CEP: Anti-English racism in Scotland. Questions that need to be asked

On Saturday January 10th a 22 year old woman was assaulted in Aberdeen. All the evidence is that she was picked on for sounding English. [1] She has lived in Scotland for 18 years but says that she still pronounces some words with an English accent. She suffered two black eyes, a broken cheek bone and a severed nerve in her eye.
Only a few days later the Paisley Daily Express reported that an English family have been forced out of their home after repeated acts of vandalism and break-ins, culminating in their house being ransacked and human excrement being smeared on the walls. [2]
Commenting on the assault in Aberdeen, a spokesman for Grampian police said that "whilst this is clearly a despicable act, it is still unfortunately not uncommon for racially motivated incidents to take place".
When the three year old video of Prince Harry calling one of his friends "paki" was made public, Conservative Leader, David Cameron, was the first politician to condemn him for his racist remarks.[3] Yet despite several requests, neither David Cameron's press office nor the Conservative Party's press office have commented on these latest incidents of anti-English racism in Scotland. The question therefore arises: Is anti-English racism a lesser crime in the eyes of senior Conservative party members?
In 2002 David Blunkett, then Home Secretary, issued a strange call for the English to reclaim the flag from the racists, the racists in question being the British National Party. [4] However, when the Campaign for an English Parliament asked if he would be issuing a similar call to the Scots in light of the recent racist attacks, Mr Blunkett replied rather abruptly that we do not have his permission to quote him.
“Both Mr Cameron and Mr Blunket represent English constituencies. If we can't rely on two politicians representing English constituencies to speak out about racist attacks on English people in Scotland, what hope do we have of them speaking up on behalf of the English people on other issues?” Stuart Parr, CEP webmaster and member of its National Council and CEP organiser for Shropshire has asked in his web message to members.

Contacts:
Stuart Parr CEP. Tel: 01273 452201. Email: stuart.parr@thecep.org.uk