English Democrats Oh English Democrats!

It seems politics is becoming interesting again. It also seems that there are a few people who still check my blog despite it not being updated for a year and even then it was very irregular. Consequently, for both reasons I thought the time was now right to begin writing again in the hope that it might make a little difference.

To start I thought I would edit and republish the following which was originally published in late 2010, nearly 4 years ago. Time sadly does fly by far too quickly!! I also intend to add at least one item per week as I do enjoy writing and hope that, as a bonus, some readers may also enjoy what I write.

Elements from my previous article are in italics and updates to it are not.

I did have great hopes for the British Democratic Party, who I thought would take the Nationalist baton from the British National Party but the party failed to meet my expectations and unless a great deal of work is now done, will sadly fail at the starting blocks. Consequently, with that disappointment and my increasing belief that the Union only serves to support the weaker nations, who it seems, resent what the English have achieved in so many ways, consider the only way forward is actually with an English party who fights for all things English.

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 (obviously now 6 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. Recent events have shown me that all three parties are even more past their sell-by date than they were when I wrote this first. The Lib Dems under the “leadership” of Nick Clegg are now completely out of touch. The recent debates with Nigel Farage of UKIP have shown Clegg to be an inept liar and totally lacking in understanding of what is important to the indigenous population of these lands. I guess you’d expect nothing more from a career politician born with a silver spoon in his mouth. What was even more surprising about the debates was that he seems to have lost his bottle. His debating performance against Cameron and Brown was applauded but Farage wiped the floor with him. It’s no wonder that Cameron and Miliband have said they will refuse to debate with Farage.

My research involved a review of the details contained on the Electoral Commission web-site and if you haven’t looked at it already have a delve at the information contained there about all political parties.

Having spent 10 years as a supporter and member of the British National Party, it was a wrench but having seen the dramatic rise in popularity followed by the extreme mis-management, impropriety and collapse under Nick Griffin’s leadership I could not possibly contemplate a return.The following information has changed quite a bit since originally written, but it seems even more apparent that Griffin as a state asset was tasked with collapsing the far-right and has destroyed the BNP in the same way he destroyed the NF. Additionally the BNP is now in a better financial position but still owes money with the Decembrists situation still, I believe, hanging over him and possibly the Michaela Mackenzie case as I’ve seen nothing to indicate this was settled. With the party on the verge of financial collapse I would urge all its 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. The first link in the following sentence no longer works and Eddy Butler has gone very quiet of late but is believed to have joined the English Democrats. To see in more detail how and why the BNP are falling apart have a look at Eddy Butler's blog (no longer available) and if you want to know more about Eddy then see this link Wikipedia Eddy Butler. The latest information provided to me shows that the BNP has less than 2000 members and in the Nationalist community, as well as predicted by almost all political commentators, it is believed that Griffin will not keep his seat in the European Parliament. Having been bankrupted it is very likely that he will disappear from the political scene, presumably having squirrelled away the hundreds of thousands of pounds accumulated during his time as an MEP.

The following paragraph, as do some later ones refers to short-lived parties who had very little impact on the political landscape and no longer exist with their flash-in-the-pan leaders disappearing into oblivion. It seems that some of the BNP rejects are heading to the British Freedom Party. Expelled BNP members Peter Mullins, Michaela Mackenzie and Simon Bennett together with Lee Barnes formed the BFP only recently (see British Freedom Party Wikipedia entry). 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 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 that I have not been impressed with the BFP.

Next to UKIP the biggest of the group of parties loosely classed as Nationalist. UKIP 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. However, in the last couple of years their profile has increased rapidly with my insider contact reporting that they now have over 35,000 members. Farage’s recent performance in televised debates with Nick Clegg, as mentioned above, has increased his popularity and is expected to do very well indeed in the European Parliament elections in May this year. Unfortunately, Farage has made the same mistake as nearly all other political leaders in essentially denying the existence of the English nation. It really is time that the English took appropriate action to prevent the extinction of the English identity. The only party supporting that stance is, of course, the English Democrats.

I have great respect for The National Front, (the web-site links here have been removed), 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 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. Although, a couple of years ago, the NF showed great promise in taking the membership from the disintegrating BNP, they themselves seemed destined to self-destruct and there now exist two National Front factions after a split in the leadership. This situation has given rise to legal action in an attempt to resolve the matter, a costly and further divisive course of action and currently rendering the NF inactive in electoral terms. This together with the insistence of some of the key players to regularly refer to all of the problems we have here as a "ZOG conspiracy" renders them totally inaccessible to the vast majority of British Nationalists, let alone the British public.

The England First Party 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”. This is another party no longer with us, but the link above does take you to the site for probably the only decent nationalist magazine now available, that being “Heritage And Destiny”.

An even smaller party, the English Independence Party (web-site now unavailable) led by Andrew Constantine has presumably disbanded, having, been formed in April 2000, as Andrew Constantine registered the English Peoples’ Party in February 2008 (a very, very small party now with only a Facebook presence).

Yet another new party - One England has only very recently formed, I’m not sure how they will do but with only a (seemingly now disabled) Facebook page 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 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. Now that their well-known leader Tommy Robinson, Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, or whatever he calls himself at the moment, having left to join the counter-extremism think-tank The Quilliam Foundation but having seemingly disappeared from their web-site as a result of his sentencing in January this year to 18 months in prison, for three counts of conspiracy to commit fraud by misrepresentation in relation to a mortgage application, and so will be out of action for some time. As with Griffin, the suspicions in right-wing circles is that our Tommy was “turned” by the powers that be.

So finally to the English Democrats 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 details of English Democrat policies. I will report on progress in due course.

The English Democrats - Onwards and Upwards?

I'm looking at where to go politically and found this, any views?

What we stand for

The English Democrats believe that our heritage is the bedrock of the future of England. Day by day we see this great country being undermined by legislation that puts minority interest first whilst breaking down the English way of life. It is as if England never stood for anything, but we always have. We have five key messages here but, for more detailed information, turn to our manifesto.

English Identity

We demand the right to enjoy and celebrate Englishness. We say that pride in our nation and community is healthy and natural. This is why we call for an English First Minister, Government and Parliament with at least the same powers as that in Scotland. Far too often 'English' is presumed to be synonymous with 'British', and 'England' with 'Britain'. It is as if England as a nation does not exist except for sport, whereas Ireland, Scotland and Wales each are accepted as being nations with their own identity. Being English is simple – one need only recognise England as a nation in her own right, value the English community and want to contribute positively and constructively to it. Our party welcomes anyone on the electoral roll of England to join, irrespective of background. All who identify with and feel themselves to be English are welcome.

Political Correctness and Multiculturalism

It is time common sense prevailed. The various quangos promoting political correctness should be closed and those laws promoting political correctness repealed. We want traditional English freedoms and values, a political system that cares for the rights of the majority rather than the minority, that values the English community ahead of individuals who are opposed to it. An England that puts its own people first, not last, and values the rich heritage of the Christian faith which has shaped our country’s laws and values. The main political parties' view of multiculturalism is both naive and dangerous; worse still is the fact that we have never been allowed to vote on it. Many English cities are being colonised by immigrant communities who do not want to be part of English society, who want their own language and laws and reject English ‘Western’ values. Which begs the question: why did they come here in the first place? And leads to the second question: why not go back to wherever they feel they actually belong and give us back our cities?

Immigration

Immigration is out of control. England is the third most densely populated country in the world and, for its size, the most densely populated country in Europe. We have neither the space nor the resources to permit more large-scale immigration. England is targetted by hundreds of thousands of economic migrants each year, who know they can come here easily, costing English taxpayers £billions a year in benefits. Worse still, immigrants are granted housing that young or needy English people are entitled to. In short, mass immigration has placed severe strains on England's housing accommodation, Education and Health Services, and exacerbated road congestion. It is time to close the door. Mass immigration must be ended. We would deport illegal immigrants and all those immigrants who are extremists, terrorists and criminals. We would regain control of our immigration systems by leaving the European Union.

Leaving the European Union

English Democrats advocate withdrawal from the European Union (EU) and rejoining the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), which will guarantee free trade with the EU and free us from EU political rule, saving us its £63 billion per year cost! England should assert her own Sovereignty over her own people and reject the legislation that Brussels is continually forcing on us.

The Family

It is often overlooked that the family is a fundamental building block in the structure of the English society. Marriage also plays a key role in the family, representing a lifelong commitment between a man and a woman and from this union children are raised in the security of a loving home. We will stand up for both the family and marriage, rejecting secular attempts to place same sex partners into the context of either.

Our Cause

Is trying to save one of the world's oldest nations from being broken up by conniving British establishment and Brussels elite.

Is giving the 50 million people in England a national voice through our own legislative parliament, something that every other western nation has as of right.

Is promoting fairness, national empowerment and the positive cultural recognition of England.

For too long, England has been buried under a British identity by Labour, the Tories and the Liberal Democrats. For too long, England has been shamelessly abused, compromised and pillaged by successive Westminster administrations. England is not Britain-Lite, nor a disparate collection of EU-regions! England is not a cash cow for the benefit of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. England is a proud and historic nation! How ironic then that England, the originator of the modern two-tier parliamentary system copied by every other western nation, is unique in being denied even the most basic of democratic rights of self-determination and cultural expression. We English are not even permitted our own national anthem, and St Patrick's Day gets more official support than our own patron saint's day! (St George)

Over the past decade, New Labour has been engaged in an undeclared policy to destroy England as a national entity. They have continued the work of the Tories before them and with the ever-willing help of the Liberal Democrats, England is now constitutionally non-existent.

If, like us, you too think England is in danger. then you need to do something about it NOW!

You need to join us, the English Democrats, the only political party fighting to preserve our country England from the hostile hands of Westminster and Brussels.

We are passionate about England's cause........The English Democrats; not left, not right, just English.

Seeking My Political Home - Part 1 of 3

The following is the first full article I had published in Nationalist circles and was written when I was quite new to active involvement in politics and was a member of the National Democrats (from Wikipedia). For those that may not know, the National Democrats, now long gone, were formed as a result of the majority of the membership of the National Front voting to change the name of the party.

At the time I wrote the article I was a civil servant and to avoid any problems as a result I used the pseudonym Bob Case, created by Martin Wingfield I seem to recall.

I am not sure what year the article was published, but it was probably around 1995 / 1996, due to the fact there is no mention of the National Front, as though this was a conscious effort to try and make the National Democrats appear new and fresh and “untainted” by that association. In a subsequent blog I will fill in the gap that seems to have been left as a result.

The article appeared in Vanguard No 46 and the editorial in that magazine says “Vanguard is published to advance the cause of British democratic racial nationalism. In the United Kingdom this is only upheld by the National Democrats”. Stephen Ebbs was the editor at the time and articles penned by Martin and Tina Wingfield also appeared in that edition. Simon Darby was also a member of the National Democrats and stood as a candidate for them prior to the National Front formally changing it’s name, by way of a test of the public reaction to a candidate standing for the proposed new party name. I recall he did quite well, adding weight to the case for a name change.

Having been on quite a political journey since that time it is apparent I was also a lot less wise than I am now when I wrote this! It also perhaps emphasises my current belief that although the British National Party is dead in the water, the British Freedom Party is not the answer and according to information available over the last 24 hours already seems to be having difficulties with John Savage, the National Treasurer and a five-minute Nationalist, publicly resigning from the party after disagreeing with the wording of an article penned by Lee Barnes and which appeared on the BFP web-site.

Anyway, on with the article: -

Foreword (presumably by Stephen Ebbs) – There are an infinite number of routes which can be taken from becoming politically aware to finding a political home which reflects that awareness – this applies to all political parties not just the National Democrats. In this article, member Bob Case describes the path together with the political observations which he made in the route to his eventual political home.

The fact you are reading this indicates that you are either already a member of the National Democrats or have sympathies with some or all of our policies. We all have different reasons for believing what we do, it may be that you realised early in life the policies of the National Democrats matched your own beliefs and ideals. For me it was not quite that straightforward.

I became politically aware in the early to mid-seventies when the hippy culture was breathing its last breath. The greater individual freedoms resulting from this culture appeared to lead many people, particularly those like myself of the younger generation from working-class families, to believe that the socialist ideal was the ultimate way to lead a fulfilling life. We naively believed all that was necessary to make the country a better place was for everyone to be equal. We simply though it was just a matter of distributing wealth and goods equally.

I left school at eighteen and started work immediately, fortunately unemployment was not something with which we were greatly concerned in the late seventies. Once in the real world, the world of adults and responsibilities, I rapidly realised that, although all people are born equal, inequalities resulting from parentage, schooling, the class system and so on seemed as strong as they ever were. It soon dawned on me that to enable the equality of the socialist ideal, would in socialist terms, require taking from the wealthy, regardless of whether rich through their own endeavours or resulting from, for example, inheritance, to give to the poor. In reality it was not the romantic Robin Hood theory of economics, but the politics of jealousy and envy. It meant that those with something worth having would be made to suffer for it in order to prop up those without. Now that’s not always a bad thing, but more often than not the prop would be for those who could not be bothered and those who considered the world owed them a living. Ultimately all ambition, competitiveness, class, privacy, geographical boundaries, sovereignty and so on would be removed.

I did not want this, I believed I had to make my own way in the world and stand or fall by the decisions and choices I made. Because of my traditional upbringing I believed in myself, had what I considered sound morals, was well behaved and had respect for people and property. I felt I could get somewhere in life and that I had something to give. I knew I was better than some but not as good as others. I wanted to improve my lot by my own efforts and did not expect or want anything to be handed to me on a plate. My “red” phase was short-lived and I knew it was not going to return.