Comments on: Yorkshire Independence Movement

By: Ed

Ed — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 01:43:33 +0000

Great Idea.

Ear all, see all, say nowt
Eat all, sup all, pay nowt,

By: Andycap

Andycap — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 11:36:29 +0000

champion website! my mam allus said ‘if ever tha’ does owt fer nowt, mek sure tha does it fer thi sen.’ bah’t time Yorkshire did fer our selves!

By: RolftheGanger

RolftheGanger — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:20:46 +0000

Quote from The guardian 10 Sept 2011
England might have a Parliament in Leeds rather than London and then the civil service jobs and the media jobs would move north. No doubt other interests would follow the Parliament and the power which again would take jobs from London and enrich the North.
Westminster is a major factor in the development of London’s economy and London’s growth has been achieved thanks to disproportionately higher pay in and around the capital as well as high government spending. Take all that away and what then?
Is the north really so destitute? I would certainly argue that the North has suffered from having high interest rates which were needed to dampen inflation in London when the North needed low interest rates to help regenerate an industrial base. Perhaps if that had happened our economy now wouldnt be in such dire straights. I have every faith that, given an even playing field, the North has the capacity to lift itself, and the nation, out of the economic mire.

By: RolftheGanger

RolftheGanger — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 06:03:07 +0000

Many a truth spoken in jest!
May you evolve to be a genuine Yorkshire Party.
Best wishes from a lifelong SNP supporting Scot, equally having a lifelong respect and regard for Yorkshire people and the Northern English more generally..

The joint aim is getting rid of the self-destructive stranglehold of the vested interests (of all major parties and others) in artificially creating and maintaining cultural, social, economic and political dominance for and by SE England; to the detriment of the wellbeing of the rest of the current UK and paradoxically, the strangling of their own SE interests.

Suggested policies:
Parliament of England relocated to York.
English Ministeries redistributed on a functional and population basis to bases in Yorkshire, the N, Midlands, West and East of England. Anywhere but London.
The Cenotaph rededicated at a suitable site in Huddersfield.
Financial regulatory authority to be based in Halifax.
Ministry of Defence army control to Catterick.
You get the idea!

England will be a ‘healthier’ more prosperous place if a real Yorkshire Party gets up and going. Do yourself and the rest of the English a real favour. With warm regards to all the genuine decent folk of Yorkshire.
Alba gu bragh and Yorkshire forever!

By: P Mac

P Mac — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 03:54:44 +0000

We need to campaign for a Yorkshire Assembly. This will be easy to achieve considering it’s what we were supposed to have years ago!

The danger is that many simply want an “English Parliament” – this will make absolutely no difference to at present due to England having more than 80% of the UK’s population. An “English Parliament” will mean the southern toffs still having their way.

Campaign for a Yorkshire Assembly – Yorkshire forever!

By: G Ven

G Ven — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 08:44:28 +0000

I left England fifty years ago because of: the monarchy, the gentry, public schools, privilege, the church of England and Westminster. An indepenent Yorkshire? ……. If only! If only! If only!……….I would return tomorrow.

By: Yorkshire Facts – Interesting and Unusual | Yorkshire - God's Own County

Sun, 02 Jan 2011 17:59:33 +0000

[...] Yorkshire has sometimes been nicknamed God’s Own County. in general recognition for having the largest number of great people and great things in Britain. Some even go so far as to say Yorkshire is – God’s Own Country. This is either a slip of the tongue or recognition of Yorkshire’s wider struggle for complete independence [...]

By: Adrian

Adrian — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 21:00:50 +0000

Can we build the Pennines up a bit, ban Eccles cakes and Boddingtons, and launch an aircraft carrier? If we charge entry to Yorkshire, our border control will certainly be self funding. Why not copyright the recipes for Wensleydale cheese, pontefract cakes and Yorkshire pud?

By: Yorkshire Independence

Yorkshire Independence — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:35:24 +0000

Hello,

Whilst we appreciate this is a spoof, it does raise an important issue. Our movement seeks to create a network of like-minded individuals to campaign for the creation of a devolved Yorkshire Assembly.

We’d be incredibly appreciative if you added us to your blogroll, the more publicity, the better..

Best wishes

By: PAUL

PAUL — Sun, 23 May 2010 21:29:04 +0000

Can we ave subsidised dog food for us whippets and an bigger pint glasses, so we can ave an ed on’t beer without loosin owt ?