The Campaign for an English Parliament
@thecep.bsky.social
We campaign for an English Parliament, meaning a parliament for the people of England, for whom England is their chosen or inherited home.
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The UK government unveiled its English Devolution Whitepaper this week in which it sets out how it will avoid introducing devolution to England.
UK government publishes its English Abolition Whitepaper – The Campaign for an English Parliament
thecep.org.uk
December 22, 2024 at 9:15 PM
The UK government unveiled its English Devolution Whitepaper this week in which it sets out how it will avoid introducing devolution to England.
"England still remains without a common voice on its issues. In the absence of that voice, the question remains: can true devolution ever exist without an English parliament, or will we continue to see patchwork solutions that only address part of the problem?"
Devolution It Is Not: A Closer Look at the English Devolution White Paper
Explore the English Devolution White Paper, its proposed changes, and whether it represents true devolution or a patchwork solution.
medium.com
December 19, 2024 at 3:21 PM
"England still remains without a common voice on its issues. In the absence of that voice, the question remains: can true devolution ever exist without an English parliament, or will we continue to see patchwork solutions that only address part of the problem?"
Straight up disinformation. Nothing here applies to Britain, it's all England-only policy and spending.
#SayEngland #ThatsDevolved
#SayEngland #ThatsDevolved
December 19, 2024 at 2:31 AM
Straight up disinformation. Nothing here applies to Britain, it's all England-only policy and spending.
#SayEngland #ThatsDevolved
#SayEngland #ThatsDevolved
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England centralises power: Labour learns nothing from Scotland. Labour intends to ditch local democracy and move power closer to Parliament. Scotland did this years ago.
The discussion should be how to move democracy
CLOSER to the people, not removing it.
buildlocal.scot
The discussion should be how to move democracy
CLOSER to the people, not removing it.
buildlocal.scot
December 16, 2024 at 1:58 PM
England centralises power: Labour learns nothing from Scotland. Labour intends to ditch local democracy and move power closer to Parliament. Scotland did this years ago.
The discussion should be how to move democracy
CLOSER to the people, not removing it.
buildlocal.scot
The discussion should be how to move democracy
CLOSER to the people, not removing it.
buildlocal.scot
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Why can’t the English realise that their national / regional identity is far more protected within the European Union than within the UK?
englishcommonwealth.net/2024/12/14/w...
englishcommonwealth.net/2024/12/14/w...
Why can’t the English realise?
European Movement UK recently did a webinar featuring Caroline Lucas and John Denham on the Role of National Identity in the Journey Back to Europe. It’s well worth a watch.In the Q&As th…
englishcommonwealth.net
December 14, 2024 at 9:07 AM
Why can’t the English realise that their national / regional identity is far more protected within the European Union than within the UK?
englishcommonwealth.net/2024/12/14/w...
englishcommonwealth.net/2024/12/14/w...
Across, not to, unfortunately.
EVENT: What does Labour’s devolution white paper mean for England?
Join us on Weds 18 Dec when @matthewfright.bsky.social @rebeccamckee.bsky.social @akashpaun.bsky.social @tompope.bsky.social discuss plans to extend devolution across England www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/labour...
Join us on Weds 18 Dec when @matthewfright.bsky.social @rebeccamckee.bsky.social @akashpaun.bsky.social @tompope.bsky.social discuss plans to extend devolution across England www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/labour...
December 12, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Across, not to, unfortunately.
The UK Justice Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has indicated that the UK Housing Secretary will be given the power to bypass local authorities and approve the building of new prisons in England.
UK Housing Secretary may strip English councils of planning powers for prisons – The Campaign for an English Parliament
thecep.org.uk
December 11, 2024 at 8:00 PM
The UK Justice Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has indicated that the UK Housing Secretary will be given the power to bypass local authorities and approve the building of new prisons in England.
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'What about England?' asks Anthony Barnett.
What about England?
Writing in the pages of New Statesman, democracy campaigner and all round good-egg Anthony Barnett has asked its readers ‘what about my country?’. Barnett speaks as an Englishman who wa…
englishcommonwealth.net
December 10, 2024 at 12:53 PM
'What about England?' asks Anthony Barnett.
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"Behind Labour’s drive for a council of regions and empowered mayors lies a shrouded attack on English nationhood"
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
England loses shape in this regional rejig
Behind Labour’s drive for a council of regions and empowered mayors lies a shrouded attack on English nationhood
www.thetimes.com
December 9, 2024 at 12:41 PM
"Behind Labour’s drive for a council of regions and empowered mayors lies a shrouded attack on English nationhood"
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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1. Who do you call if you want to call England?
The first of three Q's in a special Xmas quiz I've written for Jason Cowley's final edition of his @newstatesman.com editorship: www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2024/1... (thread)
The first of three Q's in a special Xmas quiz I've written for Jason Cowley's final edition of his @newstatesman.com editorship: www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2024/1... (thread)
Who can answer the English Question?
Great Britain’s largest constituent is a nation lost within a multinational state.
www.newstatesman.com
December 6, 2024 at 6:35 PM
1. Who do you call if you want to call England?
The first of three Q's in a special Xmas quiz I've written for Jason Cowley's final edition of his @newstatesman.com editorship: www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2024/1... (thread)
The first of three Q's in a special Xmas quiz I've written for Jason Cowley's final edition of his @newstatesman.com editorship: www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2024/1... (thread)
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Why cannot Labour explicitly talk abt England? A majority of Starmer's milestones unveiled today are England specific. Yet this is not explicit in the presentation & politics today. Not talking abt England confuses voters & leaves the populist right to claim this territory. #C4News
December 5, 2024 at 7:11 PM
Why cannot Labour explicitly talk abt England? A majority of Starmer's milestones unveiled today are England specific. Yet this is not explicit in the presentation & politics today. Not talking abt England confuses voters & leaves the populist right to claim this territory. #C4News
What does the UK Labour Party's Plan for Change mean for you?
Rather more if you live in England than it does if you live in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.
#LabourParty #labour #milestones #planforchange
Rather more if you live in England than it does if you live in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.
#LabourParty #labour #milestones #planforchange
Sir Keir Starmer’s 6 milestones for “our country” – The Campaign for an English Parliament
thecep.org.uk
December 5, 2024 at 2:59 PM
What does the UK Labour Party's Plan for Change mean for you?
Rather more if you live in England than it does if you live in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.
#LabourParty #labour #milestones #planforchange
Rather more if you live in England than it does if you live in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.
#LabourParty #labour #milestones #planforchange
But not in partnership with the people of England.
England won't be consulted on how it wants to be governed as a nation.
England won't be consulted on how it wants to be governed as a nation.
Thank you to the executive of the LGA for the discussions today ahead of the English Devolution White Paper and Provisional Settlement in the coming weeks.
We are moving at pace to fix the foundations and we are determined to do that in partnership.
We are moving at pace to fix the foundations and we are determined to do that in partnership.
December 5, 2024 at 2:26 PM
But not in partnership with the people of England.
England won't be consulted on how it wants to be governed as a nation.
England won't be consulted on how it wants to be governed as a nation.
The Barnett Formula ensures that Scotland and Northern Ireland receive far more than England and Wales, irrespective of what each nation contributes. It's unfair.
It's long past time we moved to a needs-based funding formula or allowed each nation to finance itself through taxation.
It's long past time we moved to a needs-based funding formula or allowed each nation to finance itself through taxation.
December 2, 2024 at 12:30 PM
The Barnett Formula ensures that Scotland and Northern Ireland receive far more than England and Wales, irrespective of what each nation contributes. It's unfair.
It's long past time we moved to a needs-based funding formula or allowed each nation to finance itself through taxation.
It's long past time we moved to a needs-based funding formula or allowed each nation to finance itself through taxation.
Not to mention the Barnett Formula.
November 30, 2024 at 1:37 PM
Not to mention the Barnett Formula.
But positive examples might include Caroline Lucas' Another England, Gareth Southgate's various words about an inclusive England team, Raise the Flag, Three Acres and a Cow, the small community events on St George's Day, etc.
November 30, 2024 at 1:22 PM
But positive examples might include Caroline Lucas' Another England, Gareth Southgate's various words about an inclusive England team, Raise the Flag, Three Acres and a Cow, the small community events on St George's Day, etc.
Positive examples are few and far between because the body politic in England sees Britishness as the legitimate civic nationalism, and English nationalism as a reaction to (or threat to) that.
So politicians just don't speak of England.
So politicians just don't speak of England.
November 30, 2024 at 1:20 PM
Positive examples are few and far between because the body politic in England sees Britishness as the legitimate civic nationalism, and English nationalism as a reaction to (or threat to) that.
So politicians just don't speak of England.
So politicians just don't speak of England.
They're not really English nationalists.
There are, however, some of us who do think that England should be a normal nation with its own democracy, institutions, anthem, first minister, etc.
There are, however, some of us who do think that England should be a normal nation with its own democracy, institutions, anthem, first minister, etc.
November 30, 2024 at 10:41 AM
They're not really English nationalists.
There are, however, some of us who do think that England should be a normal nation with its own democracy, institutions, anthem, first minister, etc.
There are, however, some of us who do think that England should be a normal nation with its own democracy, institutions, anthem, first minister, etc.
They're Anglo-centric British nationalists. And that includes Scots like Gordon Brown. They don't have a discrete sense of England and think that England having a discrete political sense of itself would undermine Britain and Britishness. In that respect they're anti-English.
November 30, 2024 at 10:40 AM
They're Anglo-centric British nationalists. And that includes Scots like Gordon Brown. They don't have a discrete sense of England and think that England having a discrete political sense of itself would undermine Britain and Britishness. In that respect they're anti-English.
How do you explain Scottish and Northern Irish MPs voting against while English and Welsh MPs voted for?
More religious societies?
More religious societies?
November 30, 2024 at 10:15 AM
How do you explain Scottish and Northern Irish MPs voting against while English and Welsh MPs voted for?
More religious societies?
More religious societies?
Back in 2010, IPPR's Michael Kenny & Guy Lodge surveyed MPs on their attitudes to the Barnett Formula.
62% said it was unfair, yet 14 years later nothing has been done about it.
Screencap from 'The English Question: The View from Westminster'
62% said it was unfair, yet 14 years later nothing has been done about it.
Screencap from 'The English Question: The View from Westminster'
November 27, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Back in 2010, IPPR's Michael Kenny & Guy Lodge surveyed MPs on their attitudes to the Barnett Formula.
62% said it was unfair, yet 14 years later nothing has been done about it.
Screencap from 'The English Question: The View from Westminster'
62% said it was unfair, yet 14 years later nothing has been done about it.
Screencap from 'The English Question: The View from Westminster'
The only use of the word 'England' in the Reform UK manifesto is in the names 'Bank of England' and 'Natural England'.
There are 40 mentions of Britain, including "Only Reform UK will secure Britain’s future as a free, proud and independent sovereign nation."
Definitely British nationalist.
There are 40 mentions of Britain, including "Only Reform UK will secure Britain’s future as a free, proud and independent sovereign nation."
Definitely British nationalist.
November 25, 2024 at 11:43 AM
The only use of the word 'England' in the Reform UK manifesto is in the names 'Bank of England' and 'Natural England'.
There are 40 mentions of Britain, including "Only Reform UK will secure Britain’s future as a free, proud and independent sovereign nation."
Definitely British nationalist.
There are 40 mentions of Britain, including "Only Reform UK will secure Britain’s future as a free, proud and independent sovereign nation."
Definitely British nationalist.
"Some 60% of voters in England are enraged by politics, but Scots are more optimistic about the future and less nostalgic for a rosy past"
Now why could that be?
www.thetimes.com/article/bdfc...
Now why could that be?
www.thetimes.com/article/bdfc...
Voters in Scotland ‘not as angry’ as the English
Some 60% of voters in England are enraged by politics, but Scots are more optimistic about the future and less nostalgic for a rosy past
www.thetimes.com
November 23, 2024 at 4:29 PM
"Some 60% of voters in England are enraged by politics, but Scots are more optimistic about the future and less nostalgic for a rosy past"
Now why could that be?
www.thetimes.com/article/bdfc...
Now why could that be?
www.thetimes.com/article/bdfc...
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An English parliament is often portrayed as a right-wing issue but support comes from across the political spectrum.
A government of the English people by the English people for the English people?
An English parliament is often portrayed as a right-wing issue but support comes from across the political spectrum. “the most effective solution to the political dilemma of Englishness would…
englishcommonwealth.net
November 21, 2024 at 8:36 PM
An English parliament is often portrayed as a right-wing issue but support comes from across the political spectrum.