Is Berwick being painted out of England?

SIR,-The letter from the Vicar of Berwick, Canon Alan Hughes, “Berwick being painted out of English tourism” will be deliberate and fits in with the new unitary authority’s refusal to fund the Riding of the Bounds, as was reported in the Berwick Advertiser in January.Whether the people of Berwick like it or not the establishment might well have decided that Berwick should be annexed by Scotland. Canon Hughes asks: “Have we been ceded to Scotland without a referendum?” I doubt they would dare a referendum as they are well aware of rising English Nationalism.No, they would allow Scotland to annex Berwick as they allowed Wales to annex Monmouth at five minutes to midnight in an almost empty House of Commons more than 30 years ago.Only Gerald Kaufman MP objected when he said “Imagine Britain annexed by Europe at five minutes to midnight.”The situation for Sir Alan Beith MP will not change. As an English MP. He can vote on English affairs but not Scottish affairs.As a Scottish MP it will be exactly the same. As a Scottish MP, he can still be selected to sit on any English regional select committees, and at the stroke of a pen, he can claim that he’s brought the benefits enjoyed in Scotland at English taxpayers’ expense of free prescriptions, cancer drugs and testing and no student top up fees for the people of Berwick.It is only because of a lazy and aquiescent press that most people do not know that England at a very important level is run by people that hate it. I include Alan Beith amongst these people.Conservatives are no better. English people campaigning for the same considerations as the people of Wales and Scotland were called “Sour Little Englanders” by David Cameron to an audience in Scotland last year, he then added that “they should be re-educated about Scotland.”So, we in England have not a lot going for us. New Labour steadfastly refuses to clean up the botched devolution they imposed on England.Jack Straw said: “The English as a race are not worth saving,” so there we have it.At the next election, no MP you elect to represent your views at Westminster will do exactly that. Instead they will reflect the views of Gordon Brown, David Cameron or Nick Clegg back to you. Better to elect a local Independent MP who is either for staying with England or going to Scotland.As a member of the Campaign for an English Parliament I dearly hope Berwick stays with England.

K YOUNG
Orchard Road
Darlington
County Durham

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