Tom Griffin (London, OK): It looks like the Calman Commission may not be coming to England any time soon. According to an email from the Commission's Secretariat, a planned meeting in Berwick-upon-Tweed has been postponed.
it's not a first time that the body, established by a Labour/Liberal Democrat/Conservative alliance in the Scottish Parliament to consider the case for further devolution, has had this problem. Its first event in Scotland, an invitation-only public meeting planned for Stirling last month, was cancelled due to lack of interest.
A certain amount of anecdotal evidence has emerged in recent weeks to support initial fears that the Commission would be 'neither open not inclusive'.
At this rate, Calman will struggle to provide a credible alternative to the SNP's National Conversation. And yet the fact remains it is only the parties represented on the Commission who have the votes at Westminster to deliver further devolution.
