An English Parliament and the South-East

http://www.scotsman.com/news/cartoon/peter_jones_england_learning_to_fly_its_own_flag_1_2073701

 

Not surprisingly, when you dig down through the IPPR report, you find that around four-fifths of English voters reckon that some parts of England are looked after better than others, with London and the south-east being seen as the main beneficiaries. And when you consider what might be the political answer that would deal with that problem, it is not at all clear why it would be an English parliament or even voting on English-only matters at Westminster being confined to English MPs

 

I think hidden in there is an assumption that an English Parliament would have to be based in London. That there's quite strong arguments against putting it there is why the idea is radical in terms of ideas of England as well the ideas of the UK. 

Full report here:http://ippr.org/publications/55/8542/the-dog-that-finally-barked-england-as-an-emerging-political-community.

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