Now, you hastily proposed another solution which still sucks:
I admitted it sucked,
My reference, to the unions which have little variance between the number of seats allocated, was just to prove to you that not all federal systems distribute seats equally. Also, none of those states have 80%+ the population living in 1 state. The Penrose method would be a good way to distribute the seats, and it would cut down the variance between the numbers of seats allocated to each state, but the Penrose method still undermines votes, and even though this happens - England would still have a majority.
Well there you go, There is a solution without undermining the English vote too much, well done mate...