So your main and opposition party are essentially identical then?
With Scotland.... i'm not sure if we have the same freedom or will to complain, but we do still get people elected to the devolved Parliament who wouldn't get elected in many other countries or in England; Scottish Socialists (I'm still not sure this is good, natch), the Greens, one MP from the OAPs Alliance or whatever it is and a doctor standing on a single issue; to stop them closing Stobhill hospital (which is important to me as my dad needed to go there for..um...stuff).
Partly due to the fact we have 4 parties (SNP, albeit the tories are now so out of it their next UK election manifesto basically targets big voting & money allocation cuts for Scotland), but there have also been a few 'common sense' victories, too. Such as stopping a few hospital closure such as the Queen Marys in Glasgow (notable as a hospital situated next to a specialist childcare unit, the aim of the 'government' seems to be to close every hospital service and have one gigantic one in the middle of sodding nowhere). Also helps that it's a Lib-Lab coalition that's in power and the SNP opposition are close enough that the Lib Dems could switch to them and form a different coalition government). Also in arranging it so I & other Scots don't have to pay tuition fees for Scottish unis
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Scottish parliament...works in places. It's subject to the usual problems (it's run by politicians), but at least there's some freedom to do stuff better in certain areas. Unfortunately, I think ID cards are out its jurisdiction.
