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Originally Posted by Chris
It comes from a part of the North Sea that is the sovereign territory of the United Kingdom. The international conventions that govern territorial waters, rights over the continental shelf and establishment of national maritime boundaries have all come into existence relatively recently, and none of them existed before the UK did.
'Scotland's oil' is just nationalist propaganda.
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So it's the "UK's oil" as opposed to England's or Scotland's?
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Originally Posted by Osem
Yes I do thanks. I didn't claim that, in the case of Wales, the difference in powers is enormous (or on the scale of what applies in Scotland), just that there is a difference in powers and that's what the poster was referring to.
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It doesn't make sense though. The suggestion that Welsh MPs in Westminster can influence English affairs while the reverse cannot happen is totally false.