Suppose that we visualise an average voter living in England. Such a voter does not seek devolution for England in the form of either English regional government or an English Parliament; such a voter might well think that the Human Rights Act is a useful reform, but probably hopes never to have to consult lawyers or to appear in the courts. Were such a voter to ask, ‘What difference has constitutional reform actually made to me?’, it would be difficult to frame a convincing answer.

The danger is of a very virulent and unpleasant English nationalism arising after Scottish independence.

England is hardly mentioned in the devolution legislation, and yet England is, in many respects, the key to the success of devolution