CEP RESPONSE TO DAVID CAMERON

David Cameron, speaking at the Conservative Party Conference, has suggested that there be an annual "Council of the Nations" with the aim of "keeping the family of the UK together". [1]

This is a laudable aim, however the question remains, "Who will speak for England?".

Certainly not David Cameron. After all, he has already repeatedly made it clear that he "does not want to be Prime Minister of England". [2]

So does this suggested "Council of the Nations" mean that the Conservatives will finally start to treat England with the respect due as a full member of the "family of the UK"?

Will our nationhood finally be acknowledged?

Or does his vision of a "family of the UK" mean continuing to treat England as if she were some mad Mrs Rochester [3], an embarrassment to be locked up in the attic and ignored?

David Wildgoose, vice Chairman CEP, mobile 07906 551417

[1] http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/wales_politics/8290611.stm
[2] http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/conservativeparty/David-Cameron-sticks-to-the.4550421.jp
[3] From the novel "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte

We must not forget that it is the British that are denying England its political recognition, the British MPs we have sent to parliament to represent England, it is these who are to blame. Until we have our own English MPs not British MPs representing England nothing is going to change.