Last Thursday (03/05/2012) saw the people of England vote emphatically against the prospect of having a “Boris” in every city. The referendum which was held in 10 of England’s major cities was intended to gauge public interest in the introduction of powerful regional mayors based upon the system currently employed in London. Of the 10 [...]
Day 1 & 2: London. 67 Tufton St, London. Sw1P 3QS 13 (2.27 pm) 14 Evidence from MR EDDIE BONE AND MS SCILLA CULLEN 15 THE CHAIR: Good afternoon. 16 MR EDDIE BONE: There’s two of us, we are not both Eddie 17 Bone (pointing to the nameplate). Scilla Cullen from the campaign as well. [...]
As various parts of the country are currently in the midst of election fever I just thought it was an opportune time to remind everyone that the Campaign for an English Parliament is not affiliated or linked to any political party. We have and always will maintain our complete neutrality when highlighting our campaign issues [...]
The 5 man Commission includes a majority of members from nations with devolved governments. Members: The commission will be chaired by Sir William McKay former House of Commons clerk. The five other members of the panel are: Sir Stephen Laws , senior parliamentary lawyer Sir Geoffrey Bowman , former House of Commons clerk, Professor Charlie [...]
Last week (19th April 2012) it was announced that The Political and Constitutional Reform Committee are to hold an inquiry to debate the future of the UK. With the looming Scottish referendum and the threat to the stability of the UK that it poses, such an announcement is of course very timely, if not overdue. [...]
Thousands turned out for the St George’s Day parade in West Bromwich yesterday (22nd April 2012), which organisers cite as being the largest in England. And the Campaign for an English Parliament was there with the Battlebus to put it’s message across to the many people who had turned out to give the parade its [...]
The SNP have stunned Westminster by claiming the rest of the UK should foot the £30 billion bill for the decommissioning of Scottish oil rigs in 2040. SNP Energy Minister Fergus Ewing outrageously stated that English, Welsh and Northern Irish taxpayers had a “moral obligation” to pay for the predicted clean up of the North [...]
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (Conservative) I shall speak to my Amendment 88, which is part of this group. It may help save your Lordships a little time. I am grateful to my noble friend for the statement that he has just made. As I see it, the position is quite clear: the Government are not going to use [...]
Guest Post: Ross Finnie’s submission to Sir Menzies Campbell’s Home and Community Rule Commission Ross Finnie was Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP to the West of Scotland from 1999-2011 and Rural Affairs Minister in the Scottish Cabinet from 1999-2007. He’s shared his submission to the Campbell Commission with me. I’ve put an extract on Liberal Democrat [...]
The British Government has announced plans to sell off England’s (and only England’s) road network to Chinese and other Sovereign Wealth Funds. Note that these proposals only apply to England, (just as with the ongoing sales of our Forests), but that the money is used to fund the whole of the United Kingdom. England is being [...]
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