THE MAN WHO NEEDS TO SCOTCH HIS OWN BROTH
An excellent article by Professor Arthur Aughey in this month's Parliamentary Brief.
In particular, Prof. Aughey makes a very important point about the importance of the party system to Unionism:
"... in his brilliant book Understanding the United Kingdom, written in the early 1980s as a Unionist riposte to the break-up of Britain thesis, Richard Rose argued that what acted as the major integrative element in politics was the party system.
"The major parties (Northern Ireland excepted) helped to translate regional and national concerns into the common language of British politics. However, that party competition today could have the opposite effect."
Prof. Aughey also mentions the case for an English Parliament:
"Certainly, the case for an English parliament is being made intelligently and for such an intelligent case one need look no further than Tom Waterhouse’s Devolution in the United Kingdom: Answering the English Question."
A strong endorsement- let's hope the magazone's readers at Westminster will take note.
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