Dear Members and Supporters The reaction of the Labour Party elites does not surprise the CEP’s campaign team at all. As a team, we have met Jeremy Corbyn at least 3 times (at events). The…
The “English nationalist” bogey quickly becomes a reason to marginalise the English, rather than listen to and engage with them. By John Denham The idea that “English nationalism” caused Brexit is now embedded deeply in the national…
Dear Members and Supporters I have written an article highlighting the benefits of the Labour Party producing an English manifesto. After John Denham’s speech on English governance in the House of Commons, I wanted to try…
In the Telegraph, Allister Heath almost repeats our sticker from long ago: ‘If an English team, why not an English Parliament?’ He writes: But this new, inclusive and perhaps in time more assertive – Englishness…
Dear Members and Supporters The English Labour Network has just submitted evidence to the Labour Party’s internal Democracy Review. They are calling for an English Labour manifesto. Regardless of your political persuasion, this document is…
The English question: What is the nation’s identity? Mark Easton Home editor@BBCMarkEaston on Twitter • 3 June 2018 I spent St George’s Day this year in Nottingham, among a large crowd bedecked in the red…