The English Parliament has reached a new level of credence.
When Lord Falconer is interviewed by a radio station which has previously ignored our Campaign, about the need (though, apparently, not demand) for an English Parliament — then we’ve reached a new dawn.
But Lord Falconer has spurred me in a direction he didn’t intend:
Apparently an English Parliament would make the Union imbalanced and would threaten it. My response to this, aside from arguments of fairness and questions of Labour who should have seen this coming in 1998, is:
Let’s stop campaigning for an English Parliament!
The Scots achieved only devolution by campaigning for independence. This government doesn’t like giving people what they want, so we should ask for more. Let’s call for independence with an English devolution settlement as the real goal.
Just in case you’re wondering, he’s where the parties are:
Tories: Looking into it, but doubtful they’ll embrace more than the constitutionally unsound, English Votes on English Matters.
Labour: Don’t care at all.
Lib Dems: Tell everyone who asks what they want to hear. Campbell has promised an English Constitutional Convention; Hughes previously supported an English Parliament but seems to have had a change of heart.
UKIP: Looking into it.
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