David Cameron is giving away power, and we’d better get used to it
Is there anything more unnerving than a prime minister who believes in devolution? The political leaders of Northern Ireland must be beginning to doubt it. They keep writing to David Cameron demanding...
View ArticleThe Scots must not be allowed to treat other UK students as foreigners
To those of us living south of the border, the notion of studying for a degree without paying tuition fees is already becoming foreign. But this is not an excuse for the Scottish government to treat...
View ArticleEd Miliband cannot answer the English question
As the founder of the Don't Underestimate Ed Miliband Association (DUEMA), which filed for (intellectual) bankruptcy last year but which is now back in business, I think I can provide a fair assessment...
View ArticleThe shocking news that there isn't any money may finally be filtering through...
After the financial crisis, the emergency in the public finances, the emerging sovereign debt crisis and several years of austerity rhetoric, word seems to have reached the Scottish Parliament that...
View ArticleIf the Scottish parliament wins more powers, England must get home rule
Some bad news. You hoped that the referendum on Scottish independence would be an end of the matter. Sorry, no chance. Whatever the result, the Scottish political class is determined to carry on doing...
View ArticleThe Scottish referendum is bringing devolution to the rest of the UK – and...
The best outcome for Scotland is surely full autonomy within the United Kingdom. Holyrood should control transport, education, welfare, health, and the bulk of taxation, leaving Westminster to oversee...
View ArticleEnglish votes for English taxes is a recipe for revolution
"We have heard the voice of Scotland – and now the millions of voices of England must not go ignored. "So, just as Scotland will vote separately in the Scottish Parliament on their issues of tax,...
View ArticleScottish referendum: The Balkanisation of this Kingdom has begun
The people of Scotland have resisted the SNP's allurements to leap (without a life jacket) into the torrent leading to separation. Instead they have landed themselves in the bog of greater devolution...
View ArticleEd Miliband needs to find an answer to the English question
What happens if you throw a party conference, and nobody pays attention? That's the situation Labour risk finding themselves in. In the wake of the Scottish referendum vote, the big story of the day is...
View ArticleWhy did David Cameron and George Osborne put party politics ahead of...
Why has Downing Street has been leaking to favoured journalists details of a sordid and deeply unedifying private dinner which took place between the Prime Minister, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and...
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