Ed Miliband refused 13 times yesterday to back David Cameron’s proposal for ‘home rule’ for England. As the fallout from Scotland’s independence referendum threatened to engulf both main political parties, the Labour leader repeatedly declined to agree that Scottish MPs should be barred from voting on laws that only affect England. He warned that the move would create two classes of MP – and suggested it could ‘drive our country apart’. However, there has been a backlash among his own MPs, many of whom warn that the party could be seen as ‘anti-English’ unless it supports reform that gives the country the same rights promised to Scotland.

Miliband: Well let’s be very clear about what
David Cameron has done.