalf of the Sovereign, they have this power

@yassie_j @ipg The harrying of the north is the earliest example of this that comes to mind

@yassie_j @ipg Actually, the devolved governments themselves only exist at the pleasure of the Government in Westminster. If the Scotland Act 1998 and the other legislation that increased the power of the scottish parliament later were to be repealed, the Scottish Government and Parliament would legally cease to exist. Same for the Wales Act

@starfrost @ipg yeah

It’s one of those “technically possible but not a great idea”

@yassie_j @ipg so like our entire system of government hahaha

I always remind people that are opposed to creating a republic that Parliament could pass a law tomorrow, if it so wanted, to abolish elections, set up concentration camps, or just order the death of literally everyone in the country - and no court would be able to stop them.