tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2069212153482249376.post5553248267510054077..comments2023-07-16T11:22:14.708+01:00Comments on Gareth Hughes: Behind the Speakers chair.Gareth Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14811374617896851568noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2069212153482249376.post-60509417025564252182012-02-23T18:54:13.742+00:002012-02-23T18:54:13.742+00:00Interesting piece, as always. But you forget that ...Interesting piece, as always. But you forget that politicians rely upon voters for their own seats, governance notwithstanding.<br /><br />The Labour party may well be alarmed by the thought of an independent England. But if this is what the English electorate want then so be it. Ed Milliband realised this quite some months ago. David Cameron has always known it.<br /><br />As for the 'Celtic' wish for constitutional change, isn't this just the latest in a very long line of wants. The only difference this time is that such a wish and more will most certainly be granted.kphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313438657508449613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2069212153482249376.post-69015058568183241392012-02-23T18:46:39.030+00:002012-02-23T18:46:39.030+00:00"Yes, real Home rule in a Federal stage is th..."Yes, real Home rule in a Federal stage is the only long term answer for both Edinburgh and dare it be said, Cardiff too."<br /><br />The implications of that is far too high a price for even Cameron to pay for preservation of the Union. It would destroy everything the Tories stand for and everything they benefit from.<br /><br />I suspect it'll be a case of trying to call Salmond's bluff and crossing the fingers.maen_tramgwyddnoreply@blogger.com