31 of the missing were Tories.

The bar must have been packed with politicos enjoying subsidised beer at taxpayers’ expense. They make me sick.

Bizarrely, my MP, Norman Baker, seems to trooped through the lobbies for divisions 317 & 318 but missed division 319. Presumably penning his latest conspiracy theory.

Reply: I have no intention of changing my name, and have every intention of using the pen – and the blog – to influence things for the better.

The Scottish Parliament has made Westminster MPs redundant in Scotland, so Scottish MPs vote to bust up England to give themselves something to do.

An English Parliament would make Westminster MPs redundant everywhere which is why none of you want one.

Since devolution calls for England’s independence have risen from next to nothing to 34%, if polls are to be believed.

Votes like this one on England’s replacement with regions won’t endear the UK to English people.

The one element in the equation of England’s government is the English people. Their wishes have not only been ignored, they have been suppressed.

Reportedly, 20% of Tory MPs favour an English Parliament. Their silence id deafening. I suspect that this 20% is spread across the whole House, which is why so many MPs were absent from this vote.

It is time for Westminster to call the separatists’ bluff. Put the question of an English Parliament before the House and give the English a referendum on one. Scare the pants off the SNP and the rest.

It is time MPs in England fought for their own constituents.

When my MP Eric Martlew, and David Cameron were asked on the Politics Show about the Tory rail link proposal not including Carlisle, they both eagerly mentioned Scotland! Why? Salmond would not even think about Carlisle when talking about Scotland. This is the problem for the English.

Anyway, thanks for voting against England’s abolition.

Also a black mark against the many English MPs who failed to turn up.

In a period of economic prosperity with full purses and rising house prices and investments the people of England may have been apathetic about the unfair way in which they are governed but all this is about to change and they will be clamouring for an answer to the fundamental English question of who is governing us.

An answer is urgent if the Union is to continue. If it fails the responsibility will lie with all the parties and MPs in Westminster who for too long have been behaving like ostriches.

This latest constitutional camel will no doubt go the way of all the others – millions will be spent on comfy seats, flashy stationery and gold coloured credit cards only for Brown’s successor to come along and shove it all into the big rubbish skip round the back of number 10.

The ONLY answer is an English Parliament. As 70% of all Westminster business is exclusively English-relevent, the resulting creation of our own legislative body will ensure the largesse, waste and frankly embarrassing behaviour (as demonstrated by many Labour MPs at Wednesday’s PMQs) will be a thing of the past.

What is not up for debate is mine and 50 million others democratic emasculation. It is not within the gift of Gordon Brown, Falconer, Cameron etc to decide whether we should be granted our democratic birthright or not.

It is ours. It is we the English who invented the modern, two tier parliamentary system. It is we the English who are the oldest nation state in Europe. It is we the English who produced the Magna Carta – the world’s first written document detailing the rights of the individual – the very document that has been copied throughout the world – including by the founding fathers of the American State and the United Nations…

It is we the English who are fed untruths, who are victims of a mushroom policy of misinformation and duplicity. It is we the English who are the only nation state in the whole of Europe without a national government.

The UK administration travels the world, rattling their sabres, lecturing those poor unfortunates who have not had the sense to ‘go democratic’ whilst here at home, 50 million people are routinely ignored, victimised and persecuted by a complacent ruling elite.

When do you think the penny is going to drop?

BTW, as Education, Health, Planning, Transport, Local Government etc have all been devolved to the responsibility of the Scottish government, what exactly do Scottish MPs do for their constituents????

Thats a pretty emphatic statement of political preference particulary when one considers the huge amount of taxpayer funded propaganda spent to push the governments position in an otherwise Labour area.

Makes one wonder why the Conservatives don’t build upon this to declare for a referendum in England for an English parliament which we know from the debate at the time would be hugely popular in the North East.

you know – just like the referenda in Scotland and Wales!

its time.

Well done, Mr Redwood. But the Celtic fringes once again had their way. Words are wasted on this government. They only understand action. Why aren’t England’s politicians turning their backs every time a Scottish, Welsh or NIrish MP discusses English business?

My calculation is that 202 ‘English’ MPs voted against the motion and 203 voted in favour. What happened to the remaining 124 ‘English’ MPs who are supposed to be representing our interests?
If this is the level of interest from ‘English’ MPs in the future of England then the Grand Committee solution to asymmetrical devolution clearly has no credibility
Scilla Cullen
Chairman, Campaign for an English Parliament