Anthony Barnett (London, OK): I am at the annual conference of the Campaign for an English Parliament gathered in Conway Hall in London. There are less people than I expected, around a hundred and fifty- but it is at last a beautiful spring day. We are just listening at the moment to canon Kenyon Wright who was a key player in the Scottish convention that led to its parliament. You won't succeed if you try to build your case on "grievances" he warns it has to be done on constitutional principles. He noted that Scotland is not hostile to the EU as the previous speaker showed the hall down here most certainly is. Simon Lee spoke earlier and I'll blog about what he said later. Over and above the hall is the ethical principle held by the Conway Hall society: "To thine own self be true".
CEP gathers
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