TWO-THIRDS of English voters do not want England to become independent from the rest of the UK, according to a poll published today.

The survey found 60% of those south of the Border would back the Union while 9% remained undecided and 30% wanted England to split from Scotland.
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It is the second poll in the past seven days to show a significant, but not majority, level of support for an English Parliament.


It's hard to tell from the Scotsman article what this actually means. Presumably the question was put in such a way that the participants had to choose between an independent England or the Union, rather than allowing them option of an English parliament operating within the Union. Either way it's a measure of Blair's success that 30% would now like to leave the Union