Campaign for an English Parliament

The head of the Campaign for an English Parliament’s media unit and former Chairman, Mike Knowles, has been interviewed by the BBC for a programme on devolution.
The interview will go out on 2 programmes, on radio and TV.

Today in Parliament on Radio 4 on 3 July.
The Record Review on TV on 3 July (on BBC [...]

The Calman Commission has released its final report
On the West Lothian Question they have this to say:
Scottish MPs have the right to participate fully in all Commons business, affecting all parts of the United Kingdom. A feature of asymmetric devolution is therefore that Scottish MPs are unable to vote on matters affecting Scotland that [...]

The Magna Carta was sealed on this day in 1215.

And on this day in 2009 two articles on politics.co.uk manage to celebrate the Magna Carta without any mention of England.

Groundswell of support for civil liberties on the anniversary of the Magna Carta
Thank God Britain hates its government

Some parts of Britain hate our government more than [...]

The Tories have unveiled their latest education policy, including abolishing SATS tests in primary schools and replacing them with a test marked by teachers in the first year of secondary school.
The pre-amble in the policy paper (which can be found here), signed by Big Dave himself, reads as follows:
At our Party Conference in Blackpool we [...]

WITH PERMISSION, MR SPEAKER, I SHOULD LIKE TO MAKE A STATEMENT ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT’S PROPOSAL TO INVITE THE HOUSE TO AGREE FURTHER DEMOCRATIC REFORM INCLUDING LEGISLATION – BEFORE THE HOUSE RISES FOR THE SUMMER – ON THE CONDUCT OF MPS.
THE LAST FEW WEEKS HAVE SHOWN US THAT THE PUBLIC REQUIRE – AS AN URGENT [...]

The Financial Times reports that Gordon Brown is proposing electoral reform:
Gordon Brown will on Wednesday suggest scrapping Westminster’s traditional “first past the post” voting system as part of a package of reforms to the democratic system, which he hopes will give new momentum to his crippled administration.
However, the Hansard Audit of Political Engagement found that [...]

I see the Guardian have updated their spell-checker we already know it replaces “English” with “British” but now it replace “Cross of St George” with “Union Flag” as well.

English Democrat flies the Union flag in Doncaster
Doncaster starts a new life this week under a leader from a party previously associated with minuscule numbers of votes [...]