Is this democracy?

One of the main reasons the general election ended with a hung parliament was the labour voting from the Welsh and Scottish assemblies.  Without these votes Labour would have been nowhere.

How can it be a fair system that allows for the Scottish, Welsh and NI assemblies to run the important affairs for their countries that are funded out of central government's purse.

Put simply, this means that if Labour had got into power again, many of their policies effecting English voters would not effect the assemblies.  This is demonstrated by free prescriptions in Wales and university grants in Scotland, all funded by central government - but not for England.

Perhaps it is time that central government sorted this out for once and all.  The politicians of these assemblies are focused on their own countries and are always bleating for more money.  So, let us accept that the idea of a United Kingdom is dead and buried.

The answer, surely, would be devolve these countries fully.  Let them raise their own taxes and run their countries totally independent from Whitehall.  Set-up an English parliament and be done with it.

Of course, this will never happen, while these assemblies cling to the purse strings of central government.  So put up or shut up.