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The Campaign for an English Parliament

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We campaign for an English Parliament, meaning a parliament for the people of England, for whom England is their chosen or inherited home. thecep.org.uk

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The Campaign for an English Parliament @thecep.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
If you are looking for an example of Anglo-centric British nationalism, then Andy Burnham provides it. His "Number 10 North" will be based in Manchester, in the southern half of Great Britain.
bbc.co.uk
New No 10 North plan will rebalance power in Britain, Burnham promises
The man most likely to be the next prime minister says his devolution plans would "drive good growth in every postcode".
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The Campaign for an English Parliament @thecep.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
This starts in 10 minutes. Should be interesting!
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Football is rare in giving most of us a less complicated sense of a shared Englishness. Steve Rose referees the tug-of-war over the St George's flag: several voices also making the case for pride, not prejudice on the Kirby Estate as well as the Katwala household www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Cross purposes: how the England flag got caught in a tug-of-war between rightwing nationalists and football fans
Last summer the St George’s cross was co-opted by anti-immigrant groups. Now, as the World Cup begins, some communities are reclaiming it as a symbol of a very different sort of pride
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The Campaign for an English Parliament @thecep.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
If an England team, why not an English Parliament?
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The Campaign for an English Parliament @thecep.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
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The Condition of England and the Future of the Labour Party - Policy Exchange
Event Details: Date:  Monday 22nd June 2026Time: 13:00-14:00 Venue: Central London location In Person Registration Webinar Registration About this Event Future of the Left at Policy Exchange invite yo...
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The Campaign for an English Parliament @thecep.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
"New Labour has become the most bossy prober into lives. It comes across as very anti-English. The first thing they did was set up a parliament for the Welsh and one for the Scots. England is Britain according to them." - David Hockney, 1937-2026
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The Campaign for an English Parliament @thecep.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
If there are race riots/pogroms in England the media will jump in to blame it on English nationalism. The same things happen in Scotland and Northern Ireland, perpetrated by British nationalists/Unionists/Loyalists and the media is suddenly circumspect about blaming nationalism.
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The Campaign for an English Parliament @thecep.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Anglo-centric British nationalism. "Britain is a great nation. A country where we can watch the most exciting sport - Wimbledon, the FA Cup, Test Cricket. Where you can listen to the best pop music - the Beatles, Blur, Oasis and Simply Red". - Tony Blair, Daily Express, 3rd January 1996.
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The Campaign for an English Parliament @thecep.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Going viral. A MAGA account on X claiming that "FLYING THE UNION JACK OR ST GEORGE’S FLAG WILL GET YOU ARRESTED" and showing a clip of Starmer to back this claim up.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
We found 81% of public (7% sceptical) 74% of ethnic minorities (13% sceptical), saying "healthy expression of English national pride" for England flags being flown to support the England men's or women's football team during a tournament" @britishfuture.bsky.social England United report
Perceptions of England flags in different contexts – all respondentsPerceptions of England flags in different contexts – ethnic minority
respondents
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The Campaign for an English Parliament @thecep.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Pic should read "10,000+ hours of raw sewage dumped by water companies last year *in England*." #SayEngland
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The Campaign for an English Parliament @thecep.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Prof Ben Wellings talking about how the Labour Party conceives of England. The 'Brown Report' is Gordon Brown's Commission on the UK’s Future for Labour.
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PSA Conference 2026: Associate Professor Ben Wellings clip from territorial politics panel session
YouTube video by CfSocialScience
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The Campaign for an English Parliament @thecep.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
The UK government unveiled its English Devolution Whitepaper this week in which it sets out how it will avoid introducing devolution to England.
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UK government publishes its English Abolition Whitepaper – The Campaign for an English Parliament
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The Campaign for an English Parliament @thecep.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
"England still remains without a common voice on its issues. In the absence of that voice, the question remains: can true devolution ever exist without an English parliament, or will we continue to see patchwork solutions that only address part of the problem?"
medium.com
Devolution It Is Not: A Closer Look at the English Devolution White Paper
Explore the English Devolution White Paper, its proposed changes, and whether it represents true devolution or a patchwork solution.
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The Campaign for an English Parliament @thecep.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Straight up disinformation. Nothing here applies to Britain, it's all England-only policy and spending. #SayEngland #ThatsDevolved
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 16/12/2024
England centralises power: Labour learns nothing from Scotland. Labour intends to ditch local democracy and move power closer to Parliament. Scotland did this years ago. The discussion should be how to move democracy CLOSER to the people, not removing it. buildlocal.scot
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English Commonwealth @ecommonwealth.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Why can’t the English realise that their national / regional identity is far more protected within the European Union than within the UK? englishcommonwealth.net/2024/12/14/w...
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Why can’t the English realise?
European Movement UK recently did a webinar featuring Caroline Lucas and John Denham on the Role of National Identity in the Journey Back to Europe. It’s well worth a watch.In the Q&As th…
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The Campaign for an English Parliament @thecep.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Across, not to, unfortunately.
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The Campaign for an English Parliament @thecep.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
The UK Justice Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has indicated that the UK Housing Secretary will be given the power to bypass local authorities and approve the building of new prisons in England.
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UK Housing Secretary may strip English councils of planning powers for prisons – The Campaign for an English Parliament
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English Commonwealth @ecommonwealth.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
'What about England?' asks Anthony Barnett.
englishcommonwealth.net
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 wa…
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English Commonwealth @ecommonwealth.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
"Behind Labour’s drive for a council of regions and empowered mayors lies a shrouded attack on English nationhood" www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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England loses shape in this regional rejig
Behind Labour’s drive for a council of regions and empowered mayors lies a shrouded attack on English nationhood
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Anthony Barnett @anthonybarnett.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
1. Who do you call if you want to call England? The first of three Q's in a special Xmas quiz I've written for Jason Cowley's final edition of his @newstatesman.com editorship: www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2024/1... (thread)
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Who can answer the English Question?
Great Britain’s largest constituent is a nation lost within a multinational state.
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English Commonwealth @ecommonwealth.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
The Conspiracy of Silence and how the Tories screwed England #Conservatives #Tories
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The Conspiracy of Silence and how the Tories screwed England
The Conservative Party spent many years telling those of us who wanted an English parliament that an English parliament was not required because English Votes on English Laws (EVEL) was the answer.…
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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Why cannot Labour explicitly talk abt England? A majority of Starmer's milestones unveiled today are England specific. Yet this is not explicit in the presentation & politics today. Not talking abt England confuses voters & leaves the populist right to claim this territory. #C4News
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The Campaign for an English Parliament @thecep.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
What does the UK Labour Party's Plan for Change mean for you? Rather more if you live in England than it does if you live in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. #LabourParty #labour #milestones #planforchange
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Sir Keir Starmer’s 6 milestones for “our country” – The Campaign for an English Parliament
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The Campaign for an English Parliament @thecep.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
But not in partnership with the people of England. England won't be consulted on how it wants to be governed as a nation.
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The Campaign for an English Parliament @thecep.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Back in 2010, IPPR's Michael Kenny & Guy Lodge surveyed MPs on their attitudes to the Barnett Formula. 62% said it was unfair, yet 14 years later nothing has been done about it. Screencap from 'The English Question: The View from Westminster'
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The Campaign for an English Parliament @thecep.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
"Some 60% of voters in England are enraged by politics, but Scots are more optimistic about the future and less nostalgic for a rosy past" Now why could that be? www.thetimes.com/article/bdfc...
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Voters in Scotland ‘not as angry’ as the English
Some 60% of voters in England are enraged by politics, but Scots are more optimistic about the future and less nostalgic for a rosy past
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English Commonwealth @ecommonwealth.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
An English parliament is often portrayed as a right-wing issue but support comes from across the political spectrum.
englishcommonwealth.net
A government of the English people by the English people for the English people?
An English parliament is often portrayed as a right-wing issue but support comes from across the political spectrum. “the most effective solution to the political dilemma of Englishness would…
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The Campaign for an English Parliament @thecep.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
It's a shame that all those politicians and political commentators who argued that 'we don't need an English parliament because: English votes on English Laws' don't seem able to admit they were wrong.
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The Campaign for an English Parliament @thecep.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
It's like its 2009 again. The Tory press whipping up English nationalism because of the unfairness of asymmetric devolution and Labour playing straight into their hands.
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Les Blair @lesblair53.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Anas Sarwar wants Scots to vote for his London registered Labour Party in the 2026 Holyrood elections by promising to protect us against cuts imposed on Scotland by , check notes , the Labour Party and despite the fact that all Scottish Labour MPs voted to support the cuts? #ScottishIndependence
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Dr. Matt Hanley @matthanley42.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Appalled by the recent riots, where men waving England flags tried to set fire to buildings full of migrants, & taking up Caroline Lucas' clarion call in her magnificent new book, Another England, for a progressive Englishness as the UK begins to unravel, I have an idea for a new research project:
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English Commonwealth @ecommonwealth.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
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Flag Flying at Westminster
Westminster is often referred to as the English parliament but if that’s the case then England must be the only nation on earth that doesn’t have its national flag flying over its parli…
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English Commonwealth @ecommonwealth.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
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The Upper West Lothian Question
You’re probably all familiar with the term ‘West Lothian Question’. It was first coined in 1977 by Enoch Powell in response to Tam Dayell repeatedly raising the point that a legis…
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The Campaign for an English Parliament @thecep.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
That the left and centre left fail to articulate a progressive English narrative is basically the premise of 'Another England' by @carolinelucas.bsky.social This is not just an unfortunate shame, it has implications for democracy.
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Stephen Boyd @stephenboydippr.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Apparently English people are much angrier about politics than Scottish people
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The Campaign for an English Parliament @thecep.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
The Labour Party Manifesto: "Labour is committed to making Britain the best place in the world to be a football fan." I thought this was a run-of-the-mill example of Labour avoiding the word 'England' and replacing it with the more palatable (to them) 'Britain'.
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English Commonwealth @ecommonwealth.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Is pride in England a fundamental tenet of the working-class community which the Labour Party seeks to represent? @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
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Segmented Branding and the Negation of England
As previously noted, the Labour Party has a flag problem, with some Labour MPs rejecting the party’s campaign material because it is plastered with Union flags. In light of some of the c…
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The Campaign for an English Parliament @thecep.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Did anyone in the 'nations and regions' even request an 'envoy' from Downing Street?
bbc.co.uk
Sue Gray will not take up new regions role
The senior official was initially appointed to the role after departing as the PM's chief of staff.
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The Campaign for an English Parliament @thecep.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
Like him or loathe him, he's right about one thing. "A word you don't hear too much is England." - Donald Trump
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