ABSTRACT
Labour and Liberal Democrats cooperated over the need for devolution and when Blair's landslide arrived in 1997 the necessary referendums and other legislation were quickly passed. Excepted matters are: royal succession, international relations, defence and armed forces, nationality, immigration and asylum, taxes levied across the United Kingdom as a whole, appointment of senior judges, all elections held in Northern Ireland, currency, and the conferring of honours. The Scottish National Party (SNP) was founded by John MacCormick in 1934, declaring from the outset that Scotland could and should raise its own taxes and pay its own way. However, in the wake of the Scottish referendum in September 2014, enthusiasm for devolution in England was reborn to some extent, with new powers being granted to city regions by the coalition government. The Welsh Assembly lacks the ability to pass primary legislation but can pass secondary legislation to amend the former and supporters of the Assembly campaign for the same powers as Scotland.
