There is also the issue of national identity. I see myself as English and not British. The Scots and Welsh see themselves as Scots and Welsh while the English have Britishness foisted upon them.
I want to see our parliament representative of the English nation with full sovereignty. The Scots and Welsh were allowed to choose their own forms of governments and are now demanding even more power to be devolved to them. Of course, Westminster will allow them to have those powers in order to keep the union intact. In the meantime the English are denied the opportunity of choosing its own system of government. This denial is not only unique to the Labour party, but runs right through the big three parties in Westminster. Our parliamentary system is a joke. Our claim of living in a democracy is a sham.
Any serious politician from Scotland and Wales, with a few notable exceptions are not going to want to build a career in Edinburgh or Cardiff. The real action is in Westminster. There are opportunities there which are not to be found in their homelands. Devolution has limited the powers they have in their own constituencies, but have not been curbed on English matters.
It is my belief to put an end to this nonsense, and start thinking about the serious issues which affect England. The overcrowding because of mass immigration, the threat from terrorism, the evergrowing power of the EU, increased taxation, the breakdown of our society. A devolved English parliament will do nothing to address these issues. Successive British governments have done nothing to stop any of this, and indeed, have added to it. It is time to think about a new direction. It is time to sweep away the failures of the past and to build a new nation state of England.
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The Free England Party - England's Premier Nationalist Party
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