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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Asking Questions on behalf of the CEP, David Asher. Frank Field interview. 29/02/2012 First of all on behalf of the CEP and the English movement I’d like to thank you for all your efforts for England and the English. FF: Pleasure Why is it that you’re just about the only MP [...]
Will Scotland Go Its Own Way? By NEAL ASCHERSON “THE Breakup of Britain”? It sounds like a fantasy fiction title. To many people across the world, including the English themselves, it is inconceivable that this deep-rooted United Kingdom, the oldest royal democracy in the world, could split apart. In the last few weeks, however, [...]
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