Comments on: Nottingham: The New Capital of England?

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Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:17:14 +0000

[...] and the English parliament with the UK parliament. I quite liked the suggestion in a comment on a previous post of mine on this subject that the UK parliament could be located in Liverpool: equidistant from London, [...]

By: Alfred of Wessex

Alfred of Wessex — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:23:45 +0000

I have an idea – England could declare UDI from London (and simultaneously from the EU, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). We could then choose a capital with a white majority population.

By: David

David — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:17:03 +0000

I like it! Only potential problem – apart from the huge cost – is that, instead of the UK government, parliament, ministries, civil service, etc. pretending England is Britain, you might get the same London-based institutions – now those of England – pretending they were still the ones responsible for the UK as a whole. Actually, no, come to think of it; the cost of re-locating the residual UK government to Liverpool would probably be less than that of building new English institutions in Liverpool (or Nottingham), as most of the actual work of government would be being done by the national bodies, so they’d need more infrastructure development and construction! Better to just leave them where they are!

By: Toque

Toque — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:33:45 +0000

After Hull (which has lost 30,000 people since Prescott became MP) Liverpool is the city in England that has declined the most, not just in population but also in prestige.

I would leave Westminster as the English capital and move the British capital to Liverpool, which is equidistant between the national capitals of London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast.

Liverpool could do with the jobs, it has an airport, seaports, and a nice waterfront location for the building of a new parliament.