You really need to calm down. The CEP will get nowhere if it is seen to be frothing mad about everything. Concentrate on highlighting injustices and inequalities, not writing diatribes against other campaign groups. Otherwise, unceasing hostility will alienate people who might otherwise have been sympathetic to your cause.

Michael, you seem to want to be the "outsider" and cast everyone else as establishment. But sometimes it would help if you actually read the article before attacking. Or do you insist in being a victim as a matter of course regardless of what the other party says.

Alex was talking about campaign groups (which by the way Unlock Democracy is one) not being expected to have detailed policy on every aspect. As was pointed out by a number of people after her post, campaign groups some times dont want to have detailed policy on whether the House of Lords should be the second chamber of a English Parliament or not.

As for jibs about street campaigners as one of the main organisations that got the recent Sustainable Communities Bill into law I think we have got our Street Campaigners scouts badge thank you.

Is this post intended to be satirical?

If unlock democracy wants to live up to its name it should call for a referendum on an English Parliament.

Mr Knowles was in a Hostile environment, I noticed the north welsh mp shaking his head as Mr Knowles was making his presentation. There are at least 20 MP's who have signed Frank Field's Early Day Motion calling for an English Parliament, I think some of them should be present in future.

I remind our kingdom that Tony BlaIr in Yorkshire last year was asked about an English Parliament and he confirmed that in a referendum the people would vote yes to an English Parliament.

I don't think I have read a more pointless contribution to this blog. Stop feeling so sorry for yourself Michael.

I see there are some, not so bright people about these days, Mike is quite right in his visual and verbal judgment, he is just relaying that here. Some people just don't get what he is saying, either they don't want to know or don't understand the big picture. But at the same time he is also ignored and put down because of what he believes in.

What is frustrating is the amount of people who claim to want something but are just diverting and hindering progress, either way that is not what the CEP is about. It is about getting an "English Parliament" established. Also their are no "sympathetic people for the cause" there are oppressed people of England, of any race that believe they are English just wanting someone to govern on their behalf not what they are getting now from the NL camp.

I don't think he got the desired result he wanted, and was put down at the end of it all. Is he wrong for saying this?

Look closer and second read always, and you may find "You" have over reacted when making your comments...

I don’t think I have read a more pointless contribution to this blog. Stop feeling so sorry for yourself Michael.

Rich coming from someone who does little else. Case of do as I say not as I do.

All the predictable responses both in tone and content from the anti English brigade .

The Facey comment is gem . Hates the idea of England but doesn't have the guts to say so

so settles for side criticisms instead complete with a patronising tone.

Change a few words and it could be the struggle for womens suffrage all over again.

Keep it up Mike

Michael,

Rather than reading your reaction to others' opinions on how the Common's Committee meeting went, it would have been more interesting for me to read your own views on the day's events.

CW - believing in something strongly does not require you to attack people who disagree with you, or those who are undecided or apathetic. Doing so means people who otherwise might have helped you in your aims or ignored them will work against you simply because they don't like you.

Hi Michael and thanks for your contribution to the Commons committee. Alexandra was right that the discussion wasn't that productive. The MPs seemed to have made their minds up already. Still, the CEP have at least as many 'detailed proposals' as Ken Clarke who's had nothing to do for two years but think about the problem.

I'll say it again, the best way to get an English parliament is to support the UK splitting up into the three/four countries which it consists of.