Comments on: Menzies Campbell and an English Parliament http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/02/02/menzies-campbell-and-an-english-parliament/ English, Rationalist and Liberal Conservative Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:09:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: Tim Worstall http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/02/02/menzies-campbell-and-an-english-parliament/#comment-2139 Sun, 05 Feb 2006 13:17:43 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/02/02/menzies-campbell-and-an-english-parliament/#comment-2139 <strong>Britblog Roundup # 51...</strong> Yes! Yes! we’ve almost made it to a full year of these things! (Actually, would it bethe 52 nd or the 53 rd that marked a year?) Get your niminations in for next week’s to britblog AT gmail DOT com.... Britblog Roundup # 51…

Yes! Yes! we’ve almost made it to a full year of these things! (Actually, would it bethe 52 nd or the 53 rd that marked a year?) Get your niminations in for next week’s to britblog AT gmail DOT com….

]]> by: Gav http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/02/02/menzies-campbell-and-an-english-parliament/#comment-2135 Sat, 04 Feb 2006 09:27:24 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/02/02/menzies-campbell-and-an-english-parliament/#comment-2135 So did I! I suppose MC received a lot of similar letters and so adjusted this standard reply slightly for each one... So did I!

I suppose MC received a lot of similar letters and so adjusted this standard reply slightly for each one…

]]> by: Gareth http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/02/02/menzies-campbell-and-an-english-parliament/#comment-2129 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 19:37:09 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/02/02/menzies-campbell-and-an-english-parliament/#comment-2129 I received the exact same letter. Damn, I thought I was special! I received the exact same letter. Damn, I thought I was special!

]]> by: Gav http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/02/02/menzies-campbell-and-an-english-parliament/#comment-2127 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 13:29:08 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/02/02/menzies-campbell-and-an-english-parliament/#comment-2127 No, they'd have to drop all their left-wing economic politics, love of the EU, duplicity, liberal attitudes to imprisonment and law enforcement and adopt the equivalent Tory policies AT THE SAME TIME, the Tory party would have to desert all these policies... So -- no! No, they’d have to drop all their left-wing economic politics, love of the EU, duplicity, liberal attitudes to imprisonment and law enforcement and adopt the equivalent Tory policies AT THE SAME TIME, the Tory party would have to desert all these policies…

So — no!

]]> by: James G http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/02/02/menzies-campbell-and-an-english-parliament/#comment-1926 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 07:45:25 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/02/02/menzies-campbell-and-an-english-parliament/#comment-1926 Gav, This seems to be the closest any leader/potential leader of a party has come to saying that an English Parliament is necessary in the past few years. (Is it enough to make you a LibDem?) ;-) Gav,
This seems to be the closest any leader/potential leader of a party has come to saying that an English Parliament is necessary in the past few years. (Is it enough to make you a LibDem?) ;-)

]]> by: Gav http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/02/02/menzies-campbell-and-an-english-parliament/#comment-1925 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 07:40:16 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/02/02/menzies-campbell-and-an-english-parliament/#comment-1925 I think the bottom-line is that Ming can only think of one argument against an English Parliament (<a href="http://www.thecep.org.uk" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">arguments for here</a>) which is that people may not feel represented in the regions. Unfortunately for him the Scottish Parliament shows us how this can be avoided... To his credit he accepts that as a Scot it is not his decision and his final paragraph is very good news: <blockquote>England deserves no less. It is time for an English constitutional convention.</blockquote> I think the bottom-line is that Ming can only think of one argument against an English Parliament (arguments for here) which is that people may not feel represented in the regions. Unfortunately for him the Scottish Parliament shows us how this can be avoided…

To his credit he accepts that as a Scot it is not his decision and his final paragraph is very good news:

England deserves no less. It is time for an English constitutional convention.

]]> by: Jack Asher http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/02/02/menzies-campbell-and-an-english-parliament/#comment-1924 Fri, 03 Feb 2006 00:45:27 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/02/02/menzies-campbell-and-an-english-parliament/#comment-1924 What the hell does that mean? Someone translate please. What the hell does that mean? Someone translate please.

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