On BBC Radio 4′s Start the Week with Andrew Marr we got some Some support from a slightly unexpected quarter. Simon Jenkins, Chairman of the National Trust and Guardian Columnist said that an English parliament is inevitable. Jenkins: “England is a proper country, it’s a very remarkable country, one of the most remarkable countries in [...]
This is a guest post by David Rickard aka Britotology Watch. David tweets as @britologywatch. In the policy document for this week’s Lib Dem conference, Facing the Future, you have to wait till page 17 out of 18 before you come to the one mention of England: “Given further rounds of devolution for Scotland and [...]
The Liberal Democrat Conference Document “Facing the Future” contains the following question: “Given further rounds of devolution for Scotland and Wales, how should we address the English dimension of devolution?” [*] Incredible! Thirteen Years after Devolution to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and 23 years after the Liberal Democrats were created as a party with [...]
On Friday (9th September) Eddie Bone, Chairman of the Campaign for an English Parliament gave his incisive and well-timed speech at the UKIP Party Conference in Eastbourne. Earlier in the day Nigel Farage, leader of UKIP had already announced his intention to lead the party in support of an English Parliament, and with feelings on [...]
Below is an extract from email sent to delegates at the forthcoming Conservative party conference. Sunday 2nd October 14.00 Opening of Conference Fiona Hodgson, Conference Chairman Sayeeda Warsi, Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party 14.20 A United Kingdom Session to include contributions from the floor – click here to send us your contributionOwen Paterson, Secretary of [...]
Eddie and I met at St. Stephen’s Tavern opposite the Houses of Parliament yesterday. We proceeded post haste through St Stephen’s gate into the Palace of Westminster to meet Mary Glindon (Labour) MP for North Tyneside. Mary treated us to coffee in one of the refreshment rooms and told us of her concern for her [...]
On Friday (9th September) Nigel Farage delivered a rousing speech to attendees of the UKIP Party Conference in Eastbourne, declaring his and the party’s desire to support the campaign for an English parliament. UKIP’s passionate leaders’ typically robust speech was music to the ears of many English voters sick to the stomach with the unbalanced [...]
This article was originally posted on Toque.co.uk cross posted on the CEP website with thanks. The turnout for the Report Stage of Harriett Baldwin’s Legislation (Territorial Extent) Bill was derisory, just 69 MPs including the Speaker and the Tellers. The MPs that voted No are listed below, an asterix is against the name of any [...]
This one is not directly related to the cause of an English parliament but we think it may be of interest to our supporters and friends anyway. BBC Newswatch have run a special from Edinburgh to find out what Scottish viewers think of BBC news. Turns out the Scottish viewers think that the BBC news [...]
As most members will know, Eddie is the middle of a series of one to one meetings with MPs, peers and journalists. On Tuesday, I sneaked away from the office and joined Eddie for the afternoon’s sessions. Eddie had already had a positive meeting with Priti Patel, MP for Witham (Con), in the morning. We [...]
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