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west lothian question

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.05 in modern English

Syllables
west- loth-i-an ques-tion
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The anomaly whereby Scottish MPs can vote on issues affecting England, but English MPs cannot vote on Scottish issues.

British usage

Etymology

Coined by Enoch Powell MP in 1977 after series of similar questions originally raised by Tam Dalyell, MP for West Lothian.

Usage

Inflected Forms

the West Lothian question (canonical)

Questions

What does west lothian question mean?
The anomaly whereby Scottish MPs can vote on issues affecting England, but English MPs cannot vote on Scottish issues.
Where does west lothian question come from?
Coined by Enoch Powell MP in 1977 after series of similar questions originally raised by Tam Dalyell, MP for West Lothian.

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