Yet another example of England's marginalisation. The British-Irish Council has a representative from Scotland, Wales, Great Britain, Jersey and Guernsey but ... no English representative. Yet another example of the rampant discrimination against England that is prevalent in the UK.
More at the CEP - Spot the missing nation.
Robert Jenkins wrote a letter into the Shropshire Star on the subject of devolution following on from my recent letter.
Robert's letter:
Devolution needed for the English
What a good letter from Stuart Parr, raising awareness of the quest for English devolution and clarifying the point that the extremist BNP have no role in the matter.
We have a political situation where the Labour party won England in seats, but not in votes. It also seems likely that we shall soon have a Scottish Prime Minister, elected in Scotland by Scottish constituents, but imposing Labour policies on English voters in matters not affecting Scotland.
John Prescott's ill-fated efforts to introduce regional governments in England were a partial recognition of that inequality.
The idea of splitting England asunder with the approval of the European Union was bound to be a failure however, even in the Labour heartland of the north-east.
It is bizarre that the largest and most potent nation in the UK, doesn't enjoy independence. It is also curious that it was in exactly such circumstances that the United States of America was born.
Robert Jenklns
Telford