I think the offer of 'devo max' is in effect a bribe, Michael, but I am worried about what the implications would be for England if the bribe is accepted and 'devo max' actually happens. Everyone seems to be talking about a 'federal UK', but to be ruling out an English Parliament. The only alternative on offer seems to involve devolution ('devo max'?) to 'city regions' (whatever they are - what 'city regions' are Cornwall, Norfolk, Lincolnshire and Cumbria part of?) As a patriotic Englishman, I would be very uneasy about seeing England split up into separate cantons. Back to the Heptarchy?