England and the Union

Much attention will be turned to Scotland tomorrow as the MSM breathlessly report what they will say is the future of the United Kingdom. It would be better if they, but more importantly voters in England today, pondered on the likely final arbiters in that matter, namely the majority nationality in the island of Great Britain - the English. Simon Heffer in yesterday's Telegraph had his say, read here. Even the EU Referendum blog, mainly concerned with matters military of late, has noticed the growing political importance of the growing sense of injustice within England, link here. The following was the petition delivered to the Scot and likely next PM Gordon Brown on 1st May: Dear Mr. Brown, Re: Justice for England – on the 300th Anniversary of the British Union Today the representatives of a number of English organisations present a petition demanding a Parliament for England and an end to attempts by your party and government to break England into unwanted Euro Regions – we will not permit the end of England as a nation state. We demand that England is given the same right to debate her form of devolution and be given a national referendum in the same way both Scotland and Wales were given a debate and referendum. We demand an end to non-English elected MPs deciding on English Only Matters, and having responsibility for English Departments of State when they have no mandate from the English electorate to manage these affairs on our behalf. We demand to see an end to anti-English discrimination in respect of access to life saving drugs, which are routinely denied to the English but are made available to the rest of the Union. We demand to see an end to top-up fees which only apply to English students leaving the rest of the Union free from such punitive taxes on education. We demand to see an end to the Barnett Formula which places an unfair tax burden on the people of England and creates unfairness in the provision of public services within the Union. We want St. George’s Day to be celebrated as a National Holiday on the 23rd April and for England to be properly recognised as a nation and have her culture publicly celebrated. We want English pensioners to have the same care, access to services, assistance with heating/insulation as is given to other parts of the Union. We demand an end to anti-English discrimination in all its forms and insist that the Government respect our democracy and move quickly to proportional representation as in Scotland & Wales If the Union, on its 300th Anniversary continues to deny the people of England basic equal rights with the other nations that form the Union, then the value and benefit of the Union to England is in doubt – if the Union is to last then it is up to you to demonstrate it is a fair and just institution. Today the organisations that form this deputation represent over 1 ½ million people and we would ask that you carefully consider the issues we have raised and seek urgently to rectify the manifest unfairnesses which now threaten to undermine the future of our country. Yours sincerely Justice for England