Transport powers the key to devolution for the North

This week's Journal column, focusing on the long-running saga of the A1 dualling project and what it tells us about the need for greater regional devolution.

http://www.thejournal.co.uk/opinion/paul-linford-dual-a1-give-7995809

Is a Parliament for the North the answer to the English Question?

Well, on the basis that the North has 15m people in it and Scotland has 5m, it's one answer.

http://www.thejournal.co.uk/opinion/paul-linford-answer-english-question-7955796

Why Nick Clegg has reasons to be cheerful

My end-of-conference season round-up is now online at The Journal website.  I argue that the fragmentation of British politics into a four-party system, coupled with the two main parties' retreat into their ideological comfort zones, presents an unexpected opportunity for Nick Clegg's Liberal Democrats.

http://www.thejournal.co.uk/opinion/paul-linford-nick-clegg-reason-7917355