Petition to: stop saying 'Our country' or 'This country' when he is talking in relation to devolved issues such as health, education and housing. If Mr Brown is talking about English matters then he should say 'England', even if it is politically inconvenient for him to do so.

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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to stop saying 'Our country' or 'This country' when he is talking in relation to devolved issues such as health, education and housing. If Mr Brown is talking about English matters then he should say 'England', even if it is politically inconvenient for him to do so. More details

Submitted by Gareth Young – Deadline to sign up by: 12 April 2008 – Signatures: 394

Petition update, 12 November 2008

You signed a petition asking the Prime Minister to "stop saying 'Our country' or 'This country' when he is talking in relation to devolved issues such as health, education and housing. If Mr Brown is talking about English matters then he should say 'England', even if it is politically inconvenient for him to do so."

The Prime Minister's Office has responded to that petition and you can view it here:

http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page17426

Prime Minister's Office

More details from petition creator

There is a tendency amongst politicians of all hues to conflate England and the UK as if devolution had never happened. It’s less complicated that way. But devolution has happened and referring to England as ‘our country’ is confusing to a public that is not always aware that Mr Brown may be talking about policy areas that do not have a direct affect on his own constituents (to whom he is democratically accountable) because in Scotland those areas are the responsibility of MSPs in the Scottish Parliament and Government.

Gordon Brown (Andrew Marr interview, 6 Oct 07): “But what I want to do is show people the vision that we have for the future of this country in housing and health and education and I want the chance, in the next phase of my premiership, to develop and show people the policies that are going to make a huge difference and show the change in the country itself."

Gordon Brown (PMQs, 10 Oct 07): “We will govern in the interests of the people, and what matters to the people is the health service, education, housing, and we will govern to make education, health and housing better in this country.”

Current signatories

Gareth Young, the Petition Creator, joined by:

John Braddock
K Mackay
christina
K Stanley
Alan Wilson
Ray Turner
Barry Keal
Stuart Parr
Garry Young
keith young
Andrew Brett
Deborah Brett
T Bell
Adrian Key
M Vaughan
Richard Garland
Geoff Graham
Ian Campbell
David Bowles
Paul Smith
J Strange
Edward Higginbottom
Kevin Wells
Nick Wood
P. Cullen
Phil Hambling
Malcolm Wells
Lee Jakeman
Julie Hambling
ken clive
Prodicus Zakeroo
c.tayler
Len Welsh
jebridges
David Wake
Mike Little
Barry Hamblin
Mr A.D.Dagger
Ian Parker
Courtney Williams
Lauren Spratt
Andy Stapleton
Gerald Pym
k.h.seaton
colin copus
Sarah Wood
Colin Baker
Sue Clarke
M.Smelt
john stockwell
Tommy Jackson
Lee Watts
Paul Watts
Jon Parsons
R Shaw
Veronica Newman
fred forsythe (not the)
Emma Copus
B Harding
Keith Simmonds
M Peck
Amanda Young
Dr Nick Illingworth
Richard Pelling
Andrea J Chee
Rex M F Smith
Frank Galway
Stewart Polshaw
Paul Harris
David McArthur
Aaron Brown
Andrew Jones
mark brace
Joe Brazel
Martin Allcott
Greg Smith
David B. Wildgoose
Dick King
S King
Christopher Hawes
Nicholas Cubberley
ken walters
Michael Jordan
Philip Glover
Jim Gash
Paul Wapshott
Maurice Smith
Ian Stewart
josephine white
kevin middleton
D Matthews
Gareth Richardson
P Homewood
T. Brown
john cooper
adrian kerton
Jasmin Bishop
kris south
Ron McKeown
Jonathan Bradshaw
Lee Ingram
Malcolm Alexander
Stephen Gash
Christine Constable
Tony Rawlings
David George Rand
Adrian Ratcliffe
Michael Oliver
RAYMOND BINES
Kim Gandy
Bruce.D.Ogilvie
neil cunniffe
John Joannides
Doug Evans
lorraine miles
Longshanks
george
john semple
Edward Clarkson
Darren Tomlinson
M A Mayo
Martin Shipway
Simon Cowley
Anne Davies
Geoff Pearse
Mary Alexander
David Hinton
ken walters
Alan Nugent
David Mawson
Niall Aslen
Mark Berridge
Desiree J Newark
Catherine McMullen
Alasdair Murray
Frank Docherty
Rick Stoakes
jeremy goodchild
Cailean Watts
Peter Laxton
Sheila White
SileMairin
David Grant
Ian Grey
A Connor
Mark Goodwin
David George Baxendale
Diane Mundell
John ward
Tom Mohamadi
fiona cutting
garth r a wiseman
Chris Wade
Justin Phillips
R Bearsley
andrew field
john francis
Steve Caldeira
Jean Hanlon
Margaret Stringfellow
Tricia Gurnett
Dave Tkocz
Richard Baker
Darren Webster
Donna Houston
Russell Hempel
Nick Capp
Keith Dakin
Jon Simons
K Davies
J Davies
D Urmston
J. M. Holden
Kenneth MacColl
Philip Jones England Expects
KEVIN JAMES COSTIGANE
ROGER PRESCOTT
peter billows
Josie Prescott
Ricky Bishop
Simon Harris
daniel lake
Ricky Fleet
Trevor Gibb
James Jones
Leonard Hart
Don Beadle
Frank Crossland
Keith Ridley
sgh.duck
Ian Watkin
Anthony Eastwell
Mavis Eastwell
David Aked
j stringfellow
Graham Cooper
douglas laybourne
David Cowan
Philip J Taylor
Stewart M Adamson
Greg Parker
David H Tuck
PAUL FULLER
Gerald Morgan
David Axford
Emma Hall
Gordon Macdonald
Roderick Dixon
matthew wilson
Andrew Hancox
Jeremy Stokes
Nathan Handley
Adrian Hill
Lawson Miller
susan nicolaou
Steven Philip Wright
J.E.MORRIS
teresa
lewis ambler
peter oconnell
Patrick O'Clee
Kumaresan Mylvaganam
Peter Granville-Edmunds
Barry Faust
David Fair
Leonard W Laybourne
david howarth
Margaret R Wheelhouse
Anne Palmer
Jennie Smith
Robert Byrne
James Johnson
j.b.windmill
p.a.windmill
Peter Hayward
Martin Fearns
M Anderson
Neil Burrows
Gareth Williams
martin morrison
Cllr neil parkin
Anthony Nicklen
Andrew Bridgwater
Angus Dunn
Rob Smith
Aimee
Mairead
Kevin Hunter
Dave Brennan
Keith Dollemore
Christine Turner
Gary Elliot
Jeff Westgarth
Fraser Archibald Wallace
John Morrison
Terry Bennion
David Brinkman
Terry Heath
Neal Bedwell
stan hurst
Michael Martin
Carl finnerty
DAVID GLASS
Stephen Thursby
peter j johnson
JENNIFER ALDEEN
Jeremy Wall
kevin arnold
Kevin Farley
Andrew Dewar Murray
Priscilla Cullen
steve bond
allan eastwood
Ruth Eastwood
Barry Ewers
Robin Parsons
grant frost
Bazzer
les land
Jonas Brown
Terry Candy
Alan Lenton
Andy McShane
ian whiting
Ben Taylor
Ian Hunter
Andy Farthing
Jillian Burke
Richard Deane
Janine Clark
Julian Nicholas Gwinn
Steven Robson
Dr SHAWN ANDREWS.Kt.M.B.E.O.B.E
John Humphrey
bryan dugdale
Tom Martin
Gloria Paterson
michael teeling
Steven Martin
peter culley
ian taylor
diana jackson
M Burt
Nick Honor
Doug Edgar
Ronald Curtis
Anne Ward
James Toal
Susy Jepson
gordon vernon
David Gleeson
brian varney
Laura Miller
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DouglasEnglish
Alan Kentish
John Lillywhite
martin noonan
David Murphy
Colin Head
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David Cropper
Steve Pennington
tracey hill
Glenn Beckett
Maureen Beckett
Michael Cook
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Jon Simons
Riddiford
philip camp
Leo Pykeryng
Robert Fisher
Rob Atkins
Ed Hirst
Vincent Williamson
Tim Brown
Amy King
sylvia stewart
Andrew Eccleshare
Dennis, Richmond
Anthony Braddock
Nick Bewley
Antoine Shardan
E Alway
steve howard
John Barton
David Bruce Wright
Janet Ames
Manas Sikdar
Phyllis Jones
Helen Curtis
Raymond Chapman
Keith Armstrong
THOMAS ROBSON
Roger M. Winn
Owen Pearman
Isabel Clark
Steve Harris
Chris English Sheridan
Richard Aitkins
David Thornthwaite
len underwood
Colin Walshaw
Ian Lambton
T C K Ridley
Robert Hall
robert lincoln-samwell
Lester Wilson
Russell Shea
Alan Ferguson
Ian England
angus ridley
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