Rebalancing the constitution

Being, as I am, inclined to lift things directly from the blog of the Campaign for an English Parliament I bring you the following:

Paul Linford has had an article published in the Newcastle Journal and the Lincoln Echo calling for an English Parliament.

As I wrote in the aftermath of the "no" vote, the idea of an English Parliament ought now to be given serious consideration as a means of addressing the imbalances in the constitution.

London would remain the centre of UK Government, in control of foreign policy, defence, homeland security, and overall taxation and spending - with a new centre of English governance in control of everything else.

The exact location - Manchester, York, Birmingham, even Derby - would not matter, so long as it was anywhere north of Watford Gap.

It would not merely help to re-balance the constitution - but more importantly in the longer-term, to rebalance the economy too.