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"The English Question" - Google News

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:56:28 GMT

"The English Question" - Google News

Peter Hain speech reignites regional assembly debate - Journal Live

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:50:25 GMT

Peter Hain speech reignites regional assembly debate
Journal Live
Former Cabinet Minister Peter Hain said the 'English question' in terms of devolution had never been answered and had left a 'festering sore'. But the Labour MP for Neath suggested that after 18 months of coalition cuts, the region was now ready to ...

The English conversation has finally begun. What took so long? - Open Democracy

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:06:00 GMT

The English conversation has finally begun. What took so long?
Open Democracy
Devolution meant that the English question had to be asked, yet the reluctance to answer it was rooted in a traditional British Unionist instinct to see any rise in national allegiance as setting us on a slippery slope to the break-up of Britain.

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Lack of devolution to English regions is a 'festering sore' says Peter Hain - WalesOnline

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:09:01 GMT

Lack of devolution to English regions is a 'festering sore' says Peter Hain
WalesOnline
Mr Hain, who was a Cabinet minister in both the Blair and Brown administrations, said: 'The English question has never been answered. And I've always thought that was a flaw in our approach to devolution and it's left a kind of festering sore.

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Shadow Welsh Secretary Peter Hain warns on Scottish independence risks - WalesOnline

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:09:32 GMT

Shadow Welsh Secretary Peter Hain warns on Scottish independence risks
WalesOnline
Mr Hain, who was a cabinet minister in both the Blair and Brown administrations, said: 'The English question has never been answered. And I've always thought that was a flaw in our approach to devolution and it's left a kind of festering sore.

How should 'political England' be recognised? - Open Democracy

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:19:10 GMT

How should 'political England' be recognised?
Open Democracy
Wyn Jones's research makes it clear that regionalism does not address the English question. It emerged as an unpopular choice in the opinion surveys, with only 9 per cent overall in England saying their preferred option was regional assemblies, ...

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UK Constitutional Future: Politicians Ignore The "English Identity" At Their Peril - eGov monitor

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:38:08 GMT

UK Constitutional Future: Politicians Ignore The "English Identity" At Their Peril
eGov monitor
This 'West Lothian Question-max'- a combination of political, economic and cultural grievance that the English are developing requires action: political parties must begin to address 'the English Question' in its own right, regardless of what happens ...

UK Constitutional Future: Is British Identity Waning Among The English? New ... - eGov monitor

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:24:57 GMT

UK Constitutional Future: Is British Identity Waning Among The English? New ...
eGov monitor
The study, conducted jointly by think tank IPPR and Cardiff and Edinburgh Universities, cautions political parties they would now have to tackle the 'English Question' in its own accord or brace themselves for a strong public outcry.

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Time to take Britain out of our greatness - Open Democracy

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:17:32 GMT

Time to take Britain out of our greatness
Open Democracy
Labour can't be re-elected if it ignores the English question - but what should it call for once it does stop ignoring it? Thirty years ago, Thatcher claimed that with her Falkland's victory she 'Put the great back into Britain'.

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Push for Scottish Independence Awakens Politics of English Identity - The Epoch Times

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:09:46 GMT

The Epoch Times

Push for Scottish Independence Awakens Politics of English Identity
The Epoch Times
The report says that regardless of what happens with Scottish progress to independence, the political imperative to tackle the 'English question' is growing. 'It has long been predicted that devolution to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland would ...

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Can the Union handle a rude English awakening? - Herald Scotland

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:08:40 GMT

Can the Union handle a rude English awakening?
Herald Scotland
As the IPPR argues, "the main problem is not that the English question is now finally being asked by the country's electorate, but rather that the British political class has failed to take it, and them, seriously". No nation will long stand for that.

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