After the Scottish referendum, the spotlight falls on the governance of the other elements of the Union. The long-term solution must be an English Parliament, equal to those of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and separate from Westminster
If you live on the island of Great Britain somewhere south of Hadrian’s Wall and east of Offa’s Dyke (and possibly of the River Tamar), there is a question that has never been easy to answer and that the Scottish referendum has just made more difficult. Are you “English” or are you “British”? The vow of England’s three main political parties to devolve further powers to Scotland, and the British Prime Minister’s decision to link that process to a similar devolution of powers to Wales and England, have
09 October 2014, The Tablet
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