Over the past decade, support for an English Parliament has grown, from 18% to 29% – and 40% believe that the current “Barnett forumla” system is unfair.
The way devolution has been set up to work currently is untenable. There is a massive democratic deficit as Scotland and Wales both have:

Their own Parliament or Assembly with various law-making powers

More MPs than their population justifies

Scotland and Wales benefit massively from the Barnett formula, gaining £1-1.5k extra per person every year – all paid for by English taxes!

There is no denying that the …

The Scottish Parliament should not be given any further powers as it currently stands. There is already a massive disparity between Scotland and the rest of the UK, both in the amount of UK money spent on it and through the democratic deficit.
Holyrood should not get any furthers powers until the Welsh Assembly has been given some more and England has a parliament of its own. The democratic deficit is still massive, the West Lothian Question is as poignant as ever.
If Holyrood are given any more powers, it should come …

So say the Scots:

9% disapproive of the way devolution has worked
46% say it has made absolutely no difference
41% appriove of how devolution has worked.

So 55% of Scottish people either think that devolution has been bad or pointless. Hardly a record to be proud of.
Devolution has not worked properly, and Labour, the Lib Dems and the SNP who have all been a part of a Scottish executive are all to blame.
Devolution can work, but it needs to be managed well, and be dedicated to more than just the personal glorification of …

Over at the Wardman Wire, we are holding an online symposium on devolution and most specifically the issue of an English Parliament.
So far:

Dave Cole argues that it’s “a long way to Westminster” and the English devolution should be provided on a regional level – but he doesn’t deny that it is needed;
Garbo claims that we don’t need an English Parliament, and can’t have one due to them complications; and
Matt Wardman considers the way(s) in which we are governed and the the potential role of an English Parliament.

In my post, I’ve …

It’s really just not fair:
Gordon Brown is facing further embarrassment over his refusal to hold a referendum on the new European Union treaty with both Scotland and Northern Ireland looking to decide whether to hold their own votes.Both devolved administrations are considering holding their own non-binding “consultative polls” on whether to accept the new European Union reform treaty, due to be finalised next month. (The Telegraph)
How come we in England don’t get to have one of these as well? This shows that devolved government is more responsive to it’s people. …

Today is “Devolution Day” in Wales, a decade since the referendum narrowly in favour of devolution, which is now claimed by First Minister Rhodri Morgan to be the glue which unites Wales and allows it to “grow up”. Bloggers such as Ordovicius want the Welsh Assembly to gain more powers and become a parliament like that in Scotland. I can but agree with him that it should be – and there should be an English Parliament as well.
But will – or could – this lead to the situation that Belgium …

The second leader of a Labour party to be crowned in the last few months is telling the English to stop complaining about the extra money that goes to Scotland:
Wendy Alexander said that the claim [that England would be better off financially without Scotland] could just as easily be made about other parts of the United Kingdom, resulting in London unilaterally declaring independence from other regions of England such as the North East and Merseyside…Figures from the Scottish Executive show that the Government spends £1,236 more on every person in …

It seems that even some on the Left are coming around to the inherent problems with the current constitutional situation:
Pressure mounted yesterday on Labour to curb the power of Scottish MPs at Westminster and the “unfair” funding formula which channels public spending to Scotland.Gordon Brown, himself a Scottish MP, was urged by a Left-of-Centre think-tank [IPPR] to remedy the perceived constitutional unfairness stemming from the creation of the Scottish Parliament in 1999.As a result of devolution, English MPs can no longer vote on key issues such as health and education …

If there is a referendum on Scottish independence, should the rest of the UK get a vote? The SNP says not:
English voters will be given no say over proposals that could end the 300-year-old union with Scotland, the leader of Edinburgh’s new nationalist administration said yesterday.Speaking as he unveiled a White Paper on independence, Alex Salmond, Scotland’s First Minister, said only Scots would be given a vote in a referendum on the issue.British politicians, including Margaret Thatcher, had accepted that the question of self-determination was for the people of Scotland …

The SNP have launched a “national conversation” in Scotland on the issue of Scottish independence. Very simply, we should just let them vote. It took me a while tor each this decision because my gut, knee-jerk reaction was to say “no” simply because it could be divisive. But I have moved away from that opinion.
I am a Unionist, but the debate over Scottish independence seems that it needs to be had – and sooner is better than later. Opinion polls are showing that the majority of Scottish voters do not …