BORDER TOWN RESIDENTS CANNOT LEAVE ENGLAND!

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I thought this was very interesting as well from the International campaigning organisation, The Celtic League:

BORDER TOWN RESIDENTS CANNOT LEAVE ENGLAND!

A Government Minister in the English House of Lords has dismissed
outright the possibility of a village that is currently in England
from returning to Alba/Scotland.

The village of Berwick, which lies just across from the border from
Scotland, became English in 1860, but prior to that was the other
side of the border. Earlier this year, as reported in Celtic News,
residents of Berwick were polled by a popular English television channel
to see which country they would prefer Berwick to be and 60% of those
who responded stated that they wanted the town to be administered
by Scotland.

However, Government Minister Lord Hunt said in a debate on the subject
in the House of Lords that:

"The Government have no plans at all to take any of this forward."

The reasons people gave for wanting Berwick to be administered by
Alba/Scotland included a higher spending per capita on public services
and better provision for the elderly. It was Lord Palmer who had asked
Hunt for assurances that Berwick was to stay in England and for an
edict to be sent to the Scottish Government requesting they do not
"meddle in English affairs."

The Celtic League passed a resolution at its 2005 AGM on the Isle
of Skye calling for the return of Berwick to Alba/Scotland.

Currently in the 'Berwick Advertiser' newspaper, there is an on-line
poll asking readers if they think the Lords were right to dismiss
Berwick from returning to Alba/Scotland. Currently the poll shows
9 out of 10 people favour administratively leaving England. The poll
can be found by following the link below:

http://www.berwick-advertiser.co.uk/news/Lords-minister-dismisses-Berwick-move.3\
989015.jp

J B Moffatt
Director of Information
Celtic League