English Votes on English Laws. Professor John Curtice says: "The English were sold a pup".

A devastating article by Nick Gutteridge  in the Daily Express (December 2) illustrates the ineffectiveness of former Prime Minister David Cameron’s policy of English Votes on English Laws.  The policy was rushed forward after the 2014 Scottish Referendum in order to assuage growing English concern over Scottish politicians’ interference in English domestic affairs.

Here are some quotes from the article:

Professor John Curtice, a political expert at Strathclyde University, recently told a debate on the usefulness of EVEL: “the English were sold a pup”.

A damning report published by the London School of Economics (LSE) concluded that the flagship measure has “done little to facilitate the expression of English voice” and that it is “unhelpfully complicated and opaque”.

Mr Cameron’s boast: “We have heard the voice of Scotland, now the millions of voices of England must be heard.” 

The Campaign for an English Parliament blasted: “We now know that statement wasn’t true. It was a lie. 

The campaign’s director, Eddie Bone, added: “The only way the English are going to stop their taxes being unfairly given away to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is by having a clearly defined voice and that can only be enabled by an English parliament.”

Here is a link to the whole article:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/739228/English-Votes-for-English-Laws-David-Cameron-SNP-Nicola-Sturgeon-failed