Talk:Scottish politician David McLetchie dies at age 61
Add topicSome tips for non-UK reviewers
[edit]Having previously battled hard with reviewing US political articles, I know how difficult this might be for a non-UK reviewer. Here are some pointers which fall into the 'common knowledge' category for anyone from the UK (which the sources are aimed at) and which will make understanding the subtleties of Scottish devolution much easier.
- Scotland has two completely separate sets of parliamentarians; MPs, who go to the UK parliament, and MSPs (members of the Scottish Parliament) who go to the new parliament in Scotland.
- The devolved Scottish parliament is a relatively new thing, having come in something like 12 years ago.
- Elections for the two are totally separate.
- The Scottish Parliament is in Holyrood, Edinburgh and the UK Parliament is in Westminster, London. They are often referred to simply as 'Holyrood' and 'Westminster'.
- The Conservatives are also known as the Tories.
- David Cameron is a Tory MP while Alex Salmond is an MSP for the Scottish Nationalist Party.
- The Tories are infamously unpopular in Scotland; although they are in power in Westminster, there is only one Scottish Tory MP, which is half the number of giant pandas in Scotland. They do arginally better in the Scottish Parliament.
I think that covers it. Blood Red Sandman (Talk) (Contribs) 18:34, 12 August 2013 (UTC)
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Revision 1970161 of this article has been reviewed by Tom Morris (talk · contribs) and has passed its review at 19:25, 12 August 2013 (UTC).
Comments by reviewer: I appreciated the notes on British politics for Yanks. Always useful for those of us south of Hadrian's Wall. The reviewed revision should automatically have been edited by removing {{Review}} and adding {{Publish}} at the bottom, and the edit sighted; if this did not happen, it may be done manually by a reviewer. |
Revision 1970161 of this article has been reviewed by Tom Morris (talk · contribs) and has passed its review at 19:25, 12 August 2013 (UTC).
Comments by reviewer: I appreciated the notes on British politics for Yanks. Always useful for those of us south of Hadrian's Wall. The reviewed revision should automatically have been edited by removing {{Review}} and adding {{Publish}} at the bottom, and the edit sighted; if this did not happen, it may be done manually by a reviewer. |