Prospect has an excellent quartet of articles on the subject of the “English Question” this month. The four authors have very different perspectives, but they all agree that breaking up the union would be bad and the Tory’s “English Votes on English Matters” proposal is no solution. Malcolm Rifkind’s proposal for an English Grand Committee,… Continue reading The English Question: I agree with a Tory shocker!
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C4 take on the Ingerlish Question
A good, measured and proportionate response to the English/West Lothian/”YOR’E ALL C**TS!!!!” Question from Channel 4’s Factcheck, making a welcome post-election return. While we’re at it, this piece about Scottish funding is worth considering as well.
Freedland on the Conservative and Anti-Unionist Party
At the risk of having my comments filled with swivel-eyed loons with an penchant for calling everyone who doesn’t agree with them a “c***”, I just thought I’d recommend Jonathan Freedland’s article on the Tories’ daft proposals on breaking up the UK. There are however, the points in this I take exception to: You don’t… Continue reading Freedland on the Conservative and Anti-Unionist Party