Happy Birthday Magna Carta
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 others. In the Euro elections Labour secured 20.3% of the vote in Wales and 20.8% of the vote in Scotland, to make them the second most popular party in both Wales and Scotland. But in England Labour won just 15.0% of the vote and finished third behind UKIP. And even though Labour failed to win the largest number of English votes in the last general election, England is still the only part of Britain governed by Labour (except locally where we have had the opportunity to vote them out – Labour have now lost control of every county in England).
My apologies for the above graphic.
UPDATE:
YouGov data reveals that 38% of Scots believe that Gordon Brown is doing well as prime minister. This compares with 19-23% in England and Wales.
In Scotland 27% believe that “Gordon Brown’s continued presence as prime minister is damaging the country”. In England and Wales this figure ranges from 50-56%.
The Sunday Times’ headline misleadingly informs us that “Half of voters say Brown is damaging UK“. The actual question referred to ‘the country’ not the ‘UK’. Do Scots have a different idea of what constitutes ‘the country’; does the UK seem in better shape to them; or do they simply look more favourably on their man in Westminster?
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