September 27, 2005
Not even on his radar
This quote of Gordon Brown's in the Scotsman is very bad news:
"I will in the next year visit every region and nation of our country. With you I want to listen, hear and learn, to discuss the economic, social and constitutional changes we need to build for the future"When he talks about the regions in this context he means the carved up bits of England. For him to have the confidence to deliver this quote in a speech at the Labour conference means that the cause against the regionalisation of England, and the concerns that many of the English have, is not even on his radar.
The same can be said of the case for an English parliament.
If he had any fear over these issues and how they might affect any future term as prime-minister he would not have said what he did.
It's very bad news indeed.
We are failing to make our case to the wider population in England.
