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Originally Posted by yerself
Would we get a referendum on EU membership Graham?
East Lancs MP calls for 'northern Parliament' (From Lancashire Telegraph)
AN EAST Lancashire MP has called for a 'northern Parliament' after accusing the Government of abandoning the north.
Hyndburn and Haslingden MP Graham Jones said the difference in job losses between the north and the south showed that the Tory Government was not doing enough.
Mr Jones said he wanted powers devolved from Westminster to the north, through a northern assembly or Parliament. |
This is without doubt the most sensible thing Mr Jones has said since he came to office.
If the Scots get independence then England faces perpetual Tory government. The Tories don't understand the North, they don't understand the sense of community that still mostly exists in the North.
As far as the Tories are concerned it's a dog eat dog world, markets dominate and don't help your neighbour. They know the cost of everything and the value of nothing.
The North does need more autonomy to maintain the mostly centre left politics of the region. In the North there is such a thing as society.