"Perhaps it's the approach of midsummer, but the government is showing signs of, not necessarily madness, but muddle. The constitutional kerfuffle produced by last week's reshuffle shows no sign of going away. The speaker of the House of Commons has requested that the prime minister gives a statement in the House to try to clear things up on Wednesday. Today it was the turn of the deputy prime minister to announce more constitutional change. There's to be referenda for regional assemblies in the northern half of England, but the consultation process that led to today's announcement was derided by the Tories - 8000 replies to the government's call for comment."
the peoples republic indeedy!!!
