What's in it for them?

News just in:

The Queen is expected to unveil plans to increase the Welsh assembly's law-making powers at the State Opening of Parliament on Tuesday.

Welsh Secretary Peter Hain said it would be a "bumper Queen's Speech for Wales" with an "unprecedented" number of bills.

This, presumably, is being done because it is seen as being good for Wales and, probably as a result, good for the UK.

Somehow, and for some reason, the same privileges for the English are not yet seen as advantageous. One has to wonder why? It's almost as if the policy makers see the UK parliament as the English parliament or, perhaps, they think that the English see the UK parliament as the English parliament. Both views are clearly corrupt and contemptible and, in truth, only a fool would think either of these scenarios are the case.

Enter the fool:

Can you adam and eve it?? The new minister for constitutional affairs [Harriet Harman] said "What anomalies?" in response to Jo Nadler's (the writer on the panel) point about our asymmetric system. I nearly smashed my TV screen in anger. Harriet Harman looks like another ignorant fool that's in charge of our constitution. I'm fuming!

Harriet being the fool not the fuming correspondent to the Campaign for an English Parliament.

The Scottish Parliament exists, presumable, because it is seen by our representatives in the United Kingdom as a good thing for Scotland and a good thing for the UK. The same can be said for the Welsh assembly. Why can the same thing not be said about an English Parliament? Are the English so devoid of problems as a nation that they don't need one? I would suggest not.

So, to the decision makers who would deny us this equal representation in the Kingdom: In the absence of any enlightened argument based on equality rather than administrative issues what is the real barrier to proper representation for the majority? I am beginning to suspect that the real question should be what advantages do they get from denying the English? What's in it for them?

Posted by John at May 17, 2005 12:08 PM | TrackBack