AHC: Make Berwick-upon-Tweed Scottish

The town of Berwick-upon-Tweed was once disputed territory between England and Scotland, and even today it retains cultural links to Scotland and there are voices advocating for it to be made part of Scotland rather than England.

With a POD after 1950, make this happen.
 

RyanF

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Derek Senior's memorandum of dissent to the findings of the Radcliffe-Maud Commission on local government in England, as mapped by @Utgard96 here, included a proposal to give Berwick-upon-Tweed and the surrounding area special status from the rest of local government in England. Although like all of his ideas it's a bit too much, this one could gain traction and wind up in the eventual report. If the Report is enacted upon with special status for Berwick-upon-Tweed then if a Scottish Assembly also comes to be it might find itself included in the electorate for that body.

Of course, no one would ever actually say Berwick-upon-Tweed is now part of Scotland, and you would expect some two men and a sheep organisation protesting at the Scottish government's authority over them. Also, any English Democrats-style group would probably call for it to be transferred to an English parliament along with Monmouthshire.
 
The town of Berwick-upon-Tweed was once disputed territory between England and Scotland, and even today it retains cultural links to Scotland and there are voices advocating for it to be made part of Scotland rather than England.

With a POD after 1950, make this happen.
Very few of these voices are actually from Berwick, so it isn't happening after 1950 barring a 1983 Doomsday scenario.

Source: I used to live in the area.
 
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