Wednesday 12 March 2008

Smell the Coffee Darling and Make it Fairtrade...

I arrived home for lunch in windy Calne today and switched on the television to see the news, unfortunately however the channel was showing live coverage of the chancellors budget statement. Within seconds I decided, as if I didn't know already that we are governed by a bunch of fools. It never fails to astound me how these people ever get elected to serve this country as they are the most dislikeable group of people you could ever encounter. You just have to look at them and listen to them "hear-hearing" to see what I mean.

What is it that changes normal people into arrogant, conceited and condescending human beings once they become representatives of the people? It not only affects those elected as MPs but also those elected as councillors and affects all political parties including unfortunately, my own although not to the same degree. A little bit of fame and the ego starts to develop, perhaps the government should spend more NHS money trying to develop a cure or perhaps holding "workshops" (great word that.... if ever I attend a workshop I make sure I wear my overalls and take my bag of spanners!) with a title of "No, Actually You Are Not God".

Anyway, back to the budget which is being called the "Green Budget" as it has increased taxes to help compensate for the damage caused by this phenomenon known as the greenhouse effect. What a load of cobblers! How on earth does Alistair Darling,and that bunch of highwaymen he works with in the Labour Party, think that by taxing the British public it will make any difference to global warming, if it is actually happening? I think it will actually result in more money going into the government coffers so these MPs can abuse it by claiming the obscene allowances that they have tried to keep quiet.

Does he think that if we British recycle everything and don't pollute, the real criminals responsible for the destruction of this planet, the USA, China and India, will sit up and take note and follow our example? I don't think so, wake up and smell the coffee Darling and make sure it's Fairtrade!

I mentioned in a recent blog that those at the top need removing and if there isn't a major move away from the established main three political parties at the next general election then I fear all may be lost as it will appear that the majority of the British public have given up the fight. However, I believe that the longer we suffer from this corrupt establishment the worse the underlying anger of the British people will become and there are those who, if change isn't effected democratically, will take matters into their own hands and God knows what will happen then.

One thing I am sure of though is that Enoch will be looking down on us and saying "I told you so".

Monday 10 March 2008

Wiltshire's First BNP Prospective Parliamentary Candidate

The recent announcement of the BNP's first prospective parliamentary candidate in Wiltshire has made the national papers. Mick Simpkins, the first councillor in Wiltshire will be fighting for the Chippenham constituency seat and it hasn't hit the papers for that reason but because one of his opponents will be Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, better known as The Black Farmer.

The Independent newspaper implies that the BNP are fighting the seat because Wilfred is black, however Mick Simpkins points out that it just so happens he lives in Corsham and therefore within the area covered by the seat. This highlights the BNP's community politics stance which is unique, all other parties seem to parachute strangers into the area and Wilfred is one of these, being one of Dippy Dave Cameron's A-listers, picked because he is black and not as a result of the people of Chippenham selecting him as Wilfred suggests.

This decision has not been lost on the electorate in the area, many of my Conservative friends have told me they and their colleagues are extremely unhappy with the decision. To rub salt into the wounds, Wilfred has already stated that he believes the countryside is too white - well some of us think that the inner cities are too black! Too try to redress this situation for a television programme, Wilfred took young people from deprived inner city areas to learn about the countryside. Funnily enough, none of the youngsters included were white. I am looking forward to the follow-up series where a white business man takes a group of white youngsters into a black-dominated area to learn how to run a kebab-house.

Wilfred, according to the Independent, is no stranger to struggle as he battled his way out of inner-city Birmingham to end up as a successful business man, famous for being Britain's only black farmer. The paper paints rather a glossy picture of his life, as, for being a farmer, I think the phrase gentleman farmer would be more appropriate, this being slightly different to someone who is up at dawn to milk the cows! Additionally, his Wikipaedia entry, for what it's worth suggests that the year Wilfred spent in the army was cut short as he was kicked out for lack of discipline, not a good start for a Conservative.

The paper says that Wilfred now faces the fight of his life against the British National Party, in the election. I am not sure I would have put it quite like that but I do know that from the feedback the BNP is getting from the public, he will certainly have a struggle, almost certainly not winning the once "safe" Tory seat. I like, Mick Simpkins, have also met Wilfred and he certainly is a very pleasant chap but I am afraid his foray into West Country politics is going to end in tears as the BNP take a sizeable chunk of the Conservative vote.

This space is certainly one to keep watching!

On a final note, the Independent asked Gerry Gable, the communist responsible for the anti-fascist magazine Searchlight, for his view, presumably because of his similar lack of associations with the West Country. Less than able Gable said "We're concerned wherever the BNP field candidates. They are a cancer within British society but ... [Mr Emmanuel-Jones] will give them a bloody good run for their money."

As said, let's watch this space shall we?

Friday 7 March 2008

UKIP Standards (or lack of)

Apparently the great and good amongst UKIP will be converging in Exeter tomorrow for a party rally. It still confuses me as to the level of press coverage this lot get considering they actually do nothing about anything despite having elected MEPS who could make a difference if they tried. Anyway, expect a big turnout of their top brass as there are apparently problems with the leadership in the south-west region, the region that I thought was their strongest.

Not only have they problems with the leadership but it seems that on a local level the party have problems too.

Local readers may recall the news in 2006 when a Swindon Conservative councillor, Dr Owen Lister, a former GP, suggested "It would be preferable to guillotine looked-after children with severe emotional and behavioural difficulties than to provide expensive out-of-borough placements for them". He also suggested it was a waste of money to provide school places to educate disabled children. For this he was given just a one-month suspension from the council for bringing them into disrepute.

Now I have been a member of and worked within the BNP on and off for around ten years and I do not recall hearing anyone speak in such a disgraceful manner despite what the media might suggest.

What is particularly interesting about this gentleman is that he is no longer a Conservative councillor, not because of what he said, but it has recently been revealed that he is a member of UKIP! Apparently membership of the Conservative Party and of UKIP is not compatible.

UKIP, however seem quite happy to take him on board. This shouldn't be a great surprise as in the North Wiltshire area we are also blessed with another ex-Conservative councillor (in Calne actually) who became a UKIP candidate after the Conservatives sacked her for sending a racist email and also I am given to understand yet another UKIP member who has been reported to the authorities for using racist language.

In a previous blog I have mentioned that I have heard more racist language from local politicians than I ever have from BNP members!

What is also interesting, particularly in the aftermath of the disgraceful vote in the Houses of Parliament this week not to allow a referendum to be held on the European Union's Lisbon Treaty, is the amount of squabbling and in-fighting amongst those who are supposedly there to set an example and rule us. However, this isn't restricted to national government, but also to local government as well.

What makes it such a disgrace is that these people are elected by a minority turn-out of those who are concerned enough to make the effort, in the hope these national and local politicians actually care about the people and will act in their best interests.

It is quite apparent to me and also evidenced by all of the recent financial irregularities we have heard about in the news, that almost all of them do not care about the people and are only in the politics game for themselves and what they can get out of it.

When will Britain wake up and realise that enough is enough and it is time for change at the top.

Wednesday 5 March 2008

Whatever Happened To The British?

I ended my last blog entry by posing the question as to whatever happened to the English. I'm still wondering. Perhaps a more appropriate question would have been whatever happened to the British?

There was a time when the British were the envy of the world. We had an Empire and were responsible for a civilisation that has yet to be surpassed. We were responsible for giving the world much of what is now taken for granted in the fields of communications, transportation, health care and so on, yet most countries now look upon us as a joke.
So what has happened to us and why have we let it?

There was a time not so long ago when we felt safe in our own homes and also whilst out in our local communities. We knew that we had quick and easy access to the police and would see the local bobby out and about on his beat. Crime was something that affected few, now it seems to affect almost everyone.

There have been changes in education as well. When I left school I can't recall there was anyone who was illiterate or "dyslexic", yet now we often hear about people leaving school and being unable to read and write. Standards are dropping all of the time, I was watching the BBC news the other night and not for the first time I noticed a spelling mistake in one of the captions, this time there was a reference to the "Falkands", you know, those islands down in the south Atlantic. This was on the BBC, our national television channel, on our national news programme. The BBC, once the envy of the world!

Health care has changed from a system where the patient knew he came first, to a target based system that puts targets and funding before the needs of patients. We see obesity and drug and alcohol abuse at all time high levels yet the opportunities to keep fit and to do whatever we want in life are greater now than ever.

The countryside, in which we produced everything we needed to feed our nation is dying as more of it disappears under concrete and our farming communities face extinction as the government and the superstores work together to squeeze what they can for the minimum return.

Our town centres are dying. Where we were able to once purchase everything a family could want we now find empty and decaying shops, charity shops and takeaways. Families travel out of town to the local superstore.

Industry has all but died. Where we once produced everything this country needed and exported so much to the rest of the world, we now produce hardly anything and import from China and India where goods can be made cheaply and yet we still support these countries with aid.

So what went wrong? Have the British finally ceased being the proud and strong race it once was?

I wish I had the answer. What I do know, is that if things continue as they are we don't have much time to put things right. So what will it take to wake the British from this slumber?