I sent a couple of emails to David Wright recently and got a reply yesterday.

Dear David,

I wonder if I can bring EDM 296 to your attention? I was very pleased that you signed the previous EDM that I pointed out to you on the need for an English National Anthem – all we need now is a nation to have an anthem for!

EDM 296
ENGLISH INDEPENDENCE
27.11.2006
MacNeil, Angus
That this House welcomes the recent ICM poll showing a majority in both Scotland and England for English independence; feels that the time has come for England as Europe’s largest stateless nation to become visible again amongst the independent nations of the earth whose number has quadrupled over the 20th century from 50 to around 200; notes the benefit to the aggregate GDP of the British Isles of an independent Ireland; and asserts a belief in England’s ability to govern itself in the same manner as France and Germany without any direct help from the Scots.

You can’t ignore the opinions polls forever David, whether you agree with devolution or independence for England or not it’s what people want. As I’ve said before, I don’t have any particular desire to see the union broken up but can you really see our Scottish masters allowing us to run our own country? I’m afraid that I’m increasingly of the same opinion as a lot of my previously unionist associates with respect to independence, ie. it being the only way to cast of the tartan shackles.

I don’t imagine you will sign the EDM but I can’t help wondering at which point you’ll finally accept that the union has been destroyed by Labour’s discrimination against England – will it be before or after the union breaks up do you think? It could be the difference between you getting a job in the English Parliament and being cast out for opposing a fair deal for our country.

Stuart

David,

Here are some more EDM’s I would like you to support:

EDM 223 – That this House believes that St. George’s Day should be declared an official public holiday in England.

EDM 89 – That this House condemns the recent escalation of Israeli violence in Gaza, particularly the Beit Hanoun offensive, which has resulted in the killing of 80 Palestinians, including 13 members of the Al-Athamna family and the fatal shooting of two unarmed women, and the death of one Israeli soldier; condemns all acts of violence on both sides of the conflict in the Middle East; asks Israel as a democratic state to act according to the norms of such states; notes that these latest acts of violence are indiscriminate and represent an illegal and collective punishment which have resulted in the deaths of 694 Palestinians and 4,000 wounded since August 2005, when Israeli forces withdrew from the Gaza Strip; expresses grave concern that such actions serve merely to weaken and undermine the peace process rather than bolster it; believes that Israel should rethink the brutal and inhumane tactics of the IDF, which provide fresh impetus for Palestian militias, thus perpetuating the cycle of violence; calls for an immediate halt to all acts of violence on both sides; and further calls on the Quartet (United States, European Union, United Nations and Russia) to use their influence to end the blockade of the Gaza Strip, which is causing unnecessary suffering and hardening public opinion amongst the Palestian people.

EDM 44 – That this House recognises the vital role DNA and the DNA database play in the detection of crimes but is concerned about the retention of DNA samples on the National Police Database of those individuals who are neither charged nor cautioned; further recognises the potential detrimental effect the retention of DNA samples has on innocent juveniles; further recognises that there is a disproportionate number of DNA samples retained from members of black and ethnic minorities; and therefore calls on the Government to bring forward legislation to remove the DNA samples of non-charged and non-cautioned individuals currently on the database, except when the individuals concerned give their willing and continuing consent to the retention of their DNA.

EDM 29 – That this House notes the National Audit Office report on delays in administering the 2005 Single Payment Scheme in England, which lays bare the full extent of the Government’s incompetence and the financial hardship it has caused English farmers; believes that English farmers were treated in a deplorable manner; regrets that errors and procedural mistakes in administering the Single Payment Scheme could end up costing each taxpayer £4.30; and calls on the Government to give all English farmers at least 80 per cent. of their due payment by 25th December 2006, helping them to have the financial certainty they need to continue producing the best food in the world.

Stuart

Here is David’s reply:

Dear Stuart

Thank you for your recent e-mails.  I can confirm that I signed Early Day Motions 223 and 89.

I do not support the concept of an English Parliament.  I would prefer to see English reigonal government.  This is not the same as the City Region proposal which I support as a tool to encourage growth of the local economy and draw in investment from government departments.

 With best wishes for Christmas and the New Year.

Yours sincerely

 

David Wright

So, while he supports a national holiday for England on England’s patron saint’s day, he still supports regionalisation which will break England up.  At least he’s not blind to the state-sponsored terrorism perpetrated almost daily by Israel.  He also appears to be in favour of the national ID database that will assume every citizen is a criminal that requires 24 hour monitoring but doesn’t seem too concerned about the farmers in his constituency that are still waiting to receive their farm subsidies because of the incompetence of the British government.

Despite the fact that as an MP he’s pretty naff and as a card carrying champagne socialist, I actually quite like the guy.  No matter how much stick I give him he’s always polite and, with the exception of a few months about a year ago when he wouldn’t speak to me, he’s always responded to my emails.  With Labour’s new-found environmentalism you’d think he’d start replying by email but he still insists on sending letters printed on expensive Commons paper.