Devolution in the United Kingdom in 1920

While I'm not a big fan of devolution I got to thinking about what would have happened if when the Government of Ireland Act of 1920 was passed similar acts had gone into effect in Scotland, Wales and maybe even England based in Edinburgh, Cardiff and say Coventry.

So the idea is that each of the UK's component countries has it's own House of Commons, Senate and Prime Minister legislating on certain aspects of government within their borders.

Northern Ireland also had a governor, an office which might not translate over to the three mainland nations.

My main question is what would happen to the mainland parliaments in 1972?
 

Thande

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I think this could have happened in the 1920s, but it would probably be later than 1920 itself. My reasoning is that enthusiasm for devolution in the UK has historically seemed to parallel economic problems (i.e. Wales and especially Scotland being worried about being dragged down with England if there's an economic collapse). There's obviously always a hard core of nationalists in both nations, but they'd never get anywhere if they couldn't persuade swing voters to back them, and economic troubles are one important reason why they might.

Cf. how nationalism and devolution intensified firstly in the mid-1970s, during and just after Callaghan, and then lay quiescent for the years of prosperity before sparking again after 1992. Granted, the current intensification of Scottish nationalism does not fit this pattern, as the economy remains strong, but in that case there are other factors at work. I think it is reasonably sensible to tie devolution with the General Strike etc. though.

There's also the point that Scotland received many devolved powers in 1913, so a lot of more moderate nationalists will already have been 'satiated' in recent memory and there might not be much appetite for this.
 
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