The CEP September Newsletter
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The reaction of the Labour Party elites does not surprise the CEP’s campaign team
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…
Remainers who blame Brexit on English nationalism are making a big mistake
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…
The benefit to the Labour Party in producing an English manifesto as soon as possible
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…
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‘If an English team, why not an English Parliament?’
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…
English Labour Network submitted evidence to Labour Party’s internal Democracy Review
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…
‘A nation divided? The identities, politics and governance of England,’
Dear Members and Supporters Below are the transcript and the link of a speech by Professor John Denham entitled ‘A nation divided? The identities, politics and governance of England,’. When supporters of an English Parliament…
Eddie Bone speech at “After Brexit: What Future Democracy for England?”
The English question: What is the nation’s identity?
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…