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David Roberts is the English Democrats candidate in the high profile Crewe and Nantwich parliamentary by-election.  The election takes place on 22^nd May.

David, who is of Tushingham, Cheshire said:- "I am delighted to stand for the English Democrats.  The English Democrats are the English equivalent of Plaid Cymru and the Scottish National Party. In this election only the English Democrats are standing up for England and English interests"

"I am optimistic that the people of Crewe and Nantwich will want to use this opportunity to deliver a message to the political establishment about how unfair their treatment of England is." 

"The Crewe and Nantwich constituency is in the same district as the village of Audlem which recently voted by c.70% to become Welsh in order to get access to all the benefits available to the Welsh people, click here>

The English village that would rather be Welsh - This Britain, UK - The Independent

"Local people are now well aware, and the Labour candidate, Tamsin Dunwoody, should be well aware, of the different treatment of Wales and England - because she lives in Wales and was until recently a Labour member of the Welsh National Assembly!"

"The English Democrats do not advocate Cheshire becoming Welsh but they do argue that the people of Crewe and Nantwich, Cheshire and England should have fair and equal treatment with the people of Wales.  This can only happen for England if we have our own Parliament, First Minister and Government, which is what the English Democrats are campaigning for".

Robin Tilbrook, Chairman, English Democrats' Quires Green, Willingale, Ongar, Essex, CM5 0QP. Tel: 01277 896000, Fax: 01277 896050, Mobile: 07778 553395, Email: robintilbrook@aol.com

Courts grant judicial review of Government's broken referendum promise

Businessman Stuart Wheeler has won the first stage of his campaign to sue Gordon Brown over his attempt to break his promise to hold a referendum on the EU Constitution. 

At the High Court last Friday the Hon. Mr Justice Owen ruled that Stuart Wheeler had an "arguable" case and granted him a judicial review.  Wheeler's barrister, Rabinder Singh QC, argued that the Government had promised a referendum on the EU Constitution and that his client therefore had a "legitimate expectation" that he should be able to vote in one on the Lisbon Treaty - which is virtually identical.

Reflecting on the Government's claim that the Lisbon Treaty is completely different to the rejected EU Constitution, the Hon. Mr Justice Owen noted that "it is plainly arguable that there is no material difference between their provisions".  He said: "The obligation to hold the promised referendum cannot be avoided simply by the fact that it now bears a different name."

The judicial review will take place on 9 and 10 June.  If the courts were to rule against the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary, they could instruct the Government to put a new bill before Parliament which provides for a referendum.

In an apparent U turn, Labour in Scotland is now gung-ho for a referendum on Scotland's future. Perhaps the lesson of May 1^st in England has sharpened their will to listen to the People. Clearly the ruling ‘Labour Raj' in England are not too keen on the idea, turkies don't vote for Christmas do they?

The headline article is on the BBC news webpage: -

BBC NEWS | Scotland | Alexander makes referendum threat

In all of this, it's great that yet another Party is looking after Scotland's interests. But who is looking after England's interests? None of those who won in last weeks local elections thats for sure!

Fuel rationing; house prices crashing; Private Investigators to replace Police Detectives; teachers striking; cost of living rising. Blair is now apparently starting to blame Brown (through his Funding Lord 'Cashpoint') for New Labour's slide. Meanwhile, another Lord announces he is leaving the Country and, whilst living in Switzerland, he still retains his vote over UK legislation back home. Another example why an unelected and undemocratically accountable House of Lords is as much out of touch as was taxing the poorest more.

Churchill said, it wasn't oppositions which won elections; it was Governments which lost them. So is New Labour running out of steam? Obviously in hope of this Cameron will be stoking his boiler with all the fuel he can get. Maybe Labour is out of puff but are the Tories steaming full ahead? More importantly, are they heading for a station where lots of passengers are waiting for their train? Steaming headlong into the buffers will not be the precursor for a Labour defeat.

The French President's wife scored a big hit in London this week. Much is also discussed about the diminutive size of Mr. Sarkozy, but wasn't Napoleon also short and look what he managed!

Clearly the French Leader and his attractive Misses didn't have to fight their ways through Terminal Five and it's mountains of baggage. The BA/BAA debacle has done little to promote Gordon's Great Britishness in the world, let alone in England.

PM Brown is presently targeting his attacks on the SNP for being un-British because they want a vote on more independence for Scotland. The SNP retorts, what happened to letting British Democracy decide, in fact what happened to letting the people decide at last years General Election? The English Democrats say, what happened to the promised referendum on the EU Treaty? A good way of making sure you win a vote is to simply cancel having them.