Is Cornwall a nation?
An interesting piece has just been published in the UK section of this website, examining the relationship between Cornwall and the rest of the United Kingdom. (Read it here.) Formally, […]
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Federalism, national minorities and regionalism – the case of Cornwall
By Philip Hosking The Cornish are a Celtic ethnic identity and historic nation of the southwest of Great Britain. We have our own lesser used Celtic language, sports, festivals, cuisine,
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Connected
One of the basic laws of ecology is that everything is connected to everything else. The same is true in federalism. I was prompted to write this by a news
The centralising curse of UK Treasury rules
By George Irvin Britain’s public finance is highly centralised by the standards of the European Union and the OECD. The degree to which tax revenue is centralised is far higher
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Fifty one votes to one
I took part in a debate with leading anti-European John Redwood on Thursday evening in his parliamentary constituency, Wokingham. (You can read my speech here.) We started off a little
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Parliament for the English?
I see that Conservative leadership contender David Davis has renewed the call for only English MPs to vote on English-only matters in Parliament (reported on BBC News Online here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4424370.stm).
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The future of English regional government
By Richard Laming “I would be interested to know what the Federal Union’s response is post-NE Assembly defeat (which as you know was rejected by nearly 80%), and how it
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Billy Bragg is wrong about the House of Lords
Well-known singer and campaigner Billy Bragg has launched his own campaign for reform of the House of Lords, proposing it should be elected at the same time as the House
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On life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
By Geoff Taylor Partly as a result of the gridlock in the USA election, I came to realise that Great Britain’s system of government has become anachronistic and thoroughly retrograde.
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The second elections in Scotland and Wales: issues and verdicts
By Professor Stanley Henig The elections for a second Scottish Parliament and a second Welsh Assembly on 1 May 2003 were each contested by four principal parties: Labour, Conservative, Liberal
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