The English Question?

With a possible election about to be called, Frank Field advises the Tories to play the "English Card" - but will they?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml;jsessionid=STDU4EG4JVZZJQFIQMGSFGGAVCBQWIV0?xml=/opinion/2007/09/29/do2905.xml

Stephen.

Brown: I will stand up for schools and hospitals

Unless they are in England, where his last act as Chancellor was to cut the NHS capital budget from £6.2 Billion to £4.2 Billion next year. Now, if we had an opposition you would think they would mention that?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2176175,00.html

Stephen.

Review our subsidy, says Scot Labour leader

the Barnett formula is a big electoral bribe - we already know that, but the new leader of Scottish Labour, Wendy Alexander, also says there is no appetite to create two classes of MP at Westminster:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/09/12/nscots112.xml

Perhaps we should write and tell her she is wrong?

Stephen.

Scottish Independence?

Alex Salmond has launched his plans and various Scottish newspapers have comment pieces. You can join the lively debate in Scotland On Sunday here:

http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=51&id=1286982007#new

Or in The Herald here:

http://www.theherald.co.uk/politics/holyrood/display.var.1617903.0.0.php

Always good fun to read the comments!

Stephen.

Scottish Independence - what do you think?

You can offer your opinion here at The Daily Telegraph.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=05SV2TPDZDJOFQFIQMFSFFWAVCBQ0IV0?view=BLOGDETAIL&grid=F11&blog=yourview&xml=/news/2007/08/14/view14c.xml&posted=true&_requestid=709849

Stephen.

Read all about it?

Or maybe not, if your French is as bad as mine. It being the new EU Constitution, sorry, EU Treaty, only available in French - our MPs will all be on holiday when the English translation comes out. If this Treaty is so good for England, why will we not get the referendum we were promised by all the main parties at the next election?

http://www.politics.co.uk/news/opinion-former-index/legal-and-constitutional/eu-treaty-only-available-in-french-$476585.htm

With friends like this....

Someone called George Galloway is telling the Scots the English are fed up with Scots MPs voting on English matters.

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/news/tm_headline=why-vote-on-the-issues-that-do-not-concern-us---&method=full&objectid=19426624&siteid=66633-name_page.html

It takes all sorts I suppose.

Stephen