On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Perry E. Metzger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Consider, for example, an alternate > universe in which India integrated with Great Britain in 1950, 96% of > the members of parliament at Westminster were representatives of > districts in the former "colony" (considering relative populations of > 60M vs the combined population of India and Pakistan), the PM at > Downing Street was not a native of those peculiar islands off the > European coast, and the Anglo-Saxon population of the "Empire" was > nearly completely disenfranchised. :)
Would never have happened. How many MPs did Hong Kong have in the GB parliament? How many MPs representing the interests of the residents of Falkland Islands? Way before the winds of change blew strong and fierce, the British were set on a path of granting limited self governance to the colonies (cf. Government of India Act (1935)). It is highly unlikely that the British would have more fully integrated the colonies with representation in the Westminster Parliamentary system. S. -- "I saw this in a movie about a bus that had to SPEED around a city, keeping its SPEED over fifty, and if its SPEED dropped, it would explode. I think it was called, 'The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down'." -- Homer J. Simpson
