Iain Dale has made a fresh effort to kickstart the debate on how to solve the constitutional problems created by devolved government. You can read it here.
Sadly, while Dale is right to say that "English Votes for English Measures" could only be a temporary solution he does not offer a clear long term way out of this mess.
While there is clearly a problem which needs a solution here i wonder whether it is the kind of issue the Tories should get too involved with now. I pity the poor candidate who has to stand on the doorstep explaining how the Conservatives want to create an English Parliament which would have many of the same people in as UK Parliament but not all of them and they would vote on different things.
The campaigns for the elections to the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly will fuel this debate and it will flare up again when Brown inevitably relies on Scottish votes to get some future measure through the Commons. But I wonder whether, come the next General Election, it will really compete with health, education, crime and the economy as an issue which will sway votes.
Cameron should focus on the issues that will get him into power. Sorting out constitutional anomalies can wait until then.
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