Posted on 14 June 2008 by David
Ireland’s ‘no’ vote to the Lisbon Treaty (aka the EU constitution) is a victory for democracy over the political class and the supporters of ever-greater integration of the EU member states. It’s also a victory for Britain, and for England, which was unjustly denied the referendum it had been promised by an arrogant and unrepresentative [...]
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Posted on 17 May 2008 by David
Another way to address the question of the constitutional options that should be put to all the nations of the UK at the same time as a Scottish referendum on independence for Scotland (see previous post) is to say that we should all have a vote, not just on independence for our respective countries, but [...]
Filed under: Britain, Britishness, Cornish independence, Cornwall, England, English identity, English independence, Englishness, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Welsh independence, devolution, federal UK, federalism, parliament, politics, referendum, sovereignty | 8 Comments »
