In the most recent committee session of the UKHOC, the largest issue by far was that Scotland and Northern Ireland both wanted to leave the UK, and stay in the EU. The UKHOC was set to debate the exit of the UK from the EU, but the topic shifted to Scotland leaving the EU instead. However, after a recent unmoderated caucus, three resolutions were set to be debated on, but only one actually got attention.
They spent 30 minutes on the first clause, which is far too long. Throughout this entire process, they were extremely inefficient and boorish and only a few delegates took it seriously. The clause that was discussed, and only one got discussed, was talking about taking all the EU laws, and bringing them under UK rule. This is a fantastic idea, and will help the UK establish its rule. But the topic shifted to Scotland, once again. The 15 minute debate on how Scotland should be allowed to make its own laws was not even a bit helpful.
Scotland then called for a division of the question to discuss and vote on the amendment, which again slowed the process. During this time I pulled aside two delegates and talked to them about their beliefs and what was happening.
The general consensus is that Scotland was slowing the whole progress down. It was an “unavoidable topic that has to be solved. It is a large pressure on our shoulders to solve, and will take a long time. However, once we talk as a group, it always devolves into yelling and shaming. We cannot get anything done because a few choice delegates are not being cooperative. They refuse to compromise and will not allow anything but what they want to happen. If they could compromise, this entire process would be going much much faster.”
Another delegate said, “Scotland is hard to solve.” This committee will need some major reforms to solve these issues, as nothing is happening because of how inefficient UKHOC is. “Scotland is the problem.” Said by an unnamed delegate.
They spent 30 minutes on the first clause, which is far too long. Throughout this entire process, they were extremely inefficient and boorish and only a few delegates took it seriously. The clause that was discussed, and only one got discussed, was talking about taking all the EU laws, and bringing them under UK rule. This is a fantastic idea, and will help the UK establish its rule. But the topic shifted to Scotland, once again. The 15 minute debate on how Scotland should be allowed to make its own laws was not even a bit helpful.
Scotland then called for a division of the question to discuss and vote on the amendment, which again slowed the process. During this time I pulled aside two delegates and talked to them about their beliefs and what was happening.
The general consensus is that Scotland was slowing the whole progress down. It was an “unavoidable topic that has to be solved. It is a large pressure on our shoulders to solve, and will take a long time. However, once we talk as a group, it always devolves into yelling and shaming. We cannot get anything done because a few choice delegates are not being cooperative. They refuse to compromise and will not allow anything but what they want to happen. If they could compromise, this entire process would be going much much faster.”
Another delegate said, “Scotland is hard to solve.” This committee will need some major reforms to solve these issues, as nothing is happening because of how inefficient UKHOC is. “Scotland is the problem.” Said by an unnamed delegate.