Campaign for an English Parliament

CEP: Simon Hughes leading Lib-Dem MP calls for an English first minister and English executive
Speaking at the open National Conference of the Campaign for an English Parliament on Saturday April 26th in the Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, Holborn London WC1 the Liberal Democrat MP for Bermondsey Simon Hughes called for England to have its [...]

The CEP blog has been upgraded to the latest version of Wordpress.
Hopefully it won’t have broken anything but if you do spot anything that looks wrong, please contact me.

You may recall a story in the Daily Mail recently where Bob Peedle criticised Wayne Rooney for not singing God Save the Queen before England matches.
I took the opportunity to ask Bob Peedle yesterday why he thought Wayne Rooney should sing the British national anthem before England matches as the purpose of the Royal Society [...]

For those of you that couldn’t make it to the CEP’s Future of England Conference today, we will be posting periodic updates throughout the day so you don’t miss out completely!

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CEP National Council members and volunteers have been working on the hall for the last couple of hours. Click here for pictures of the [...]

Via: CEP Shropshire
Presumably inspired by Berwick on Tweed, residents of Audlem in Cheshire have staged their own poll on whether to become part of Wales.
The main reason seems to be the free prescriptions they would be getting if they were just over the border in Wales.
The poll was tongue in cheek but there was one [...]

Via CEP Shropshire
A row has erupted over Welsh patients being treated in English hospitals thanks to North Bristol NHS Trust.
Back in July 2006 Oswestry Hospital threatened to stop accepting Welsh patients because Powys Local Health Board wasn’t paying its bills. An agreement was reached to prevent it happening at Oswestry but now North Bristol is [...]

We would like to wish all our readers a very happy St Georges Day.

The following events have been provided courtesy of CEP supporters:

Deal, KentThe Royal British Legion (Downs Branch) Club in Deal are having a lunch time event, free buffet, disco and a happy hour for all English men and women and for those who have the good fortune to live in England.

Upnor (Nr Rochester), Kent.
Wednesday 23rd April.
A [...]

The Mayor of London’s office has arranged a Festival of English food at Trafalgar Square on the 23rd including a market, stage entertainment and street theatre.
The National Dining Rooms have a special St Georges Day menu running from today until the 25th.
The Prince Albert in Camden has a traditional English menu for St Georges Day.
If [...]

England totally excluded from vital ministerial meetings
This week there have been vitally important meetings ministers which directly affect England and the English taxpayer but from which any English representative and English voice have been excluded. They are the regular ministerial meetings of the Joint Ministerial Committee. The Committee is made up of the UK Prime [...]