The Independent reports on the record of previous Scottish Viceroys, sorry Prime Ministers.
It doesn't make good reading for Gordon.
Sunday, 1 July 2007
I'll believe it when I see it
An unusual tale of two tales.
The Sunday Times reports that Gordon Brown is to break with centuries of tradition by surrendering historic powers delegated to previous prime ministers by the Queen.
Meanwhile in Scotland the Scotsman reports that Scottish MPs face ban from voting on English issues under Straw reforms.
Why was the latter not reported in the English press? Could it be that they want to convince Scots that any English discontent will be sorted whilst trying to delude English readers via the Sunday Times that Gordon will not lord it over them like a Viceroy?
The Sunday Times reports that Gordon Brown is to break with centuries of tradition by surrendering historic powers delegated to previous prime ministers by the Queen.
Meanwhile in Scotland the Scotsman reports that Scottish MPs face ban from voting on English issues under Straw reforms.
Why was the latter not reported in the English press? Could it be that they want to convince Scots that any English discontent will be sorted whilst trying to delude English readers via the Sunday Times that Gordon will not lord it over them like a Viceroy?
Saturday, 30 June 2007
Now we pay for their parties
As if it wasn't enough that we pay for all this we now have to pay for them to have a party.
When will the opposition stand up for the English taxpayer?
When will the opposition stand up for the English taxpayer?
Secretary of State for the Indefensible
Much has been written that Des Browne cannot hold down two positions in the Cabinet - Secretary of State for Defence and Secretary of State for Scotland - that he is a part-time Defence Secretary at a critical time.
However there is another perspective on his appointment. That he will be a full time Defence Secretary and a no time Scottish Secretary. Why worry when Scots have the powerful positions. Brown as Viceroy PM, Darling in charge of English taxpayers money, Browne with the tanks, and Douglas Alexander controlling the party machine.
Remember this Scottish nationalist missive is what Brown signed up to in 1990:-
"We, gathered as the Scottish Constitutional Convention, do hereby acknowledge the sovereign right of the Scottish people to determine the form of Government best suited to their needs, and do hereby declare and pledge that in all our actions and deliberations their interests shall be paramount."
He has signed no other recognising the sovereignty of England.
He now has an ideal situation where he can cut spending in England while letting another party spend more English taxpayers money in Scotland. This allows him to avoid responsibility since it is not the Labour party.
Meanwhile his Scottish Secretary can avoid responsibility since he is far too busy in his real job. Brown and his close lieutenants above can keep Scotland's voice in the cabinet going while abrogating English complaints to an absent Defence Secretary.
An ideal position. Brown is quite simply feathering his own country's nest at England's expense.
However there is another perspective on his appointment. That he will be a full time Defence Secretary and a no time Scottish Secretary. Why worry when Scots have the powerful positions. Brown as Viceroy PM, Darling in charge of English taxpayers money, Browne with the tanks, and Douglas Alexander controlling the party machine.
Remember this Scottish nationalist missive is what Brown signed up to in 1990:-
"We, gathered as the Scottish Constitutional Convention, do hereby acknowledge the sovereign right of the Scottish people to determine the form of Government best suited to their needs, and do hereby declare and pledge that in all our actions and deliberations their interests shall be paramount."
He has signed no other recognising the sovereignty of England.
He now has an ideal situation where he can cut spending in England while letting another party spend more English taxpayers money in Scotland. This allows him to avoid responsibility since it is not the Labour party.
Meanwhile his Scottish Secretary can avoid responsibility since he is far too busy in his real job. Brown and his close lieutenants above can keep Scotland's voice in the cabinet going while abrogating English complaints to an absent Defence Secretary.
An ideal position. Brown is quite simply feathering his own country's nest at England's expense.
The Account So Far
With the Scottish Nationalist Party in power in Scotland and Viceroy Brown in England it is not only the capital budget for health that English taxpayers are helping subsidise north of the border.
To date we have had English taxpayers fund:-
_______*_Smaller class sizes for Scots
_______*_Free University Education for Scottish students
_______*_Free prescriptions for Scots
_______*_Tax breaks for Scottish artists
_______*_Toll free driving for Scottish motorists
And this is only after 6 weeks of the Scottish Nationalists in power in Edinburgh and three days of the Viceroy!
How much more can England afford?
To date we have had English taxpayers fund:-
_______*_Smaller class sizes for Scots
_______*_Free University Education for Scottish students
_______*_Free prescriptions for Scots
_______*_Tax breaks for Scottish artists
_______*_Toll free driving for Scottish motorists
And this is only after 6 weeks of the Scottish Nationalists in power in Edinburgh and three days of the Viceroy!
How much more can England afford?
Today's Disgrace - The English Patient
Understandably other news dominates the headlines but why is this report in the FT not even making the news at all? Are the BBC so cowed by the Scottish Viceroy that they are too afraid to expose him? Where are the opposition parties?
According to the FT "Gordon Brown quietly slashed by a third this year’s hospital building and equipment budget [in England] in one of his last acts as chancellor.
"Prompted by the tightness of the public finances, the new prime minister, who has placed the NHS as his “immediate priority”, cut the capital budget of the English NHS for 2007-08 from £6.2bn to £4.2bn. The move could delay the government’s hospital building and reconfiguration programme in England."
"However, Mr Brown avoided equivalent cuts to the Scottish and Welsh NHS budgets even though the funding formula for the UK nations suggests they should have shared the pain. That decision leaves him open to criticism that he favoured patients in his home country."
This is an UTTER DISGRACE! Almost a third of England's health capital budget is being cut!
Only last week he was spinning that there would be "[no] extra cash for Alex Salmond's spending plans. The Chancellor said the Executive would have to live within its means, adding: "There is no more money from central government."
So while he allows his own constituents the financial benefits of English taxpayers money to pay for their hospitals and equipment he denies the people of England this opportunity.
This is an injustice and it is the duty of the opposition parties to expose and pursue the Scottish Viceroy for England on his tax grab at the expense of the people of England's health and wealth.
If the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats don't raise this issue in the Ealing Southall and Sedgefield byelections they will be failing their English constituents.
It is already symbolic that the first two byelections of the reign of Viceroy Brown are to take place at the opposite ends of England. It would be a fitting symbol if he lost both of them to show that the people the length and breadth of of England were not taking his tax raids lying down.
According to the FT "Gordon Brown quietly slashed by a third this year’s hospital building and equipment budget [in England] in one of his last acts as chancellor.
"Prompted by the tightness of the public finances, the new prime minister, who has placed the NHS as his “immediate priority”, cut the capital budget of the English NHS for 2007-08 from £6.2bn to £4.2bn. The move could delay the government’s hospital building and reconfiguration programme in England."
"However, Mr Brown avoided equivalent cuts to the Scottish and Welsh NHS budgets even though the funding formula for the UK nations suggests they should have shared the pain. That decision leaves him open to criticism that he favoured patients in his home country."
This is an UTTER DISGRACE! Almost a third of England's health capital budget is being cut!
Only last week he was spinning that there would be "[no] extra cash for Alex Salmond's spending plans. The Chancellor said the Executive would have to live within its means, adding: "There is no more money from central government."
So while he allows his own constituents the financial benefits of English taxpayers money to pay for their hospitals and equipment he denies the people of England this opportunity.
This is an injustice and it is the duty of the opposition parties to expose and pursue the Scottish Viceroy for England on his tax grab at the expense of the people of England's health and wealth.
If the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats don't raise this issue in the Ealing Southall and Sedgefield byelections they will be failing their English constituents.
It is already symbolic that the first two byelections of the reign of Viceroy Brown are to take place at the opposite ends of England. It would be a fitting symbol if he lost both of them to show that the people the length and breadth of of England were not taking his tax raids lying down.
Who speaks for England?
Brown has appointed junior ministers to represent the English regions. This speaks volumes for his attitude to England.
England is partitioned with no voice in cabinet while Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland get cabinet representatives and millions extra in English taxpayers cash to fund their bloated public sectors.
This is just the start of the new Scottish Raj which will sponge of England.
An England where the Labour party were beaten in votes in the last election.
Who speaks for England? Where is the justice? Why are the Conservatives failing to stand up as the true majority voice for England?
England is partitioned with no voice in cabinet while Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland get cabinet representatives and millions extra in English taxpayers cash to fund their bloated public sectors.
This is just the start of the new Scottish Raj which will sponge of England.
An England where the Labour party were beaten in votes in the last election.
Who speaks for England? Where is the justice? Why are the Conservatives failing to stand up as the true majority voice for England?
And so it Begins
The reign of Viceroy Brown over the people of England.
A man with no mandate to govern England but the power to do so.
While the Scots, Irish and Welsh enjoy governments of their own with money provided by the English taxpayer, England is governed by a Scot who has no moral authority to govern us.
This blog will watch closely as the Viceroy's reign begins and report accordingly on the undemocratic injustice imposed on England and those who let it perpetuate.
A man with no mandate to govern England but the power to do so.
While the Scots, Irish and Welsh enjoy governments of their own with money provided by the English taxpayer, England is governed by a Scot who has no moral authority to govern us.
This blog will watch closely as the Viceroy's reign begins and report accordingly on the undemocratic injustice imposed on England and those who let it perpetuate.
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