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| IPPR report: More English think devolution and Welsh assembly harmful | IPPR report: More English think devolution and Welsh assembly harmful |
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| A growing number of English voters think devolution has worsened UK government, according to research. | |
| The report on changing attitudes in England found a sharp rise in those who think the Welsh assembly has had a negative impact. | |
| It said the shift in opinion may be due to people in England feeling they get a "raw deal" from devolution to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. | It said the shift in opinion may be due to people in England feeling they get a "raw deal" from devolution to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. |
| The report is by the think tank IPPR and Cardiff and Edinburgh universities. | The report is by the think tank IPPR and Cardiff and Edinburgh universities. |
| It found in a survey: | It found in a survey: |
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| Attitudes in England towards the constitutional status of Wales were divided. | Attitudes in England towards the constitutional status of Wales were divided. |
| But there was strong support for English votes on English laws in parliament. | But there was strong support for English votes on English laws in parliament. |
| A proposal to adjust procedures at Westminster so that only English MPs vote on matters affecting England was supported by 79% of people. | A proposal to adjust procedures at Westminster so that only English MPs vote on matters affecting England was supported by 79% of people. |
| The UK government has launched a commission into the so-called West Lothian question - a situation that has arisen under devolution whereby MPs from the devolved nations can vote on matters such as health and education in England, but English MPs cannot do the same for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. | The UK government has launched a commission into the so-called West Lothian question - a situation that has arisen under devolution whereby MPs from the devolved nations can vote on matters such as health and education in England, but English MPs cannot do the same for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. |
| The research found voters in England becoming more assertively English, placing greater emphasis on English rather than British identity. | The research found voters in England becoming more assertively English, placing greater emphasis on English rather than British identity. |
| 'Political expression' | 'Political expression' |
| It warns political parties to address "the English question" or risk a major backlash, regardless of what happens in Scotland where the SNP government has promised a referendum on independence. | It warns political parties to address "the English question" or risk a major backlash, regardless of what happens in Scotland where the SNP government has promised a referendum on independence. |
| Richard Wyn Jones, professor of politics at Cardiff University and a co-author of the report, said: "The more English a person feels the more likely they are to be dissatisfied with the way that the UK is being governed post-devolution, and the more likely they are to support the explicit recognition of an English dimension to their country's politics." | Richard Wyn Jones, professor of politics at Cardiff University and a co-author of the report, said: "The more English a person feels the more likely they are to be dissatisfied with the way that the UK is being governed post-devolution, and the more likely they are to support the explicit recognition of an English dimension to their country's politics." |
| Prof Jones said politicians of all political parties were "incredibly nervous" about this. | Prof Jones said politicians of all political parties were "incredibly nervous" about this. |
| "Reforming the organs of the UK state to take into account these sentiments in England is actually really quite difficult," he said. "Much more difficult than devolution for Scotland and Wales. | "Reforming the organs of the UK state to take into account these sentiments in England is actually really quite difficult," he said. "Much more difficult than devolution for Scotland and Wales. |
| "If we ever move to a situation, and it could easily happen, whereby the UK government doesn't have a majority of English MPs - that happened in 1964, 1974 - if that day ever dawns, you're going to have a full-blown constitutional crisis." | "If we ever move to a situation, and it could easily happen, whereby the UK government doesn't have a majority of English MPs - that happened in 1964, 1974 - if that day ever dawns, you're going to have a full-blown constitutional crisis." |
| IPPR director Nick Pearce said: "Our mainstream political parties need to embrace Englishness, take it seriously, and find new ways of giving it political expression. | IPPR director Nick Pearce said: "Our mainstream political parties need to embrace Englishness, take it seriously, and find new ways of giving it political expression. |
| "It is not something to be feared or abandoned to those on the margins of right-wing politics." | "It is not something to be feared or abandoned to those on the margins of right-wing politics." |