Tory win = English Parliament?
No doubt Plaid Cymru MP Adam Price is trying to put the willies up his constituents with a horror story of what a Conservative and Unionist Party victory will do to Wales if the win a majority in the next general election.
But his tenth point suggests that a Tory victory will result in an English Parliament. Nothing could be further from the truth.
10. English votes on English laws together with the probable dropping of the Secretary of State for Wales from the Cabinet will mean this will be an English Government and an English Parliament (with English Priorities) like nothing we have seen in the modern period.
I only wish it were the case! First of all there is absolutely no hunger for English votes on English matters within the Tory leadership. Like Labour, the Tory answer to the West Lothian Question seems to be to no ask it or at best to whisper it.
Mr Price seems to suggest there’s something wrong with an English Parliament with English Priorities. Strange that for a man committed to independence for Wales. Isn’t an English Parliament exactly what he should hoping for?
My comment:
Point number 10.
A Tory win will absolutely not result in an “English Parliament” as the House of Commons will still continue to have Scots, Welsh and Northern Irish MPs sitting in it and voting on English issues. It cannot be an English parliament if it contains members from the other home nations.
It’s also extremely unlikely that any Tory majority government will have “English priorities” as Mr Cameron has time and time again stated that he is an absolute Unionist and derides those who want to put England first as “sour little Englanders”.
The Conservative and Unionist Party will continue to put England last in order to maintain this decaying Union as long as possible. It’s not Wales that will suffer most it will be the English who will continue to be the invisible people – denied recognition and representation.
You should be supporting the cause of of an English Parliament not undermining it by suggesting that’s what we’ll get if the Tories win.
August 20th, 2009 at 9:14 am
Purposeful lies and misinformation, trying to instill into the English that they will already have an “English Parliament and Government” when the Tories win, so no point campaigning for one if we already have one is there!………..sorry TAFF TAFFS but your NOT ON!.
And HOW DARE we have “English Priorities”, the party must continue for the so called “Celtic” Regions of McBritain!……….THEY should come FIRST………..with England not having ANY recognition……..England can just keep coming last forever and ever and ever…..just keep sending us the Subsidy you English MUGS!!!.
The cheek of the bastards!!!, the Party is nearly over Boyo!!!!