Former Australian PM Tony Abbott says: “It’s pretty hard for Britain’s friends, here in Australia, to make sense of the mess that’s being made of Brexit. The referendum result was perhaps the biggest-ever vote of…
Current English Affairs: Budget Times 30/10/18: DEVOLVED FUNDING: An additional £950miIIion has been pledged for the Scottish government, £550 million for the Welsh government and £320 million for a Northern Ireland Executive in the period…
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…
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…