Cameron in Scotland and Mongrels and Muddles

Cameron did a good job today in Scotland. I think his statement that he believes in the United Kingdom head, heart and soul will resonate positively with the Scots. After all his father was a Scot whereas his mother is English. Most of us in England are mongrels. I am a mixture of English, Welsh and Irish and have a smidgen of Scots blood too. Do the Scots want a break up because they have less mixed blood? I guess there is only a small minority of English who want the dismemberment of the Union although I do agree with those who think that only English MPs should be able to vote on English matters in the House of Commons now that Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales have their devolved parliaments. This is surely something that Clegg should be promoting but like his programme for the reform of the Lords he is in a hopeless muddle as he is on the MP recall issue. Zac Goldsmith is absolutely right that the recall process should be along the lines used in the US and not as a result of a  Parliamentary Committee decision. It is not only Clegg who is in a muddle. So is Andy Burnham over the special adviser he appointed who could have been more open about payments he received from the NHS and the manner in which he is paid by the Labour Party. Guido has the story here. Labour did at least do one correct thing today. They sacked a Sunderland City Councillor for having 'liked' a Facebook post for calling for an IRA to bomb the next Conservative Party Conference.