Letter to Norman Baker MPDear Mr Baker,I am writing to you to ask whether there is anything you can do to put pressure on the Government to disclose the information denied to us by Jack Straw’s veto over a FOI request.Today Jack Straw vetoed a...
Topics: Devolution, DSWR, Freedom of Information, Jack Straw, letters, Peter Facey, politics, the english question, Unlock Democracy

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The silence from David Cameron’s office about his views on St George’s Day is deafening. I reproduce below my emails to him on this subject.—– Original Message —–From: “Gareth Young” Sent: Tue, December 8,.
Topics: Conservatives, David Cameron, english national anthem, IPPR, letters, politics, the english question

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What an intelligent and erudite fellow that Jim Murphy is, I wish we in England had an English Secretary of State with but a fraction of his razor-sharp wit and repartee.I cite this exchange from the “Jim Murphy webchat” on the No. 10 website.
Topics: Jim Murphy, politics, spunk bubble, the english question, twat

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Here’s a tasty little quote from the journal Public Law, Summer 2001, pp. 268-280:Let us not forget that in Scotland the Scottish Constitutional Convention had eight years to develop their proposals for the Scottish Parliament. Then those proposals.
Topics: Constitution Unit, politics, Robert Hazell, the english question

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I just received a press release from Unlock Democracy informing me of the The Sustainable Communities Act Amendment Bill. Naturally the press release didn’t mention the territorial extent of the bill so I went and looked it up.It’s England...
Topics: English political parties, politics, Sustainable Communities Act, the english question, Unlock Democracy

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