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FredSucks · 28-04-2008, 12:19 AM

TIME HAS COME TO GIVE ENGLAND HER OWN PARLIAMENT by Jimmy Young.

ST GEORGE’S DAY got me thinking that England has had a pretty rough deal in recent years.
In 1939, at the beginning of the Second World War, Ross Parker and Hugh Charles wrote one of England’s most patriotic songs.

They called it There’ll Always Be An England and its message couldn’t be clearer: “There’ll always be an England, and England shall be free, if England means as much to you as England means to me.”

But it won’t be free if the anti-England brigade has its way.
I got to know Ross after the war when I began to make my own way in the music business.

He meant every word of his anthem for England but it wasn’t long before the undermining of England began.

Ted Heath did his bit by signing Britain up to the so-called Common Market even though he knew that was actually the first step towards creating a United States of Europe.

We are now governed by unelected bureaucrats in Brussels.

But the specific downgrading and humiliation of England is a nasty, vindictive act committed by our Labour Government.

To secure electoral victory, the votes of Scotland and Wales are essential to Labour.

So, hoping to cement Labour’s popularity in those countries, our Scottish Prime Minister set off down the road to
devolution.

Scotland was granted its own Parliament and Wales and Northern Ireland got assemblies.
But, despite making up 85 per cent of the UK population, England got nothing. Indeed, in a further act of spite against the English, Labour tried to chop up England into self-governing regions.

They failed only because a referendum in the North-east rejected the idea.

FOLLOWING devolution we now have the bizarre and unbalanced situation whereby 50 million English are governed by a parliament in which Scottish and Welsh MPs can vote on issues that concern only England, even though they cannot vote on the same issues in their own constituencies.

For how much longer will the English put up with being treated as second-class citizens by Labour?

Whenever we discussed this on my radio programme the demand from listeners was for the establishment of an English parliament.

The United Kingdom parliament would deal with UK issues. The English parliament would deal with issues affecting only England.

Labour hates the idea because it would inevitably be weakened. However, the Conservatives have set up a Democracy Task Force to look at the problem. If it recommends the creation of an English Parliament, Labour
will claim that that would break up the Union.

David Cameron should ignore such claims.

Gordon Brown broke up the Union when he pushed through devolution.

An English parliament would reflect the views of the English 85 per cent of the UK population and would balance the existence of the Scottish parliament and the assemblies of Wales and Northern Ireland.

Daily Express: The World's Greatest Newspaper :: Columnists :: The time has come to give England its own parliament

Jimmy Young, Sunday Express.

28-04-2008, 12:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
FredSucks Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,941	Time Has Come To Give England Her Own Parliament TIME HAS COME TO GIVE ENGLAND HER OWN PARLIAMENT by Jimmy Young. ST GEORGE’S DAY got me thinking that England has had a pretty rough deal in recent years. In 1939, at the beginning of the Second World War, Ross Parker and Hugh Charles wrote one of England’s most patriotic songs. They called it There’ll Always Be An England and its message couldn’t be clearer: “There’ll always be an England, and England shall be free, if England means as much to you as England means to me.” But it won’t be free if the anti-England brigade has its way. I got to know Ross after the war when I began to make my own way in the music business. He meant every word of his anthem for England but it wasn’t long before the undermining of England began. Ted Heath did his bit by signing Britain up to the so-called Common Market even though he knew that was actually the first step towards creating a United States of Europe. We are now governed by unelected bureaucrats in Brussels. But the specific downgrading and humiliation of England is a nasty, vindictive act committed by our Labour Government. To secure electoral victory, the votes of Scotland and Wales are essential to Labour. So, hoping to cement Labour’s popularity in those countries, our Scottish Prime Minister set off down the road to devolution. Scotland was granted its own Parliament and Wales and Northern Ireland got assemblies. But, despite making up 85 per cent of the UK population, England got nothing. Indeed, in a further act of spite against the English, Labour tried to chop up England into self-governing regions. They failed only because a referendum in the North-east rejected the idea. FOLLOWING devolution we now have the bizarre and unbalanced situation whereby 50 million English are governed by a parliament in which Scottish and Welsh MPs can vote on issues that concern only England, even though they cannot vote on the same issues in their own constituencies. For how much longer will the English put up with being treated as second-class citizens by Labour? Whenever we discussed this on my radio programme the demand from listeners was for the establishment of an English parliament. The United Kingdom parliament would deal with UK issues. The English parliament would deal with issues affecting only England. Labour hates the idea because it would inevitably be weakened. However, the Conservatives have set up a Democracy Task Force to look at the problem. If it recommends the creation of an English Parliament, Labour will claim that that would break up the Union. David Cameron should ignore such claims. Gordon Brown broke up the Union when he pushed through devolution. An English parliament would reflect the views of the English 85 per cent of the UK population and would balance the existence of the Scottish parliament and the assemblies of Wales and Northern Ireland. Daily Express: The World's Greatest Newspaper :: Columnists :: The time has come to give England its own parliament Jimmy Young, Sunday Express.