Deliciously Yorkshire (and Humber) - Out To Destroy Historic Yorkshire - And England, Of Course

As the historic county of Yorkshire heads towards abolition and absorption into a tinpot region of the EU, we take a moment to ponder: whatever would Amos and Mr Wilks have thought?

We all know that the North East voted 78% against regionalisation in a referendum, and that they were the only area of England allowed a say.

Which the UK Government then ignored and went ahead, breaking up England into nine regions, in consultation with the EU, on the old "divide and rule" principle.

And from that has come groups like "Deliciously Yorkshire" - the "regional food group" for "Yorkshire and Humber".

That fine old EU region.

"Use the local sourcing directory to find producers from across the Yorkshire region. The directory will help you to find fresh, local food and places to dine out," burbles "Deliciously Yorkshire".

But non of the daft twits leaping on to this particular band wagon seem to have noticed the "Humber" or "region" bit. Many would profess to be "proud" Yorkshire men and women, but few seem to know much about what Yorkshire actually is - an ancient English county, part of the ancient country of England - and what it is not - a bland region of the UK and EU.

What a bunch of wallies!

But the production team of the soap Emmerdale think that Yorkshire is a region:

Martin Radmall, from the production buying team of Emmerdale, which is filmed at Harewood, said: "The Emmerdale farm shop will have similar messages to the regional food group, such as supporting local producers and products and buying seasonal, local food. We're very pleased to include such high-quality products from the region; the Emmerdale families will be spoilt for choice."

So there you are, Yorkshire is a region. Emmerdale says so.

Remember, don't buy English (the Scots and Welsh support buyers nationally in Scotland and Wales, but we don't as England doesn't formally exist). Don't support Yorkshire either - it's being dissolved into one of nine EU regions in what was formerly England. No, support "Deliciously Yorkshire (and Humber)" - another one of those groups dedicated to the abolition of the ancient country of England, and, in this case, the ancient county of Yorkshire.

Because Yorkshire and Humber is not Yorkshire.

Links:

Deliciously Yorkshire - http://www.deliciouslyorkshire.co.uk/dy/

The Regional Food Group - http://www.rfgyh.co.uk/

Daniel Hannan: "Break Up England - Problem Solved!"

Daniel Hannan, star of YouTube, and undemocratic, cheesy-arsed, gravy train-riding MEP for South East England, advances his own plan to save the UK, and break-up England. As usual, it's not devolution for England, decided by the electorate in England, it's devolution in England, the break-up of the nation, orchestrated by the UK Government and the EU that is the desired course of action.

As for the issue of devolution, this Hannan has a definite end-game. There is no power bestowed on the Holyrood Parliament under the 1998 Scotland Act that could not, in England, be exercised by counties and cities. The decentralisation of power in England is, of course, a meritorious goal in itself. But a happy consequence of English localism would be the rectification of the lopsided 1998 settlement: all Westminster MPs would find themselves on the same footing, dealing with defence, foreign affairs and immigration. Domestic questions - health, education, policing, social security- would be decided more closely to the people. All clear?

So, each county or "region" of England is awarded the same powers as the Scottish parliament? Completely unworkable. And undemocratic.

The people of England need a referendum on how they are governed - the same thing the Scots and Welsh were given.

Despite being last year's YouTube hit, Hannan is a wally.

In fact, the anti-English arrogance of the likes of guzzling Hannan make me sick.

Fuck off, man - let the people decide!

Gordon Brown Demands Responsible Behaviour From the Tories - We Demand It Too!

Gordon Brown has demanded the Tories stop "point scoring". What? Things are far too cosy between Government and so-called Opposition already! Mr Brown wants "responsible" behaviour from the Conservative Party. Read it here.

So do we. The Tory party's leadership needs to develop a sense of responsibility to the electorate in England. Where is David Cameron's voice in the Regional Select Committees undemocratic carve-up of England outage? Nowhere.

And this is the man who brags about Scottish blood in his veins, his family's involvement in the "Scottish Empire" and calls those of us wanting equality in England "sour little Englanders".

Get with it, Tories, and Gordon Brown - FUCK OFF, YOU EVIL DICTATOR!

Select Committees: The Abolition Of England Is Decided By MPs From Scotland And Wales

From The Anglo Saxon Chronicle:

Yesterday the House of Commons backed government plans to set up new select committees for English regions. The Government won the vote by only 34 votes (254 votes to 220)

Now please take note, these are English Regions.

The Government only got this through with the support of 69 MP's who do not represent English constituents

What do English Regions have to do with Labour's 29 Welsh MP's and 38 Scottish MP's?

So, England's destruction has been decided by English hating Scots and Wales MPs, with no accountability to the electorate in England AT ALL. This is DICTATORSHIP. The electorate in the North East voted 78% against regionalisation. No other area of England was allowed a referendum.

Big hat tip to the Witanagemot Club.

"You WILL Be Regionalised!" Says The BBC

Remember John Prescott's regionalisation campaign in England and how it failed? The North East voted 78% NO in a referendum, and Nu Labour decided not to give anybody else a say and continue the regionalisation process without a mandate from the electorate?

Well, it's jobs for the boys (sorry - I mean "persons") and the usual sterling Government arse licking from the thoroughly "impartial" BBC, who are now advertising for a "Brand Executive, English Regions".

Keep up the brainwashing, Auntie - you undemocratic old bitch, you!

Hat tips to For England and Waking Hereward.

More From Neil Harding

Thanks to Neil Harding for writing again:

No federal system in the world would propose one federation having 85% of the population.

We already have regional government in the UK - except it is unelected quangos that are spending £130bn of our money in eight regions. Only one region is elected - (London). Scrapping these quangos and replacing them with elected assemblies needn't cost anything.

If government can work so well for Scotland and Wales with 5m and 3m populations respectively, why not the South East and North West etc, with 8m and 7m populations etc. respectively?

Look at any national organisation - regions of roughly this size are the way they organise, because it is the most efficient way of providing services. The counties are too small and England too big.

A good example is the 32 boroughs in London. Before devolution, transport policy was a disaster with petty politics between the boroughs destroying any strategic overview. Recycling and waste collestion still is poor because it needs to be organised London wide, like transport is, if it is to improve. Film makers in London for example regular restrict filming or go elsewhere because of the infamous rigmarole of having to get approval from each and every borough. How many other businesses have been put of by this needless petty bureaucratic mess?

We reply:

With a honed down UK Government to oversee matters there is no reason why England should not have a national parliament - its powers would be confined to England. There is no reason at all why it should not work.

The problem is, New Labour has already awarded NATIONAL devotion to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. And it is not up to the UK Government to dictate that England should not have parity, and indeed, dissolve that country. And the people of London have never voted for "regional devolution", that was never placed before them at the ballot box.

Internal governance of England, be it regions, counties, both or neither, should be decided by a nationally representative English parliament. There are also issues regarding rivers, North Sea oil, etc, which Scotland is dealing with as a nation but there is no corresponding English voice, leading to accusations of unfairness. The UK Government does not see its role as looking after England's national interests in the UK.

Regional assemblies are unwanted within England, 78% voted NO in the North East, and yet you still seem to think they should be introduced, against the will of the people.

Mr Harding, to be honest we think that your views are rather changeable. We think your original article on English nationalism was dispicable, making out that we were all ignorant racists whose nation, because of diverse influences, had no right to national representation anyway.

You then acknowledge our point that all/most nations are mongrel and suggest that each English "region" should have parity with Scotland. We point out that that would mean national parliaments for each region, another correspondent points out to us that each parliament should cover only five million people, and of course each budget must match Scotland. If not, Scotland would still be getting preferential treatment as a NATION.

In this latest e-mail, you revert to the tried and trusted Nu Labour chant of "regional assemblies". You seem to have ignored our previous points that these regions are unwanted and unvoted for, that 78% in the North East voted NO to regionalisation, and that several recent polls, including one for the BBC (here), show that over 60% of the electorate want an English parliament.

It is not the UK Government's right to restore democratic national representation to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and dissolve England. You also ignore our point about Gordon Brown having no mandate to govern England, the fact that much of his government's legislation does not apply to his own devolved constituents with their own devolved, national government.

It is up to an English parliament to decide to on the internal government of England, be it regions, counties, both or neither, as we have said before.

The other option, of course, is to dissolve the national bodies in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, abolish the Barnett Formula, and create a different system of regionalisation, which does not recognise the nations, or have a unitary system again.

That will never happen.

And England deserves and needs parity - national representation within the UK on a par with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

If the UK does break up, that's one of those things.

But we see no real reason why it should.

And it's no reason to deny the people of England a voice.

The Break Up Of England

When the North East of England voted 78% NO to regionalisation, we thought that was it. The end of the regionalisation project. This was the only area allowed a referendum and the electorate had spoken. Silly us! The wishes of the people count for nought and regionalisation continues apace. It suits the anti-English Union Government, headed by Gordon Brown, to dismember our country (we didn't vote for him) and it suits the EU (we didn't vote for that, either).

So we now have Yorkshire, Europe. Actually that's not really the old county of Yorkshire - it's "Yorkshire and Humber", an EU/NuLab region. Not UK. Not England. A tinpot region to be ruled from on high in Brussels.

More here .

"Solve Everything - Dissolve England Into Regions!"

I’ve never understood the “regions instead of an English parliament” argument.

For a start, regions would not solve the West Lothian Question, Barnett Formula, non-representative MPs problem. And whilst those who argue for regions profess to be liberals, terrified of an “over centralised” state, it is far more “over centralised” and indeed downright undemocratic for the UK Government to foist regions onto the electorate in England.

First, England needs its own, totally representative, national parliament. Then we work out the nuts and bolts of internal governance in England.

As for the EU angle, I’m all for integration and interaction with the rest of our tiny planet, but I don’t approve of the way the EU is going - it is undemocratic.

And surely everything being controlled from Brussels is rather more over-centralised than England having its own domestic parliament?

Gareth is on the subject over at the CEP News Blog.

Harriet Harman - Anti-English Dictator

Harriet Harman is back on the "let's formally dissolve England into regions" trail according to John Redwood:

Worse still is the government’s threat of a further assault on England. Whilst they are delaying and struggling to work out the detail, Harman yesterday confirmed that they want to establish “regional accountability” around the artificial EU regions proposed for England.

This despite the 78% "NO" vote in the North East, the only area allowed a referendum on regionalisation. Ms Harman's attitude demonstrates so clearly the contempt New Labour has for the electorate in England.

"You don't want what we propose? Well, you WILL have it, you WILL - because WE say so!!" The arrogance is frightening.

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Hat-tip to the CEP News Blog.