Devolution is the statutory granting of powers from the central government of a sovereign state to government at a subnational level, such as a regional, local, or state level. Devolution can be mainly financial, e.g. giving areas a budget which was formerly administered by central government. However, the power to make legislation relevant to the area may also be granted.
Devolution differs from federalism in that the devolved powers of the subnational authority may be temporary and ultimately reside in central government, thus the state remains, de jure unitary. Legislation creating devolved parliaments or assemblies can be repealed or amended by central government in the same way as any statute.
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George Gideon Oliver Osborne,MP (born 23 May 1971 in Paddington, London) is a British Conservative politician. He is the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom, a role to which he was appointed in May 2010, and has been the Member of Parliament for Tatton since 2001.
Osborne is part of the old Anglo-Irish aristocracy, known in Ireland as the Ascendancy. He is the heir to the Osborne baronetcy (of Ballentaylor, in County Tipperary, and Ballylemon, in County Waterford).
He was educated at St Paul's School and Magdalen College, University of Oxford, before entering politics.
Osborne is the eldest of four sons. His father, Sir Peter Osborne, 17th Baronet, co-founded the firm of fabric and wallpapers designers Osborne & Little. His mother is Felicity Alexandra Loxton-Peacock, the daughter of artist Lady Clarisse Loxton Peacock.
Originally named Gideon Oliver, he changed his name to George when he was 13. In an interview in July 2005, Osborne said: "It was my small act of rebellion. I never liked it. When I finally told my mother she said, 'Nor do I'. So I decided to be George after my grandfather, who was a war hero. Life was easier as a George; it was a straightforward name."
D.Evolution
Confusion, Last Solution
-Our mighty technology obscures our decay
step by step, fuckin' regret
-Our modern economy is not meant to stay
Once I believed - in progress
Once I Had dreams - and success
My state - your home - our base of life
dead and buried in the stillborn ego
Of our inner strife
Chorus:
D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N.
World is out of hand
D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N.
We're cavemen on command
D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N.
We're buried in the sand
Disollusion, of a system
- That does accelerate
It's own disarray
The Theory, of Evolution
-Just a note in the book
Of Human Decay
Once I believed - in good morals
Once I Had dreams - ain't no quarrels
My pride - Your honor has been sacrificed
For This unholy cash machine
That's no one can deny
[Chorus:]
D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N.
This World is out of hand
D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N.
We're cavemen on command
D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N.
We're buried in the sand
D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N.
Once i Believed - in progress
Once i had dreams - and success
D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N.
[Solo: Vinnie Moore]
Once i believed - in progress
Once i had dreams - and success
My state - your home - our base of life
Dead and buried in the stillborn Ego
Of our inner strife
[Chorus:]
D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N.
This World is out of hand
D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N.
We're cavemen on command
D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N.
We're buried in the sand
D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N.
Once i Believed - in progress
Once i had dreams - and success
Drop the glass, crash the car
put your ear on the wall
hear the punches, your neighbour is
trying to break his own home DOWN.
DOWN!
Ask the old man what happened to make
the world such an unfriendly place
ask the monkey how come evolution
has made it's behaviour nobler than ours.
Scream for a wish, cry for a dream
it's all you can do in an unfair world
if you cannot have this new found girl
grab a knife and stab it in her brain.
Bury the sun and revive the moon
when violence rises all around you
abandon reason, cut the thread
and mix together the fury and regret.
Watch the red moon
now you're just another one
of those who cry
in the eyes of a judge.
YOU GOTTA SHARE
THE WEIGHT OF RAGE
IN A STRANGER'S HEART
inside the heart of every man
there is so much to understand
and i'm just the same
when all the love has gone away
and passion stares me in the face
could i walk away
ears open
you'll help me to be brave
devotion save me now
i don't wanna stray from the hallow ground
i'll turn temptation down
i'm asking you to take me to safety this time
forgive my thoughts when i'm asleep
forgive these words i'm yet to speak
i feel so ashamed
right now you seem so far away
so much confusion clouds my mind
and i don't know which path to take
ears open
you'll help me to resist
devotion save me now
i don't wanna stray from the hallow ground
i'll turn temptation down
i'm asking you to take me to safety this time
devotion, devotion
i'm a slave onto the mercy of your love
for so long i've been so wrong
i could never live without you
devotion, devotion
You better hide,
the beast of night seeks you out with rage and vengeance on his mind.
The meek die, as genocide, empowers everyone, that sanity defies.
"Greed, will, feed", devolution.
"Greed, will, feed", devolution.
Turn up the heat, face the beat,
there's no justice, just unjust in the streets.
They march fourth, they march hard, and rally cries of coming reich's,
sounds the worlds ALARM.
"Greed, will, feed", devolution.
"Greed, will, feed", devolution.
Defy - Deface - Destroy. Devolution.
Defy - Deface - Destroy. Devolution.
The end of all.
Dehumanise - devolution
Marginalise - devolution
Deforestise - devolution
Terrorise - devolution
The mother of revolution
You know the prize of everything
And the value of nothing
Live is cheap - devolution
You’re in the way - devolution
To the corporation - devolution
You’re just human waste
(Devolution) is the mother of revolution
You know the prize of everything
And the value of nothing
Dehumanise - devolution
Marginalise - devolution
Terrorise - devolution
Deforestise - devolution
The mother of revolution
You know the prize of everything
the power in our hands is like a blinding light to our
eyes, whenever mankind tries to lie, tries to invent
worthy life. what we created will just overshadow
what’s alive through the broken one, broken and
sacrificed, anchor and fountain of life. - inevitable
stream of a feeling; anyone who resists being born?
godsend gifts to reign over creation, but our tower
reaches into the sky. take care not to drown and break
your shackles and swim, cause we’re all floating
facedown. - and on the other hand we try to find
something that lasts; a stone-cold fever casts this
night, tainted dreams the haze of fight. now tear
down and destroy all the walls and towers that we
build up. fame is our intention to keep us from being
scattered, so destroy all the walls in front of us and
beware of everything that’s just feeding their lies;
cause our tower reaches into the sky - right at the
waterfalls we’re floating all facedown.