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CEP: England outraged by Scottish attempt to grab English territory
Monday, 11 Feb 2008 08:33
The members of the Campaign for an English Parliament will resist with might and main the attempt being made by the Scottish Nationalist Party to grab Berwick on Tweed which has been part of England since the 13th century - over 700 years- and make it part of Scotland.
Scottish Nationalist Member of the Scottish Parliament Chrstine Grahame supported by fellow SNP members is lodging a vote in the Scottish Parliament in support of this land-grab.
Already the Scottish Parliament has claimed rights over all English rivers such as the River Till in Northumberland which flow into the River Tweed, even though the Tweed is the boundary river between the two nations of England and Scotland and belongs to neither. And the Scottish Parliament has been able to move southwards the boundary between England and Scotland which till devolution has always run along the very centre of the Solway Firth. To date the United Kingdom Government with its Scottish Prime Minister and Scottish Chancellor of the Exchequer has done nothing to stop these successive land grabs.
"The Scots are stirring up a hornets' nest of real trouble within the United Kingdom with these policies. And we will take them on," stated Scilla Cullen, Chairman of the Campaign. "The people of England will not put up with any more of it. Already Wales has been given the English county of Monmouthshire and even a part of the city of Chester in what is the county of Cheshire. It is already intolerable that devolution for Scotland has granted it huge benefits denied to England such as free university education, free personal care for the elderly, free prescriptions, as much as £1500 more spent on each Scot per annum than on any person in England and access to cancer drugs not obtainable in England. What the Scots are doing is sowing the seeds of real anger and dissension within the Union. They are sowing the wind. If they try to grab Berwick, it will be the Union that will reap the whirwind'
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Jeremy Purvis, LibDem MSP is after as much of 20 miles of Northumbria - including Holy Island -
http://wakinghereward.blogspot.com/2008/02/dear-jeremy-purvis-msp.html
BTW - what's up with the CEP main blog / site?
Isn't it the people of Berwick themselves, with a large Scottish cultural awareness, who are merely looking at joining Scotland - given the better public services etc. offered them by Edinburgh? Put it to the people, not your dogma. While you ponder that, how about prompting the 600 or so ENGLISH MPs in Westminster to chase your parliament?
Oh - the history thing. Pretty sure it was a Scottish port, which - being too successful - was stolen by the English after one of the worst incidents of medieval genocide on record? Yes?
The lowlands of Scotland has a English culture within as many countries thru-out the world,as regards the 1000year old history lesson you can stick it in your cupboard, where theres plenty of skele's...caledonians who live in the north of England prefer not to live in the past,but to be part of a 21st century country,tolerant fair minded people,who are being overlooked for others,& denied at the moment BUT,there is a Political will! an ENGLISH PARLIAMENT!
The lowlands of Scotland has a SCOTS heritage. Our very own Jutan tongue, and we enjoy it next our Gaelic heritage - and all the Norse/Gaelic/Germanic flavours that brings.
What on EARTH are you going on about? Have you escaped from an asylum?
Did Edward I butcher an entire village of men, woman and children? Answer?
can you please grant me a favour converse in your 3rd world tongue,i find you boring.
Third world tongue?
Eh?
You just can't bring yourself to the less than polished truth, can you Mr.Wessex.
Sad.
Yep - sack of Berwick happened. One of the most cold blooded episodes in the history of the islands, and a purely aggressive English slaughter. Give it a rest Wessex.
As it happens, it should go to the people - and they will vote against. Berwick will stay part of England.
And democracy wins!
Whos counting the votes i dont trust your democracy. did you not have a little problem!with counting not so long ago,by the way i have left you some sound advice,perhaps you'll take the hint! democracy and all, that,ol boy.
Hehehe. What a moronic figure you are Wessex! A great figurehead for the campaign!
I need to go and run a cypher to try and figure out what your last bizarre, broken-up, non-nonsensical mail means Wessex.
Give me a few years, and we'll all be right back... ;o)
Large Thistle up your Kilt! Alba
Europe! a Thorn in Englands side?personnely,i want not only a referendrum but OUT of Europe,no-one is not saying,slam doors or non communication,this would not only be very un-English, but taking into account,the centuries of trading & goodwill created,it would make life very difficult for oneself.I say up until 1974 when this europe thing started,we were trading with the free world,Exports were considerably more,re manufacturing,than today imports lower,fluctuation either way from year to year,was as i remember the norm.The economy & trade on the positive side(apart from the miners strike,& power cuts)yet again yearly fluctuation,so the UK grows in the next 30yrs, manufacturing decreases, the govt of the day start shipping money into Europe,we all work harder,longer hours,pay more,inequality starts to take hold,freedoms & Englands voices are being denied.There is no two ways about it,discrimination has a strong foothold in our English lives!from council tax to cancer treatment,student fees to schools! the govt turns a blind eye,& refuses to hear! or even acknowledge any requests for fair treatment from Englishmen & Englishwomen for equality !our National Day,our National flag,our National anthem!even our National Music Festival the Proms has been Hijacked & being ruined by the BBC.We openly share with all nations,we are tolerant,& fair,but we still want to retain our precious individuality & our identity that is surely our human rights! i will not rest until we have a ENGLISH PARLIAMENT & JUSTICE for ENGLAND!
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