Devolution and the problem of English democracy

John Marriott suggests a series of reforms, Declan O’Neill says a breakup of England might preserve Britain, Tony Mackay detects a drop in the quality of Scottish parliamentary debate, Randhir Singh Bains wants an English identity that embraces ethnic minorities and Keith Flett on London’s issues. The Guardian appears at last to have woken up to the fact that, compared with the other nations of the UK, in terms of devolution and representative democracy, England is very much the poor