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From Little Man in a Toque a letter to Sir Menzies Campbell who has only ever had one email on the West Lothian Question.

Who says

the English do not want their own parliament

that the English don’t want another layer of government

that an English parliament would put the English off politics

As the e-mal explains a recent poll show there is big demand for an English parliament, on the second point “An English parliament does not necessarily mean another layer of government. For starters we can get rid of the unwanted and undemocratic regional layer and replace it with an English layer. Secondly we could look at the feasibility of dual-mandate MPs. And thirdly we can look at the role of the House of Lords with the aim of turning that into a federal and revising chamber, leaving the Commons as the English Parliament.” and did a Scottish Parliament put the Scots off politics?

The Telegraph calls it the doomed currency, after last years call by Italy’s Northern League for a return of the Lira this time it is the French in guise of prime minister, Dominique de Villepin, who although not calling for the return of the Franc has said that members must regain control over exchange-rate policy.

The Telegraph explains that “fundamental problem is that the economies of the “Germanic” members have diverged so far from those of the “Latin” bloc that the single interest rate set by the European Central Bank (ECB) is becoming a huge political liability.”

A Telegraph commenter suggests

German Euros are worth more than French or Italian or anything else.

1. Make sure your Euro accounts are held with a German correspondent bank.

2. Make sure your Euro notes have the “D” prefix to the serial number (for “Deutschland” i.e. these promissory notes carry the full weight of the Deutsche Bundesbank).

Do not accept the “I”,”F” or “E” prefixes for Italia, France, Espana. I know a number of Italians who regularly switch their I notes for D notes by the suitcase full!

That way, if the Euro does succumb to centrifugal politics, we will get lovely Deutschmarks instead!

However as Richard North points out they are not going to give up without a fight and a major crisis, with the Euro will be used to push for further political integration.

As the Euro was always intended to be a step towards further integration I feel Eureferendum will be proved right.