Campaign for an English Parliament

The artists who put up a Welcome to Scotland sign outside Carlisle to start a “fun debate” are spitting feathers after someone destroyed their sign.

The five artists are calling the sign a piece of art and said they put it up to highlight the plight of artists who get much more support north of the border thanks to the English subsidy.  But rather than address the cause of the issue – the lack of any politicians representing English interests complaining about taxes from Carlisle subsidising Scotland – they instead want Carlisle to leave England and join Scotland.

According to the Cumberland News, the Police are investigating the vandalism of their “artwork” which has naturally been blamed on nasty English nationalists.  I wonder if the Police are also investigating the illegal erection of an inaccurate mock road sign on the side of a motorway?  Anti-metric campaigners are able to legally deface or remove metric road signs because they are not lawful.  What is the difference between an illegal metric road sign and an illegal fake road sign?

Heopfully the artists in question have enjoyed their “fun debate” and will accept the fairly unequivocal answer that the English people of Carlisle have given them – Carlisle is an English town and English it will remain.  If you want to live in Scotland, there’s a coach leaving Carlisle on Monday morning headed for Edinburgh and the best part is, it’ll only set you back £17.30 each which even a struggling artist should be able to afford.