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Originally Posted by chikrodah
When did the UK Independence Party become the England Independence Party?
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Dunno . . . you tell us!
Personally, I'm suggesting that UKIP policy should be changed to support the establishment of a separate parliament & executive for the people of England within the UK. The failure, refusal to pursue this possibility emphasises how much England is expected to support the minor nations whilst being subject to political interference from them which they do not tolerate from us!
Either we are all 'British' and our separate national identities are subsumed - which is the process the Nu Labour Government is imposing solely on England - or we retain our individual national identities. Obviously, the Scots and Welsh are retaining their respective national identities, and the English must be permitted to retain theirs!
Both Scotland and Wales have direct links with the EU to promote THEIR respective interests, England does not. Both Scotland and Wales are represented individually on the British-Irish Council, England is not!
It is pointless commenting on the number of MPs returned to represent England when: (A) the Cabinet and Government is vastly over represented with Scots; and (B) the 'party system' results in the likes of Nigel Evans, Kate Hoey, Liam Fox, Michael Ancram, Ian McCartney, Brigit & Gordon Prentice, Jim Fitzpatrick, Ian Gibson, Charles Gray, Anne McIntosh, Steve McCabe etc etc all purporting to represent England!
Many English have already lost their identity, and know not who they are, but the Scots and the Welsh do, and THEY are extremely conscious of THEIR separate identities! Indeed, Scots and Welsh in England often play on their nationality - as provided for in Section 3 of the Race Relations Act 1976 - but, as nations, they are party to wholesale discrimination against English nationality!
I suppose some touchy Brits will misrepresent the above as some kind of claim for independence, but if the Scots and Welsh can retain THEIR identities within the framework of the UK, so can the English. This is why a separate parliament for England is needed, but NONE of this spatchcock four days a week nonsense. The much more numerous English are entitled to no less than the others!
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