31 Jul
A CEP member sent a link to the following two poems on the Early Stuart Libels website to the CEP members email group. The poems are far from politically correct but they were written in the early 1600’s before political correctness had been invented.
The language used in the poems is a bit archaic but they [...]
Posted in Culture by: wonkotsane
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31 Jul
According to the BBC, “The government says it will ban all private transplants of organs from dead donors in the UK.”
If the British government said this then they are lying. I suspect it is more a case of lazy journalism.
The British government can’t ban the sale of organs from Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland because [...]
Posted in Health by: wonkotsane
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28 Jul
The English used to have some of the most enviable rights of any people on the planet. English common law and the English constitution have been spread far and wide around the globe and formed the basis of the constitution and legal system of many, many countries.
But not any more.
An article in Wikipedia on the [...]
Posted in Constitution by: wonkotsane
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28 Jul
When the poll tax was introduced in mainland UK, Northern Ireland continued with the rates system. Whilst rates were cheaper than the poll tax (significantly so in a lot of cases), they have gone through the roof in Northern Ireland where revaluations have taken place. A rates bill in Northern Ireland can be as high as [...]
Posted in Barnett Formula, Northern Ireland by: wonkotsane
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27 Jul
Peter Mandelson, the unelected Minister for English Business and Enterprise, who also has responsibility for English Higher Education, is considering allowing an increase in English university tuition fees.
Tuition fees were introduced in England after Scottish Labour MPs were whipped to vote in favour because a majority of English MPs were opposed to them. Without Labour’s [...]
Posted in Education, England by: wonkotsane
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17 Jul
Gordon Brown, the MP for the Scottish constituency of Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath and British Prime Minister, has described his plans for four new eco-towns in England as “revolutionary”.
The British government has approved 4 sites in England for No Mandate Brown’s “revolutionary” eco-towns which will see hundreds of square miles of English countryside built on in [...]
Posted in England, Gordon Brown by: wonkotsane
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17 Jul
Total Politics (Iain Dale’s latest venture) are running the annual top blogs poll.
Send your top ten list of UK blogs to toptenblogs@totalpolitics.com to take part in the poll.
If you included Campaign for an English Parliament in your top 10 list that would be lovely.
Posted in Uncategorized by: wonkotsane
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13 Jul
The British government is putting an extra £200m into the English education budget to fund extra places as shortages have reported.
The extra £200m will, of course, trigger a corresponding bonus for the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish budgets whether they need it or not thanks to the Barnett Bribe. The population of Scotland, Wales and NI is [...]
Posted in Barnett Formula, Education by: wonkotsane
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13 Jul
RACIST? ILLEGAL? NOT WHEN IT CONCERNS SCOTLAND.
A VOICE FOR SCOTLAND? OF COURSE -A SECRETARY OF STATE AND A WHOLE PARLIAMENT.
A VOICE FOR ENGLAND? NONE AT ALL.
JOBS FOR SCOTLAND? PERFECTLY LEGAL.
JOBS FOR ENGLAND? ILLEGAL AND RACIST.
‘The past week has highlighted how differently Scotland and England are treated’, said Michael Knowles member of the National Council [...]
Posted in Discrimination, Press Releases, Scotland by: CEP Media Watch
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