The BBC has been accused of anti-English bias before and refuted those accusations. The BBC Have Your Say pages have been updated recently so you can see a history of your comments and their status (ie. whether they were published, unpublished or rejected).
Below is a list of comments I’ve submitted through Have Your Say either on the subject of the West Lothian Question or Englishness in general which have been unpublished or rejected.
To put this into context, I’ve had just 5 comments published on the same subjects.
DEBATE:
Should Herceptin be offered on the NHS?SENT:
15-Feb-2006 12:15COMMENT:
Herceptin is available in Scotland where they can afford the drug purely and simply because of the subsidies paid to them by English taxpayers. Some of these English taxpayers are now dying from breast cancer and are refused Herceptin because the English NHS can’t afford it. This is how Britain works under New Labour and this is how it will continue to work until England gets a parliament to run its own affairs.COMMENT STATUS:
UnpublishedDEBATE:
Should there be an English parliament?SENT:
10-Mar-2006 12:27COMMENT:
Of course England should have it’s own parliament. At the moment we have a British government dominated by Scots who are unaccountable to the English passing laws that don’t affect their own constituents. These same MP’s, devoid of any morals or sense of fairness, have forced through several pieces of legislation by way of the Labour whip that only affect England and that English MP’s have rejected. Restricting voting rights in the British parliament will never work. England has to have its own parliament. To deny democracy and representation to 50m people based on their nationality is racist, discriminatory and plain wrong.COMMENT STATUS:
UnpublishedDEBATE:
Should there be an English parliament?SENT:
10-Mar-2006 13:04COMMENT:
English subsidy given to Scotland last year: £11.3bn Revenues from north sea oil and gas last year: £7bn Net subsidy: £4.3bn I really wish the Scottish Parliament would spend some of our hard earnt English pounds in teaching Scottish people some basic maths. Oil and gas revenues are paid to the British treasury, the same as revenues from English industry are paid to the British treasury. Why should Scotland be treated any differently? When will Scots finally accept that they have were bankrupt before the union and English taxes have been keeping them solvent since 1707?COMMENT STATUS:
UnpublishedDEBATE:
Should there be an English parliament?SENT:
10-Mar-2006 14:55COMMENT:
I wonder how many English people, Scottish Lord Falconer has spoken to about devolution. Nobody I know of.COMMENT STATUS:
UnpublishedDEBATE:
Should there be an English parliament?SENT:
11-Mar-2006 20:08COMMENT:
“No, we have enough politicians with there heads stuck in the trough of tax payers money.” An English Parliament doesn’t have to mean more politicians, more bureaucracy or more expense. The British government can be cut by a good 75% as over 80% of its work now only affects England. An English Parliament would be different government, not more. Stop regurgitating Labour propaganda and thing for yourself.COMMENT STATUS:
UnpublishedDEBATE:
What would you like to see in Budget 2006?SENT:
22-Mar-2006 12:17COMMENT:
More tax on Scottish whiskey would be good to try and pay back some of their £11.3bn subsidy from English taxes. An increase in income tax for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland would also be useful for the same reasons.COMMENT STATUS:
UnpublishedDEBATE:
Are elderly people being neglected by the health system?SENT:
30-Mar-2006 11:06COMMENT:
English taxes are paying for free social care for the elderly in Scotland and Wales already, why shouldn’t we expect our own people to get the same benefits?COMMENT STATUS:
UnpublishedDEBATE:
Should Blair name a departure date?SENT:
09-May-2006 11:39COMMENT:
The electorate voted Tony Bliar into office, not a Scottish MP with no mandate to govern 85% of the population. It is time for the Queen to disolve parliament and call a general election. She has a duty to protect her people and this Labour government is a bigger threat to freedom and democracy in England than muslim terrorists.COMMENT STATUS:
UnpublishedDEBATE:
What are the ‘core British values’?SENT:
15-May-2006 20:23COMMENT:
“British” values? Depends who you class as British really. Only English children are going to be taught these “British” values so surely they should be “English” values instead? What’s the point in teaching English children “British” values and not Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish children? Ulterior motive anyone?COMMENT STATUS:
UnpublishedDEBATE:
Was Reid right to attack paedophile sentence?SENT:
15-Jun-2006 09:29COMMENT:
Why is a Scottish Lord so interested in English law and order anyway? In fact, why do we have an unelected Scottish Lord as Lord Chancellor of England? Why doesn’t Scottish Labour butt out of English affairs and let an English person sort out English law and English judges?COMMENT STATUS:
UnpublishedDEBATE:
Should limits on Sunday trading be removed?SENT:
06-Jul-2006 15:13COMMENT:
Why is Alistair Darling, an MP elected in Scotland, even allowed to make this decision anyway? His constituents elected him to represent their interests in parliament, not to tell English people whether shops in England are allowed to open on a Sunday. His own constituents can shop anywhere on a Sunday because his own constituency is in Scotland where they don’t have Sunday trading laws. It’s time to stop these foreign MP’s from interfering in our business. If I want to go to Asda at 7pm on a Sunday then why should an MP from a different country be allowed to tell me I can’t?COMMENT STATUS:
UnpublishedDEBATE:
Will devolution return to Northern Ireland?SENT:
14-Oct-2006 15:26COMMENT:
Good news for NI, shame England is still denied equality with the rest of the UK and Europe by the Scottish Labour Party.COMMENT STATUS:
UnpublishedDEBATE:
Should A&E departments be closed?SENT:
06-Dec-2006 08:30COMMENT:
If English taxes were spent on English hospitals instead of subsidising the Scottish and Welsh NHS then we wouldn’t have this problem. Last year, a subsidy of over £11bn of English was given to Scotland by Gordon Brown to enable them to pay for, amongst other things, expensive cancer treatments like Herceptin which English women were refused. English taxes should be spent on English people and *if* there is anything left it can be shared.COMMENT STATUS:
UnpublishedDEBATE:
Is land overprotected?SENT:
06-Dec-2006 08:34COMMENT:
Any changes to England’s planning laws should be decided solely by MP’s elected in England, not by all British MP’s. “England’s green and pleasant land” will soon be a distant memory if the Scottish Raj are allowed to “reform” our planning laws.COMMENT STATUS:
UnpublishedDEBATE:
How diverse is multicultural Britain?SENT:
08-Dec-2006 15:06COMMENT:
By talking about “muslim communities”, Bliar not only acknowledges that they aren’t integrated into our society but that he also thinks of muslims – and other immigrant groups – as different, separate to the rest of society. And tolerance? Even the natives of “Britain” aren’t tolerant of each other. Ask the disabled man or 7 year old boy that got beaten up in Scotland for being English about how tolerance is part of being “British”. There is no “British” any more, it’s a dead nationality.COMMENT STATUS:
UnpublishedDEBATE:
Have you been affected by stormy weather?SENT:
18-Jan-2007 14:07COMMENT:
Dear Val from Elgin, we can’t afford to grit in England because we’re paying for your gritters in Scotland. And your health service. And your university fees. And …COMMENT STATUS:
RejectedDEBATE:
Should schools teach ‘Britishness’?SENT:
26-Jan-2007 08:57COMMENT:
My kids are English, not British and I won’t let any teacher tell them that’s wrong. These Britishness lessons will only be taught in England – Scottish and Welsh kids will continue to have their own national identity encouraged. I would rather teach my kids from home than let them be brainwashed into being British.COMMENT STATUS:
UnpublishedDEBATE:
Will power-sharing work in Northern Ireland?SENT:
08-May-2007 17:19COMMENT:
When will England get home rule? We’re paying for the “peace dividend”, we’re paying billions in subsidies to NI, Scotland and Wales and what do we get in return? Foreign MPs interfering in matters that only affect England! England is now the only nation in Europe that doesn’t have its own government.COMMENT STATUS:
Awaiting moderationDEBATE:
Will Gordon Brown be a good leader?SENT:
11-May-2007 17:44COMMENT:
How dare Gordon Brown base his leadership election on health and education! Health and education are both devolved in Scotland – he has no say over either of those matters in Scotland where he was elected. When Gordon Brown was elected he wasn’t elected for his policies on the English NHS or education systems, he has NO MANDATE on any devolved issues. What a nerve!COMMENT STATUS:
Awaiting moderationDEBATE:
Will Gordon Brown be a good leader?SENT:
17-May-2007 21:30COMMENT:
All of Gordon Brown’s “domestic policies” all relate to England. None of them apply to Scotland where he was elected. Gordon Brown has no mandate.COMMENT STATUS:
Awaiting moderation
