Britain needs a constitutional convention – and a federal solution.
Stoking nationalist sentiment for partisan gain has only fuelled the fires of separatism – the party needs a more credible and principled unionism.
Also: The Union’s treatment at this year’s party conference; the Welsh Conservatives won’t be following the Scots to a new logo; I’m on the wireless.
In the form of the harder option that bars MP with Scottish seats from voting on English business altogether.
Our nation is the same as it was last week, but it feels very different. Must we dash to rewrite the constitution before Christmas?
After a well-fought battle for a No vote, the question must be: what next?
In an ideal world, it would therefore be much better to proceed to a single reform that addresses not just Scotland but the other parts of the United Kingdom as well.
Power must flow down to towns, districts, counties, cities and individuals,
It’s as Unionists that they are enjoying a modest revival. And it’s as Unionists that they can seek to further it.
The way the referendum campaign was waged could inject new life into both the Scottish Conservatives and the separatists.
The Prime Minister’s conversation with Michael Bloomberg was picked up, without him realising, by Sky microphones.
For one component of a federal structure to control five-sixths of the population and resources is so unbalanced as to make federation unstable.
English votes for English laws, soft and hard versions. English Parliament, soft and hard versions. Cutting the number of Scottish MPs. Doing nothing at all.
The Prime Minister did not mishandle Scotland’s referendum.
Most political messaging documents seem to be made up entirely of the language of Westminster rather than that of Wolverhampton, Waverley or West Kilbride.