Over the past few days there's been a dawning realisation that Labour's plans for English devolution might be an attack on local democracy. The Times warned us that ministers are drawing up plans to promise more powers for England's county councils in exchange for the abolition of district councils. According to the Times, district councils … Continue reading Today “regional” is merely code for central direction
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What about England?
Writing in the pages of New Statesman, democracy campaigner and all round good-egg Anthony Barnett has asked its readers 'what about my country?'. Barnett speaks as an Englishman who wants to challenge the English-born liberal or progressive readers of the New Statesman who 'almost certainly don’t "feel English"'? This inability to identify with their own nation, despite … Continue reading What about England?
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