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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
England expects By JOHNREDWOOD | Published: MARCH 18, 2012 I am regularly asked now for my opinion on Scottish independence. I was asked it again on Thursday at the EU conference I attended. My reply is that we should instead be discussing the question of England. I pointed out that the polling which shows the UK as hostile [...]
Paul I read this statement of your on your website: ‘Regional government in England never really took off, following the failure of Labour’s referendum on North-East devolution. But it is very much alive and well in Scotland, Wales and London. It’s about time the North had its fair share of devolution too. The ‘Hannah Mitchell Foundation’ is about developing a debate [...]
Michael Knowles Statement for the launch of the Hannah Mitchell Foundation, Bradford Town, March 9th 2012 There are two big themes to this meeting. One is, you are using the name of Hannah Mitchel to launch a campaign. The second is the campaign itself:- to get what you call an elected regional government for [...]
Frank field has written another pro English Parliament blog. Will Labour take the gauntlet or still try to push their regionalist agenda where England is concerned? What ever route they take, we can take solace in the fact that there are people in all parties that agree with the principal of an English Parliament. Frank Field is a [...]
Some English political activists have been concerned for years at the disadvantaged constitutional position of England within the Union. With the recent media coverage of the Scottish Government’s proposed independence referendum, constitutional debate has become a hot topic of the moment. The readers’ comments made on various media websites on their vision of the UK’s [...]
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