English Democrats Win!

Well, my decision is made and I’m now a paid up member of the English Democrats. Having been out of active politics for the best part of 2 years it’s not been an easy or quick decision to make but I think it is the right one after considering all of my options, but obviously excluding anything left-wing or the LibLabCon.

My research involved a review of the details contained on the Electoral Commission web-site and if you haven’t looked at it already go to the Electoral Commission main index page and have a delve.

Having spent 10 years as a supporter and member of the British National Party (web-site link) it has been a wrench but having seen the dramatic rise in popularity followed by the extreme mis-management and impropriety and collapse under Nick Griffin’s leadership I could not possibly contemplate a return. With the party on the verge of financial collapse I would urge all it’s members to get out while they can. With rumoured debts of around £700,000 and outstanding costs from court cases involving Unilever, Michaela Mackenzie’s Employment Tribunal, Equality and Human Rights Commission and the “December Rebels” someone is shortly going to find themselves very much out of pocket. The latter of these incidents prompted my decision to stand down from active involvement, knowing what dedicated and decent Nationalists Kenny and Nicholla Smith, Steve Blake and Ian Dawson are. To see in more detail how and why the BNP are falling apart have a look at Eddy Butler's blog and if want to know more about Eddy is then link here to find out.

It seems that some of the BNP rejects are heading to the British Freedom Party (web-site). Expelled BNP members Peter Mullins, Michaela Mackenzie and Simon Bennett together with Lee Barnes formed the BFP only recently (see Electoral Commission registration details). However the party is already in trouble with party treasurer John Savage resigning after falling out with Lee Barnes and nothing having been heard or seen of party leaders Peter Mullins and Michaela Mackenzie since the appallingly produced and acted introductory video posted on their site. The party is trying desperately to appeal to disenfranchised Nationalists announcing such high profile defections, from the BNP, as unelected councillor Mick “Mr Pastry” Simpkins. Barry Bennett has also recently joined so they will have at least one member who knows what he’s doing! I think it might be obvious I have not been impressed with the BFP.

Next to UKIP (web-site) the biggest of the group of parties loosely classed as Nationalist. UKIP (Electoral Commission registration details) had much promise when it managed to get a fair few MEPs elected in the 2004 Euro-elections, but it failed to deliver and despite being a supposedly anti-EU party have had no impact whatsoever either with the EU or in domestic politics back home.

I have great respect for The National Front (web-site) having cut my political teeth with them in the early 90’s but they are making a big mistake in sticking so steadfastly to their unworkable policy (see National Front policies) on repatriation i.e. ".... the National Front would halt all non-white immigration into Britain and introduce a policy of phased and humane repatriation. Such a policy would be expected to extend over 10-15 years and its completion would thus depend on the recurrent election of successive NF governments". Although seen by hard-core Nationalists as being “true to the cause” it simply means that the party will never be accepted by the vast majority of the voting population in this country and will never reach the heights it did in the late 70’s. See the following link for (Electoral Commission registration details).

The England First Party (web-site) are just a smaller version of the NF with a broadly but not as specific policy on repatriation i.e. "Stop all further immigration and start a programme of voluntary repatriation of non-European immigrants back to their lands of ancestral origin" - (see England First policies). See this link for (Electoral Commission registration details).

An even smaller party, the English Independence Party (web-site) led by Andrew Constantine has presumably disbanded, having, according to their Electoral Commission registration details been formed in April 2000 as Andrew Constantine registered the English Peoples’ Party (web-site) in February 2008 (Electoral Commission registration details).

Yet another new party - One England has only very recently formed, see Electoral Commission registration details. I’m not sure how they will do but with only a Facebook page (click here) and no web-site as yet it looks like it is going to be a struggle.

Next the “will they or won’t they” English Defence League, not strictly a political party but currently looking at the options for introducing a form of membership, if the posting on their Facebook site English Defence League (EDL) on Sunday, 14 November 2010 is anything to go on. “There is a lot of Rumours going round with regards to a membership scheme. So to set the record straight – At the request of a large proportion of the EDL we are looking into the option of a voluntary membership scheme”. Potentially, with the support they have, they would rival any of the existing Nationalist parties for members but probably not for support at the polls.

So finally to the English Democrats (web-site) who pretty much have the policies, that are potentially acceptable to the electorate and that I am comfortable with. The party has a membership of similar size to that of the BNP when I joined and so I feel that much can be achieved in the future, particularly if it does not get side-tracked by dalliances with other Nationalist groups. I have confidence that any differences in that area can be overcome and the party move forward united to a bigger and better future. See here for Electoral Commission registration details. I will report on progress in due course.