Thursday 28 April 2016

St George for England!



We patriotic English folk have just one recognised day each year and that is 23rd April when we celebrate Saint George's Day. Surprisingly, not all Englishmen are aware of this nor celebrate the fact, but, I suspect make more of St Patricks Day, the day for the Irish. The Irish are, of course, as are the Welsh with St David's Day and the Scottish with St Andrew's Day, seen to have a perfect right and are actively encouraged to celebrate their own national days. However, when we English want to do so we are deemed racist, as is the case when we fly our national flag and this has been the case for too long now. The BBC, SKY and other national media completely ignored the day. I did think that times were changing and the English were standing up and making more of their heritage and culture, refusing to be cowed by the politically correct fascists that still seem to have so much power and influence in our country. It does though seem to be working both ways however, with some areas standing up as proud Englishmen and celebrating the day, whilst in some areas the celebration has been completely banned and ignored.

The following extracts have been taken from an article written back in early 1996 and found in a magazine, called England, My Country, although this sadly ceased publication in the late 1990’s, The magazine was published in support of a political party called the National Democrats, which no longer exists.


Well, April 23rd came and went and as per usual, there was little, if any celebration of St. George’s Day. This lack of celebration was of course mentioned in the media (albeit on a small scale) as a handful of patriots had their usual moan. 

Now what I did notice this year was that practically all high street card shops ..... were selling St. Georges Day cards. Correct me if I’m wrong, but this is the first year that I have noticed this and the cards were on prominent display amongst the relevant flags.

Why is England’s Day rarely remembered by celebration and the style it so deserves when the national days of Scotland, Wales and Ireland are forced home with such vigour?  It appears that those who have least to celebrate seem to celebrate most! Perhaps us meek English have an inbuilt sense of pride that we live with each and every day of our lives.

Perhaps we English scorn and scoff at this kind of celebration as it only brings out one-day-a-year patriots? Perhaps our people have been brainwashed into believing that our past is so evil it is better forgotten. God knows they’ve tried to do that over the years!

Whatever we feel, or whatever way we live our lives, we must do more to ensure that our National Day and our Englishness is brought into the spotlight next year and in years to come.

This still rings as true today as it did twenty years ago. However to emphasise the two extremes experienced this year I provide details of events or non-events at both ends of the scale. Firstly, a very positive development with an event that took place in my home town of Calne, Wiltshire. Mr and Mrs Leaning, the landlords of the White Hart Hotel, a very popular pub in Calne put on their first medieval St George's Day celebration and it is hoped this becomes an annual event in the town’s calendar. Mrs Leaning was reported as saying “I bet nowhere in Wiltshire has done anything similar to this for St George's Day. It was great" and had been approached by " ... three different councillors ask(ing) me if we were going to do it again next year which is always a good sign".

The event took place on the town's Green, the White Hart bordering this, and included battles between knights of the realm, to ferret racing displays and a jester school for children. Almost 1,000 local people attended the six-hour event. A picture (courtesy of BP) of the White Hart, bedecked with English flags and a view of the event are below (for info - each year for the annual festival of remembrance, the White Hart displays large poppies in place of the English flags and this is also an unparalleled display in my experience).


So from a truly patriotic English experience to a disgraceful display of betrayal of it's people, by the West country English city council in Bristol! I do hope the English folk in Bristol remember this betrayal when it comes time to vote for their local representatives.

Bristol City Council allowed the national day to pass without a single event for the English patron saint, despite the city having a history dating back to 1222.

Council chiefs are reported as saying that as 91 different languages are spoken in the city it would be "... very difficult to commemorate them all". Apparently some in the area feel as though the English symbol has been hijacked by far-right groups and are concerned about being branded "racist". Mx Kalphna Woolf, founder of 91 Ways To Build A Global City, an organisation which aims to unite Bristol's "multi-cultural" communities, but obviously seeks to alienate and disenfranchise the English, said people can be frightened of the white and red St George's flag. She said "There was a point in the past when I'd see the St George's Day flag flying and it would frighten me, as it had been taken over by 'we are England' type groups". She added "But more and more that flag has been used to unite people in recent years and I am very pleased we live under that flag". This confused and deluded woman also said that when her father was in India, he fought for the British Army and had a real affinity with British culture (British, though, not English!).

I'm not sure how Mx Woolf manages to live in Bristol as presumably she never has to travel through the Bristol district of St George.

This politically-correct, left-wing madness has to stop and the English need to stand up and not be afraid to fly their flag or celebrate their day. As a member of the English Democrats, I shall be in Calne for the English celebration of St George in 2017, hope to see you there.


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