Campaign for an English Parliament

The Campaign for an English Parliament would like to wish our Scottish friends a Happy St Andrews Day.
The Scotsman has marked the day by asking a selection of Scots if they will be voting for independence in 2010 to “throw off the yoke of English oppression”.  The Scottish government also has a list of major [...]

UKIP MP, Bob Spink, has proposed an Early Day Motion (EDM) calling for the British government to follow the lead of the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and Northern Ireland Assembly and abolish prescription charges in England.
The NHS in England has done a deal with pharmaceutical companies which will save £400m, only £30m short of the [...]

I received an email from Bob Spink MP today regarding a debate he took part in on the compulsory education and/or training of English children to the age of 17 (later to be increased to 18).
Bob argued that this is an unnecessary extension to “big government” and the control they have over our lives.  He [...]

Yesterday the Brown Government took its controversial plans for grand committees for the English regions through Parliament, by 254 votes to 220, with the votes of non-English MPs most probably decisive.
Not only is it another attempt to deny England its national right, as noted by the CEP, it is also an attempt at gerrymandering, as [...]

CEP member, Eleanor Justice, has an excellent letter in the Sun today.  It’s amazing what you can say with just a few words!
IF Gordon Brown is feeling buoyed up by the result of the Glenrothes by-election, maybe he should follow it up with a referendum for an English Parliament — along the same lines as [...]

Labour have won the by-election in Glenrothes, a bordering constituency to Gordon Brown’s Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath constituency.
When John MacDougal died earlier this year (following a visit by Jonah Brown, incidently) Labour had a majority of over 10,000.  Their majority has now been reduced to 6,737 with a swing to the SNP of 5%.
The Conservatives will [...]

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough have cancelled 2009’s annual St Georges Day parade because of concerns about it being infiltrated by the BNP and other troublemakers.
The CEP’s co-ordinator for the West Midlands area, John Stanhope, has helped out at many of the Sandwell St Georges Day parades and is well aware of the BNP’s attendance at the [...]