Can of Worms



The cartoonist in The Independent just about summed things up with this image of Alex Salmond opening up a can of constitutional worms before exiting the political stage and leaving the Unionist parties at Westminster to find a solution.

But if you ask me, Ed Miliband and Labour have by far the biggest problem because the only fair and democratic answer to the so-called West Lothian question is very simple to understand.

In the Westminster Parliament, only the votes of English MPs should count when it comes to laws that directly affect only England's interests. 

A more radical package of reforms would also include introducing PR (proportional representation) for the House of Commons and local council elections, abolishing the House of Lords and establishing many fewer 'single tier' or 'unitary' councils in England (as we have in Scotland) although that's obviously England's business, in this new political world.     

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