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C.E.P. News May 6, 2026

Manifesto Commitments and Democratic Trust

The integrity of representative democracy depends heavily on the relationship between manifesto commitments and policy delivery. In theory, elections provide a mandate, voters choose a programme, and governments implement it. In practice, that relationship has…

C.E.P. News May 1, 2026

Devolution Must Flow from an English Parliament, Not Replace It

The current route that English devolution is taking is by building a fragmented system without a coherent foundation. Powers are not being distributed to recognised Counties and local bodies and there is an absence of…

C.E.P. News January 14, 2026

The changing face of politics across Europe.

England is not alone in the challenges it faces in the future. Europe is facing one of its most unsettled political moments in decades. Fuelled by economic uncertainty, migration pressures, lack of energy security, and…

C.E.P. News November 13, 2025

Switzerland might just have a lesson for us in democracy

Over in Europe the beautiful country of Switzerland might just have a lesson for us in democracy that we might profit from. They combine a representative Parliamentary system, a bit like ours, but with more…

C.E.P. News January 29, 2025

England: Ruled By Quango?

Quangos, ( or arm’s-length bodies (ALBs) as they are properly known), are a critical feature of the UK’s public sector. There are approximately 600 Quangos (ALBs) in the UK, some of which receive government funding…

C.E.P. News, Labour September 2, 2024

Labour looks to ban smoking outside pubs and restaurants in England.

The Sun’s big front-page scoop on Thursday was the proposed ban on smoking outside hospitals, pubs, restaurants, and leisure venues in England. Except the Sun did not specify *England*. Here’s The Sun’s Chief Political correspondent,…

C.E.P. News June 10, 2024

Do the English have a “Claim of Right”

England’s population are being confused by what is happening in their country, and are still not fully aware, or are completely ignorant in most cases, of the fact that since Devolution the British have been…

C.E.P. News April 26, 2024

British Government Controlled English Train network, that’s not called England.

The English Train network not being called English. Whilst the main political parties in Westminster are once again talking about the state of the ‘UK’ train network, they conveniently forget to mention that they are…

C.E.P. News December 7, 2023

Who Died and Made Gordon Brown Legal Guardian of English Democracy?

By Mattanza M Fedora Author’s Note: Please observe the sources as referenced in the footnotes, as we encourage critical thinking practices from every person reading An Anglian’s Musings. What is the Brown Commission? Nearly fourteen…

C.E.P. News August 23, 2023

What the Lionesses Mean To England.

By Mattanza M Fedora England in a World Cup Final… that is such a beautiful sentence to hear from the commentators on BBC One. As I sat down on my broken couch with a cup…