Surrey County Show - 28th May 2007

Calling all Surrey & Middx branch members....why not come and visit our CEP stand at the Surrey County Show, Guildford, on 28th May?

Manning this stand is now a regular annual event for us in this branch. We have a good time taking our case to the visitors at this big county fair and gathering support for the CEP. It would be great if you can show your face and introduce yourself to myself and Ian Campbell - and any other CEP members who are there on the day.

This is a big show with something to interest everyone and is a good day out in any event.

You can get all the details about the show on this link:

http://www.surreycountyshow.co.uk/county_show/show.html

See you there!

Stephen.

Saint George's day

Lots of comment and articles in Sunday's papers, this one catches the eye. The Telegraph asks "Should we be looking for a new England?". Well you can read the comments for yourself.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2007/04/19/ublview19b.xml

Stephen.

English Parliament - the petition

Given the success of the recent anti-Road Pricing petition (1.5 millon votes) please get along to the English Parliament petition and register your vote.

Please pass this on to all the like minded people you know.

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/England/

Stephen.

Alex Salmond's English observation.

Over at The Scotsman, Alex Salmond makes a point that most English MPs bend over backwards to avoid: http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=547502007

He said "I think a lot of people in England can see the advantages of being able to decide on things like foundation hospitals or top-up fees without being bossed around by Scottish Labour MPs, who seem intent on forcing unwanted policies down the throats of the people of England."

Well now, it might be constructive if some English MPs came to the same conclusion sooner rather than later. If you have a minute read some of the comments on this article - very enlightening about the electoral prospects of Labour in Scotland.

New CEP branch weblog!

Well, today, 17th March 2007, I'm pleased to launch the weblog of the Surrey & Middlesex CEP branch. I'm told this is the biggest branch (by membership) of the CEP, so let me have your feedback on my posts and let me know what I've missed.

Stephen Allinson