CEP: The British-Irish Council is the perfect example of how both the British state and the BBC deny England even its own existence

Monday, 23, Feb 2009 12:00
On Friday February 20th the ‘British-Irish Council’ met in Cardiff. It is a body set up when Tony Blair was the UK Prime Minister to discuss, and where possible deal with, matters which affect the relationship of the UK, the Irish Republic, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands.
The Feb 20th Council was hosted and chaired by the Welsh First Minister Rhodri Morgan. In attendance were Alec Salmond the Scottish First Minister, Brian Cowan the Irish Taoiseach, Ieuan Wyn Jones the Welsh Deputy First Minister, Paul Murphy the Secretary of State for Wales, Martin McGuiness deputy First Minister for Northern Ireland, representatives from Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man and representatives of the UK government. There were no representatives from England. Since its inception there never have been.Yet decisions taken at the British-Irish Council affect England. 'Of all the historic nations of these islands only England had no representation. But the UK is not England. The UK is England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Mr Stuart Parr, member of the National Council of the CEP and its Shropshire organiser has written a formal complaint to the BBC over the way it has reported the meeting.
‘Nothing better illustrates the way the UK government identifies the UK with England. It is as if England is not a distinct nation within the UK like Scotland and Wales are,’ said Mr Parr. ‘And nothing better illustrates the way in which the BBC likewise conflates England with Britain as if England does not have its own distinct national identity, culture, history, national events and needs. It is deliberate official BBC policy to refuse to have a BBC England and to refuse to treat England as a unity and a nation, while it has a BBC Scotland, a BBC Wales, a BBC NI and an Asian Network.'
Mr Parr has made a formal complaint to the BBC. ‘It is significant that the BBC failed to list the British ministers that attended in place of England, indeed failed to make mention of England at all, let alone to tell its listeners and website readers that the British-Irish Council is a UK & Ireland-wide organisation that discriminates against the English by denying them direct representation. I believe this was a deliberate omission by the BBC to avoid its responsibility to accurately report on events affecting England.’
Contacts:
Mr Stuart Parr. Tel: 01273 452201 email: stuart.parr@thecep.org.uk


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Olympic Football - Team GB

Last week we reported about Sandwell council denying the English the right to celebrate their English identity with a St.George’s Day Parade, I hope this week we are not going to find out about the British in the English Football Association trying to do the same?Andy Burnham, the British Culture, Media and Sport Secretary talking about the 2012 Olympic football squad to the Telegraph said that while it was “disappointing” that the three Football Associations of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland have decided not to play a part in the British Team, he respected their “independence, autonomy and right to make this decision.”The reason the 3 unions gave for not taking part in the British Team was the fear that it could threaten their future sporting existence as stand alone nations, and have threatened to ban their players from future international squads if they agree to take part.This is not a valid reason by any means; the 3 unions have been given categorical assurances in writing by Mr. Burnham that there is no threat to the nations’ individual participation in events like the World Cup. Fifa, the world governing body, has also given written and verbal clarification too.Mr. Burnham added however that the “The British Olympic Authority have made it clear that they intend to enter a team in the 2012 Games,” which can only mean a team without their participation, an England Team.It looks very much like another British plot to deny us our English identity, are they going to make an England Football Team play with a British identity, which it would be stuck with no doubt from then on?Is the English FA going to let an England Team play with the British name that is the million dollar question, and it is a question most definitely must be NO


AN ENGLAND TEAM MUST BE ALLOWED TO PLAY WITH A BRITISH IDENTITY.


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Is Gordon Brown responsible for a Black Country council banning an English St. George’s Day march.

Last September Prime Minister Gordon Brown with his New Labour Party cabinet held a meeting here in the West Midlands, the first time a cabinet meeting had been held outside of London for 90 years. Why would a Prime Minister, a confirmed British Nationalist who refuses to give the political and constitutional recognition to England and the English Nation, want to hold a cabinet meeting in the heart of England’s English community, if was not to rally his British forces and plan against an English revival that was taking place in the regions Black Country towns. There is no greater English revival in the country to match that of the Black Country, and the Borough of Sandwell is seeing its local town of West Bromwich St. George’s Day parades reach numbers in excess of 15,000 on a regular basis, so has the Scot Gordon Brown had a hand in stopping it? Why did he Gordon Brown choose Sandwell as the place to begin his Schools Britishness and citizenship programme Sandwell calls ‘Rewind’, and give them a £500.000 grant out of the government's ‘Preventing Violent Extremism Fund’ when by their own admission the councillors admit there is no problem or recorded problems in the area, if it was not because he knew that British Nationalists in Sandwell council would be able to force his policies through. It is this same Sandwell council and British Nationalists that are leading the campaign to support Gordon Brown’s programme of destroying England’s unity and Nationhood, by breaking up England into a Britain of British Regions, and supporting his call for a Birmingham City Region.The council that fought a campaign to Kick Racism out of Football now perpetrates racism itself.

What is this Sandwell ‘Rewind’ project anyway, according to the council’s safer communities chief, Councillor Derek Rowley said “This is a really good project; Rewind goes into schools and does things like DNA tests and family trees” WHAT! This sounds like a policy of the Third Reich and Nazi Germany, and didn’t millions die to prevent this sort of atrocity happening again, is this a British plan to get a DNA data base of future citizens by the back door , or it is a plan of English genocide. Councillor Yvonne Davies another British Nationalist said “The parade created an unhealthy atmosphere and inspired young boys to be racist” what she is actual implying is that it is against Gordon Brown’s British policy for anyone to recognise their country to be England and not Britain, and anyone who goes against this policy and wants to celebrate an English identity she considers them to be a racist. What she failed to say was that the whole Britishness and Rewind project of Sandwell was being funded and operated by British Nationalists, in as much that Gordon Brown, elected from a Scottish constituency and self appointed First Minister of England was forcing this British policy only onto England, and not onto his own people that elected him.

If the British political parties believed in a United Kingdom this project would apply across all our nations.

She like other British Nationalists have no problem accepting that it is possible to celebrate both a British and another national identity, like they do in Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, so long as it is not an English identity they want to celebrate, they will fund and support it. I myself have attended most of Sandwell’s parades and I agree with Trevor Collins of the Stone Cross St. George’s Association which organises the parade, that to suggest the parade is racist is offensive and ridiculous, and I am sure people like Rustie Lee, and Carl Chinn who support the parade will not look kindly on being called racists either, banning the parade will encourage racism not prevent it. The parade is attended by people of all races and creeds who mix in and have a good time and nobody has been prevented from attending, and I speak the truth when I say neither me my family or relations have ever seen any trouble on the march, and it has been great fun for residents along the route to decorate their houses, in other words the problem for the British is there isn’t a problem, they want to create one, because the English are at last waking up to their discrimination.

The organisers are free to contact the West Midlands CEP who will help in any way possible.We call upon the Express & Star Black Country newspaper, to do what is has done in the past, and pledge its support for the English St. George’s Day march.

http://englandparliament.blogspot.com/2009/02/yvonne-davies-of-sandwell-council.html

http://www.wigantoday.net/wigannews/Parades-to-make-comeback.4973054.jp
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Who speaks up for England ?Cameron’s promised ‘fix’ on devolution ignores his own constituents.

The Conservative leader, writing in ‘Scotland on Sunday’ (Jan.8th), has pledged that as prime minister he will end the cross-border war between the UK and Scottish Governments, He insists he will introduce a new "maturity and respect" for Scotland. He criticised the Labour government for allowing its hostility towards the SNP to frustrate cooperation between Westminster and Edinburgh. "If we win the next election at Westminster, we would govern with a maturity and a respect for the Scottish people. I would be a prime minister that would work constructively with any administration at Holyrood for the good of Scotland .’

Scilla Cullen, Chairman of the Campaign for an English Parliament, has responded by stating that the Conservative leader needs to start giving equal consideration to his own country as well. ‘It’s time he introduced a new maturity and respect for England into his party’s policies. England is the only country in the West without national governance; England have none of the immense benefits Scotland and Wales are getting out of devolution, yet it’s them who are paying for it all through their taxes; and Cameron is perfectly well acquainted with the political absurdity and injustice of the West Lothian Question. His policy of English votes for English matters is a complete fudge and well he knows it. It amounts to no more than an insult to England ’.

‘There is that one great question now hanging all over UK politics: Who speaks for England?’ said Mrs. Cullen. ‘I would remind David Cameron that he represents English people in an English constituency; and it is the English people who are both his and his party’s core constituents. The only Tory MP left in Scotland David Mundell (Dumfriesshire) may have declared only last week that future Conservative government will put the interests of Scotland first and foremost. To date Mr. Cameron hasn’t repudiated that statement. As I have said, he would do well to look to his core constituents.’

Contacts:
Scilla Cullen: Tel: 01433.833155. email: scilla.cullen@thecep.org.uk
Michael Knowles (CEP media unit) Tel. 01260 271139 michael-knowles@tiscali.co.uk

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A DEMAND FOR THE END-OF-FEBRUARY LIBERTY CONVENTIONS TO ADDRESS THE INJUSTICES THE UNION GOVERNMENT IS INFLICTING ON THE ENGLISH NATION.

The latest figures of UK expenditure in Scotland as provided by the economist Fraser Nelson in the recent issue of the Spectator reveals an immense gap between what is raised in taxation by the Scottish nation and what it actually spends. ‘The financial disparity raises very serious constitutional and human rights issues’, states Scilla Cullen, chairman of the Campaign for an English Parliament, ‘which must be addressed at the coming Liberty Conventions in London, Bristol, and Belfast on February 28th.
The gap amounts to £17 billion. Even when revenue from oil produced in Scottish waters is counted as Scottish revenue, the gap is £8 billion. English taxpayers make good the difference. Per head of population Scotland receives an extra £1600 per head each year over what the English receive for health and education, with free university education, free personal care of the elderly, free prescriptions, free hospital parking etc . ‘They (the Scots) should be mindful of how lucky they are that the English taxpayer gives them so much to spend’, writes Mr Fraser.
‘The issue is not just a financial one; it is also one of denial by the United Kingdom government of equality of rights and benefits to the English population which is 85% of the UK population,’ stated Mrs Cullen in her February 1st message to the CEP membership. ‘Yes, it certainly is financial. Thousands upon thousands of English families are having to pay fees and charges which are harsh, at times crippling, certainly when they have children at university or family members in hospital.
‘However, there are also two fundamental issues of human rights and liberties involved. The first is that the English people are entitled as citizens of the same state to the same benefits. Not least because they pay for them while they are themselves denied them. And secondly, they have never been asked by the Labour Government since the 1998 devolution legislation if they want to pay for them for Scotland while not receiving them themselves or if they would like England to have the same degree of self-rule that Scotland has
‘Pressure groups like Liberty, the Fabian Society, Unlock Democracy, Open Democracy which are organising the Liberty Conventions about the erosion of our liberties by this government are certainly well meaning, well intended, and benevolent organisations. These conventions is now their opportunity to broaden their understanding of what constitutes justice and its denial. They could include on the Convention agenda certain very basic questions, like: Why should an English student pay tuition fees and top-up fees and emerge from their university courses with debts of £20K when Scottish students don’t? Why should an English family visiting their children in hospital pay parking charges of up to £2 an hour when Scottish and Welsh families don’t? Why should the English pay towards £8 per prescription when the Scots and the Welsh don’t? Why shouldn’t the English have the same degree of self-rule within the Union as the Scots have? If these injustices were inflicted by the State on ethnic or religious minority groups, there would be uproar -and conventions without number. These wrongs are issues of equality, liberty, civil rights and justice as important as any other the Convention has already set itself to consider.
Contacts:
Michael Knowles CEP Media Unit. Tel.01260 271139. Email: michael-knowles@tiscali.co.uk
Scilla Cullen CEP Chairman: Tel: 01438 833155 Email: Scilla.cullen@dsl.pipex.co.uk

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Heathrow' Third Runway: Flying in the face of English Democracy

The reverberations around the house last week at the undemocratic stance of the government on the Heathrow Airport extension that led to the subsequent eviction and banning of Labour MP John McDonnell, drew a Conservative protest that resulted in 132 MPs signing an early day motion against the extension. Theresa Villiers told MPs “We are giving the House the opportunity to have the vote the government wouldn’t give them”

PM Gordon Brown’s government narrowly won the subsequent vote on the third runway extension by 297 votes to 278 but not before losing two of their ministerial aides who had earlier resigned in disgust over the plan.

When you look at the result of the vote all seems fair and democratic, but on closer inspection it shows something entirely different and highlights another political deficit England finds itself in when confronted with a Labour Whip. Labour's British MPs from the devolved nations are then said to be encouraged or more or less forced by PM Gordon Brown a Scotsman, to vote on issues that does not concern his or their own nations constituents in law, but their nations could all gain economically in money from the “Barnett Formula.” Rather than these MPs being forced to vote, this looks very much more like they will be queuing to vote, and the whipping tool could be being used as an excuse to exclude these MPs from personal criticism for voting on English only legislation.

The CEP have issued the following press release

The Campaign for an English Parliament has noted that Wednesday's vote on a third runway at Heathrow Airport was won for the Government by MPs elected outside England. English constituency MPs rejected the third runway by a margin of 20 votes but a phalanx of Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish MPs trooped through the lobby to win the day for the Government, overturning, in the process, the democratic will of England.
According to one Labour rebel a “tearful and dewy eyed” Prime Minister had called wavering Labour MPs into his office to tell them that losing this vote would “de-stabilise the Government and de-stabilise the markets”. In the event 52% of English MPs voted against the Government, 48% with the Government. But MPs elected outside England were a different matter altogether, of these MPs only 29% voted against the Government, with a whopping 71% supporting the building of a new £13bn runway on top of the ancient English village of Sipson.
Across the country the general public opposed the third runway by a margin of 13% (YouGov), so English MPs appear to be better reflecting public opinion than non-English MPs who fly in the face of it. So why the disparity? The Constitution Unit at University College London may have the answer. Between May 2005 and June 2007 CU researchers analysed data from almost 500 votes in the House of Commons. It revealed that Scottish Labour backbenchers rebelled in an average of 1.8% of votes, compared to an average of 3.4% for their English counterparts and 1.9% among Welsh MPs.
According to the Constitution Unit the “most significant factor” in explaining this phenomenon is that Scots MPs vote through unpopular Government measures that do not apply north of the Border because they face no external pressure from their constituents or local party.
“It would be wrong to suggest that Scottish electors do not care about the issues surrounding the Heathrow debate”, said Gareth Young, in a message to CEP members, “but we have to recognise that they elect a Minister to the Scottish Parliament to represent them on Transport, Planning and the Environment (planning is a devolved matter); so a Scottish Westminster MP looking to advance his career by voting with the Government can be reasonably sure that his constituents will disregard his voting record on these matters.
“There is the small matter of the Barnett consequential too; Scotland stands to rake in up to £130 million from this, to spend on whatever they want without the interference of English MPs.
“The presence of non-English MPs in the parliament that governs England not only allows them to foist unpopular measures on England, but also helps to stabilise an unpopular and unwanted government; compromising England's right to pick the government of its choosing, and lessening our chances of kicking out a government that we don’t want.”

Contacts: Michael Knowles.CEP Media Unit.Tel: 01260 271139

Email: michael-knowles@tiscali.co.uk


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England’s St. George’s Day gets Royal Approval

Members of the CEP fought long and hard to get the English to recognise and fly their flag in the public domain, this being the first step in its aim to get the English to recognise their separate UK identity and overall aim for England to claim the same separate political and constitutional recognition that the British have given to the other nations of the United Kingdom. Although our members have been, and are, constantly suffering physical as well as verbal racial abuse from British nationalists in some parts of England, encouraged by this British Government’s insistence that our country is referred to as Britain in the media, we have against all odds almost achieved our first objective and the English Cross of St.George can now be seen flying across most of our English counties. We thank everyone for their support.
Our second aim in getting people to identify with England and their English identity has been focused on the recognition of England’s patron saint, encouraging country wide celebrations on St. George’s Day 23rd April leading we hope to a National Holiday on par with Scotland’s St. Andrew’s Day. Many people and organisations have heard our call on this issue and have taken up our quest; the English voice is now beginning to rise in many Town Halls across England to the dismay of British Nationalists. One such voice has led to a 3 day Festival being planned this year for Lytham St. Annes which has been given royal approval, the Queen’s representative in the county Lord Shuttleworth has given his blessing to the event which begins on St. George’s Day, and is being supported by businessman David Haythornwaite, football legend Jimmy Armfield and former rugby star Bill Beaumont. This is a trend that we hope to see increasing across all of the counties of England, think of what it would mean if England our country gained its own parliament and control of its own affairs, of the golden economical and cultural opportunity that would present to the new parliament and a new English Tourist Board if they put together a programme to celebrate both England’s saint and England’s greatest poet and playwright William Shakespeare who was born on a St. George's Day and also died on a St. George’s Day. We could have 12 days of celebrations, beginning on St. George’s Day and culminating in a production of Shakespeare’s Twelth Night in every Town and city in the country.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HWY_PK4bAkU&feature=related

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