Friday 13 November 2009 Glasgow North East constituency
MP Willie Bain.... Now busy doing nothing? Today's news that Labour's Willie Bain has won the by-election in Glasgow North East is, for his new constituents, not much more than a total and very expensive irrelevance. For it is difficult to see exactly what Mr Bain, along with his fellow MPs who represent Scottish constituencies actually do for their constituents.
Since the early '70's when we entered the EU, the amount of UK legislation now being processed in Brussels has seen a huge decrease in the workload of an average MP at Westminster. And of course, in 1998, the Labour government introduced various devolution bills onto the statute - with the consequence that even more responsibilities were given to the newly created devolved administrations.
Wales and especially Scotland has been given wide ranging responsibilities for a large range of domestic portfolios. For example, Health, Education, Planning, Local Government, Transport and Culture have all been devolved to the responsibility of the Scottish Parliament.
It is an irrefutable fact that most constituency business and constituent enquiries are mainly concerned with these domestic issues - are now handled and processed by Scots MSPs based at Holyrood rather than their counterparts at Westminster.
So, if those very hardworking MSPs are doing the huge majority of real and relevant duties for their constituents, what do the Westminster MPs with Scottish constituencies now do to occupy their time?....
Monday 28 September 2009 Daily Politics studio, London.
English Democrats want to be 'English SNP'... English Democrats chairman Robin Tillbrook tells Anita Anand he wanted the party to be seen as 'English equivalent of the SNP or Plaid Cymru' during his interview on the Daily Politics last Friday......
English Democrats eye 120 seats The chairman of the English Democrats says his party will field at least 120 parliamentary candidates at the next general election.
Speaking ahead of the party's annual conference in Kent, Robin Tilbrook told the BBC the party wanted to "break through" into mainstream politics.
The party campaigns for an English Parliament and Mr Tilbrook said having one "wouldn't cost anything more"........ Read the full article here
Thursday 17 September 2009 England:
POWER TO THE PEOPLE? The Power 2010 commission is asking for suggestions on how we can improve our democratic process.
According to their website - POWER2010 gives you the chance to have a say in how our democracy works for us all. Do you want cleaner funding? Fairer voting? More accountability? You decide. Tell us your ideas for changing the way we run our country. Those with most support will become the POWER2010 Pledge - and help change Britain for the better.
POWER2010 has its roots in the Power Inquiry, which was established by the Rowntree Trusts in 2005 and undertook the biggest ever inquiry into the health of Britain's democracy.
This is your campaign - and we need your ideas.
So there you have it. Why not take up their offer? Why not suggest a full English Parliament with legislative powers at least as powerful as the Scottish model?
Remember - IF ENOUGH PEOPLE DEMAND AN ENGLISH PARLIAMENT THEN IT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THEIR POWER2010 PLEDGE.
"I have been a Labour voter all my life and would never vote BNP or UKIP but if an English Democrat stands for Election whether Council or General Election next time they will get my vote".- MS, wigan lancashire UK, 29/8/2009 10:00
Hurrah! Does he have a colleague who can come to Witney and stand for Parliament against our Dreadful Dave, the centre left 'Conservative' who legged it off to Africa while his constituency was being devastated by the worst floods ever recorded there, because he would rather desert his white, middle-class, taxpaying constituents than risk offending the Ruandans.
I'd vote for an English Democrat every day - and I bet a lot of other readers would, too.- pundit, oxfordshire england, 29/8/2009 9:52
"Perhaps there is still hope for this country if there are more people like Peter Davies". - Adrian, Reading, UK, 29/8/2009 10:17
"Mendalson watch out - your time has come - someone representing England is speaking and the people are rising up" - Sunshine, ex London, 29/8/2009 10:16
"We need someone like Peter Davies running the country.
What a breath of fresh air he is. He's cut back, which will save Doncaster a small fortune. And best of all, he's an honest, albeit, idealistic soul".- Nannette, London, 29/8/2009 10:16
i love this man !!!!!, get him into number 10 with immediate effect !!!!, get going my son get going !!- mike, durham, 29/8/2009 10:11
Hooray! What a refreshing change to hear about someone as forthright as Peter Davies and as practical. Good Luck Peter. - Alan G, Sudbury UK, 29/8/2009 10:11
Excellent work Mr. Davies. In years to come we will refer to the country's improvements as being the result of the Doncaster Effect.- Power to the People, Hinckley Leics., 29/8/2009 10:10
The people have spoken.
Thursday 30 July 2009 AN APPEAL FROM THE ENGLISH DEMOCRATS:
WANTED: YOUR OLD MOBILE PHONES TO HELP SAVE ENGLAND. Please donate your old phones to the English Democrats General Election Fund Appeal and help to save England.
HOW TO DONATE YOUR OLD MOBILE PHONES TO THE ENGLISH DEMOCRATS Click the link here or the ad below, enter your phone make and model number to find out how much your old phone is worth. Then decide what percentage of the phone's value you wish to donate to our cause, (anything up to 100%), enter your name and address and we'll do the rest!
You'll receive a freepost addressed envelope, just pop the phone(s) into the envelope and post it. The funds donated by you will help to pay for our General Election campaign.
Thankyou for your support.
Tuesday 7 July 2009 England
THE CANCEROUS CYNICISM OF GORDON BROWN AND NEW LABOUR In a document cynically entitled “Building Britain's Future” patients are to be given new right to see cancer specialist within two weeks.
Of course the Labour Government can only legislate for healthcare in England and has no jurisdiction in Gordon Brown’s and Alistair Darling’s home nation of Scotland.
Gordon Brown has no English electoral mandate to pass laws on England’s domestic policies, but England is the only country he is able to affect. This is because, perversely, devolution has removed his electoral mandate to influence domestic policies in Scotland. Healthcare, education, policing and other local matters are controlled by the Scottish Parliament.
Gordon Brown, and the rest of his cohorts in the cabalistic Cabinet cynically and glibly talk about “the NHS” when referring to England’s health service, and say “our country” when he means England not Britain.
The wool of the balaclava called ‘Britain’ is pulled over the eyes of the English people to blind them from seeing how they are being disadvantaged at every level when compared to their ‘fellow Brits,’ especially Gordon Brown’s own compatriots in Scotland.
Let’s examine the cynicism underpinning this announcement and other announcements about cancer patients in England.
1. Bowel cancer screening in England for people of 60 – 69 years of age, but in Scotland for people of 50 – 74 years old
2. Cervical cancer screening is routinely available for women of 20 years and over in N. Ireland, Scotland and Wales, but only available to women over the age of 25 in England.
3. There are 15 cancer drugs available on the NHS in Scotland that aren't available in England. These drugs have been approved by the Scottish Medicines Consortium, but have not been cleared by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) in England.
It has been argued that NICE should really be an acronym for ‘Not In Cheated England.’
4. From 1 April 2009, cancer patients in England have been eligible for free prescriptions.
So, casting a critical eye over these British-balaclava wool-pulling announcements made by a government led by a Scottish Prime Minister with no electoral mandate for healthcare anywhere in the risibly named United Kingdom, we can make the following analysis:-
For certain cancers English residents (voters, taxpayers) are ineligible for screening due to age discrimination, so the chances of certain cancers being missed are increased for English residents (voters, taxpayers).
If a cancer is missed through lack of screening, but an English resident (voter, taxpayer) later suspects he/she has cancer, he/she may now be referred to a specialist within two weeks, to confirm any suspicions.
Once a specialist has diagnosed cancer, an English resident (voter, taxpayer) may then be refused drugs to treat the cancer (that’s NICE).
However, no prescription charges will be levied on the newly diagnosed English resident (voter, taxpayer) cancer patient, so this same English resident (voter, taxpayer) cancer patient, will pay nothing for nothing.
Thursday 25 June 2009 TalkSport studios
George Galloway tells an Englishman he isn't actually English.... Last Friday night, English Democrats chairman Robin Tilbrook was interviewed by self appointed political genius, George Galloway. He then took a series of telephone calls from members of the public - and told one caller that despite being born in England - he couldn't actually be English.
Other bizarre Galloway claims included his assertion that there were no Regional Assemblies in England. He even stated that because the North East voted against them, they had all been disbanded. Robin corrected him, reminding him that there were actually eight unelected regional assemblies, full to the brim with placemen and Westminster flunkeys – all deeply undemocratic, all little more than organs of obedience to New Labour.
Galloway then stated that an English Parliament would mean ever more bureaucracy, more thieving politicians, more extortionate expense claims and a hell of a lot more cost. As an elected Westminster MP, you’d have thought he would have realised that over 70% of current legislative business at Westminster was exclusively English - but maybe he's too busy being a shockjock to notice? He couldn't grasp that an English Parliament would save money by effectively replacing the existing bloated overblown and corrupt Westminster model. A smaller English government would mean more cost effectiveness – and would be directly answerable to the English public.
Galloway then told us how he so disliked such trifles as nationalist political movements and petty parochial agendas. That all sounds a bit hollow – especially as he was one of the original signatories (along with Gordon Brown, Allistair Darling and Ming Campbell) of the ‘Scottish Claim of Right’ – a document which proclaimed –
We, gathered as the Scottish Constitutional Convention, do hereby acknowledge the sovereign right of the Scottish people to determine the form of Government best suited to their needs, and do hereby declare and pledge that in all our actions and deliberations their interests shall be paramount.
We further declare and pledge that our actions and deliberations shall be directed to the following ends:
To agree a scheme for an Assembly or Parliament for Scotland;
To mobilise Scottish opinion and ensure the approval of the Scottish people for that scheme; and
To assert the right of the Scottish people to secure implementation of that scheme.
So much for George’s sneering at petty nationalists...
But the most bizarre encounter of the night was between Galloway and a telephone caller some time later. We have copied part of the conversation below. In it, George tells the caller that he cannot be English – even though he was born in England because his parents were Polish Jewish exiles. I wonder what he thinks of people like Ian Wright, Boris Johnson and proud Scot, Hardeep Singh Kohli?
And does he actually realise that Scottish hero, Robert the Bruce was an Essex born boy of Norman extraction?
Anyway, below is the transcript of the conversation between Galloway and the caller called ‘Ed’
Galloway: “English Patriotism? Now we're onto what Dr Johnson called the last refuge of the scoundrel.... Just define what you mean by English patriotism for me will you?”
Telephone caller: “Well, English patriotism means I'm incredibly proud to be an Englishman although officially”....
Galloway: “Wha.... I mean.... You're an Englishman entirely by accident. It is entirely accidental that you're an Englishman, so what's to be proud about it?”
Telephone caller: “Why is it accidental?”
Galloway: “Well, it's accidental that your Mother and Father conceived you and gave birth to you on this little piece of rock, rather than say, somebody else’s little piece of rock”...
Telephone caller: “Well it's not actually because my parents were Polish Jews so they emigrated here”...
Galloway: “Well, your parents were Polish Jews, but you are a patriotic Englishman, you're blowing your bugle here, at me, telling me with that tinny, brassy note that you are incredibly proud to be an Englishman, though in fact, the fact that you're an Englishman is even more accidental than I knew when I made that point. Because, you're not actually an Englishman, I've got news for you Ed, you're not actually an Englishman, you're someone of Polish-Jewish extraction, who happened to be born in England!....... What's to be incredibly proud about that!”
Telephone caller: “George, I am an Englishman, I live in England, I was born in England and therefore, my nationality is English”....
We don't know whether the caller will want to pursue Mr Galloway with a potential claim under Section 3A (amended) of the 1976 Race Relations Act. But one thing is certain, his comments appear to be rather closer to the thoughts of Nick Griffin than an enlightened free thinker on the left of the political spectrum...
Wednesday 24 June 2009 Doncaster
The BBC interviews Mayor Peter Davies.. .
Friday 19 June 2009 MPs expenses published at last! (Sort of).
Redaction - what exactly does it mean? Wonderful thing, the English language.
It’s beauty and inherent strength is its flexibility – whatever you want to say, you can be sure that the English language has a word for it. That is why it’s the global tongue of choice.
Recently, a major landmark for the world’s lexicon was reached. “Web 2.0” has been declared the one millionth word in the English language. So you’d think there would be a suitable word to exactly describe any actions, deeds and thoughts you could wish for.
Well you’d be wrong.
Yesterday, after much stonewalling, prevarication and obfuscation, the Commons authorities finally released copies of MPs receipts – hundreds of thousands of them on the Parliament website. Well at last! Another win for democracy? Not quite.
If you scan the countless receipts for cheese sandwiches, paperclips, bath plugs, moat cleaning, mortgage payments and plasma televisions you will notice that vast swathes of the documents have been blacked out.
Of course, as the predictable backlash from the media and public gathered pace yesterday, Commons stalwarts – people like Labour’s Sir Stuart Bell were wheeled out to do their very familiar damage limitation exercises in most of the nation’s TV studios.
And as we watched, a new meaning for an old rarely used English word was being relentlessly repeated by the politicians. The words of choice were ‘Redacted', ‘Redaction’ and Redactor’. Apparently, according to the members, “The documents were released for publication after being redacted”.
“It was an act of redaction in order to get the documents published”
“Apparently the redaction was nothing to do with us – it was the Commons authorities who implemented the redaction” ....
But what exactly does ‘redact, redaction and redactor’ actually mean?
A quick look in our OED tells us –
Redact:vb. To compose or draft (an edict, proclamation, etc). To put a literary work into appropriate form for publication; edit....
So ‘redaction’ doesn’t actually mean the blacking out of huge amounts of potentially embarrassing information then? Nor does it mean trying to save face.... So why use it in the first place? Do MPs have shares in companies who produce black ink?...
I mean, with a million to choose from, there simply must be other words which will more suitably describe the hiding of dodgy information from us, the public – their ultimate employers. We’ve got a few suggestions which Sir Stuart Bell and company could use and which would make clearer exactly what is going on.... Just a quick browse through our Little Gem Collins pocket dictionary gives us, CENSORSHIP!
There, now we all know exactly what they mean.
Wednesday 17 June 2009 Wells, Somerset.
Harry Patch reaches a Nelson..... Yesterday, Englishman Harry Patch, the very last surviving Tommy of World War 1 celebrated his 111th birthday.
Harry is the noblest of men. Quiet, understated, modest - and as honest a man as could ever be imagined.
A son of Somerset, any gung-ho leader who wants to commit his armed services to a pointless bit of testosterone-fuelled grandstanding (like Blair and the illegal war in Iraq) should watch and listen to his haunting recollections of the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917 in the BBC series, Forgotten Voices of WW1.
In his slow, deep, West Country brogue, Harry recounted in detail the daily horror of living, fighting and dying in the bloody hell hole of a First World War trench. As he did so, tears streamed down his deeply lined face. Lost friends, lost ideals, lost hope. Any illusions that warfare was anything other than a desperate battle for survival using the basest of human instincts were quickly dispelled as he mournfully recounted the bloody consequences of the flawed decisions of no-talent politicians safely ensconced in their pumped up self importance. Another case of lions being led by blinkered donkeys....
Nothing is certain in England except death - and now even more taxes..... The latest government scam for filching even more cash - (around £12,000) from the pockets of people in England has been floated. It's a sort of insurance bond which older people can take out or commit to when they are well. Then, if they become frail or ill and have to be admitted into a care home then the policy kicks in and they get their residential care paid for by the state through their insurance bond.
A Government green paper on long-term care, contains a series of proposals to help cope with the growing demands of an ageing population. And despite fears the levy could be seen as a new stealth tax, Gordon Brown is understood to favour the idea.
The idea has been favourably received when put before selected focus groups - so much so that an estimated 80 per cent of people would choose to opt into a state insurance system for a premium of around £12,000. The consensus was that they would rather pay the cash than risk losing their homes, savings and ultimately their children's inheritance, if they develop a chronic disabling condition.
But would these focus groups by quite so enthusiastic about shelling out yet more of their hard earned cash if they knew that just up the M6, their contemporaries in Scotland get their residential care for free? (Courtesy of the Scottish Government, courtesy of the Barnett Formula, coutesy of the English taxpayer).....
It's yet another example of how the great 'Union dividend' works.
Some of the country's experts have completely ignored this anomaly and rushed to endorse the scheme - Stephen Burke, of the charity Counsel and Care (A charity apparently giving advice and information on care homes to older people, their relatives and carers across the UK) which estimates an inheritance tax levy could raise up to £2.9 billion, said it was the fairest way to spread the costs of an increasingly elderly population.
But how can it be fair if old people in Scotland get free residential care when everyone else doesn't? And don't you think it's about time that these experts start to actually tell it like it is instead of continuing to assist in the government's news manipulation?
Calman report urges: ‘Buy Scottish votes with English money’! Today’s Report from the “Commission on Scottish Devolution” shows the big three, Lib/Lab/Con, Unionist Parties ganging up against Nationalists. Sir Kenneth Calman, the Chancellor of the University of Glasgow urges that yet more English money should be used to bribe Scots to vote Unionist to try to block the Scottish National Party’s call for Scottish Independence.
English Democrats’ Chairman, Robin Tilbrook, said: “The Calman Commission’s Report gives us English a rare glimpse of Unionistic contempt for English interests. It also shows how U.K. politics is changing into a contest between Unionism and Nationalism. The Report confirms that Unionists regard England as just a cash cow to be milked to buy support from Scottish voters! English interests and protests are yet again to be ignored in the scramble for Unionist power in Scotland”.
Robin Tilbrook continued: “The Report’s approach is neither democratic nor proper and reflects a much more significant ideological corruption at the heart of Unionism than even its politicians’ expenses claims. Conservative support for this report also goes to prove that a Government under David Cameron would be just as hostile to English interests as Gordon Brown’s has been.”
English Democrats leader hails election success AMONG the many surprises to come out of the recent raft of countrywide elections the emergence of the English Democrats was one of the more unusual and interesting. (By Edmund Tobin)
Founded by Willingale resident Robin Tilbrook seven years ago, The English Democrats took the mayoralty in Doncaster and polled 279,801 votes in the European election- almost double their previous total.
A solicitor by trade, Mr Tilbrook formed the Democrats to campaign for an English parliament following the partial devolution of Scotland and Wales, and has been their chairman since formation.
He told the Guardian: ”I’d been active with the local Conservative party, then we had Scottish and Welsh devolution and I thought: ‘surely the Conservatives would want something similar?’ To my surprise they weren’t in the slightest bit interested.
“I think at the moment we have a badly thought out system. The Scottish are day-to-day domestically independent. The Government talks about being British in England, but in Scotland they’re perfectly happy to talk about issues for Scotland. They have free prescriptions for all in Scotland and Wales and no tuition fees.”
The English Democrats have achieved a number of high profile results in recent years.
TV host and former Sun columnist Gary Bushell stood for the party in south London at the last general election, and their candidate Peter Davies has now taken the elected mayor’s slot for Doncaster.
“We are very pleased with that,” said Mr Tilbrook. “The financial Times had an article headlined ‘The Boris of the north’ which said it was the most significant result on election day. Doncaster is the second largest mayoral authority after London.”
Mr Tilbrook, himself, stood for Epping Forest in the 2005 election and said he would probably do the same next time round.
As well as campaigning for an English parliament, Mr Tilbrook’s party also hopes to foster a growing patriotism for England.
But he said he had no truck with the British National Party adding: “The BNP would like you to think they are patriotic. On the doorstep when people find out they are not they are shocked. Their racial terms are straight out of Mein Kampf. They talk about a European homeland for the white race.”
Mr Tilbrook has lived in Willingale for ten years, having lived in Ongar for ten years prior to that.
He said he had a fondness for the Essex countryside adding: “We also have a record for causing trouble. Wat Tyler came from Essex.”
With his party continuing to grow, Mr Tilbrook has found himself increasingly occupied recently, but he still finds time for walks and his family.
He said his new aim was for success at the next general election.
Wednesday 10 June 2009 The Number 10 bunker
Gordon Brown - another fag packet idea... He's at it again. Gordon's got yet another big new idea - and this time it's constitutional. The buzzwords in the corridors of Westminster are not 'Education, Education, Education', nor are they 'Hard working families' - no, now it's all about 'Reform, Reform, Reform' (but not too much, obviously).
The Labour-built British constitutional camel, 10 years old and growing extra lumps by the day is the target of the PM's ire. And far from claiming to be one of the architects of the plan (as indeed he was), Mr Brown is doing his usual 'it wasn't me guv - it was the Americans' line of defence. For Gordon Brown is one of those people who thinks 'Mea Culpa' is a brand of Italian mayonnaise.
Anyway, Mr Brown wants a fairer election system. PR has been mentioned and also reforming the Lords into an elected second chamber. That old chestnut has been retrieved from the long grass where Tony Blair kicked it several years ago. If you can remember that far back, the commitment to change the Lords from a privileged club for the very few to something much more democratic was made in Labour's manifesto in 1997.
Unfortunately, it is still a privileged club for the very few - the difference being that the club is now stuffed with Labour placemen - Mandelson and Sugar are the latest to be given the ermine. There are now seven members of the House of Lords in Brown's cabinet of all the talents - all unelected by the people - all handpicked by Labour Prime Ministers.
Of course, Mr Brown will ignore the greatest crime against democracy of the past decade - and that's the continued democratic emasculation of the people of England. No national administration for us, no reinstatement of our own English Parliament after 300 of stasis, no acknowledgement that the English have been parked in the democratic twilight zone while Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland continue to bathe in representational overload.
Let's get one thing clear; until Mr Brown, Mr Cameron and Mr Clegg commit to finally restoring national democracy to 50 million people, there can be no electoral justice. Not today, not tomorrow, not ever.
No amount of deck chair rearrangement can hide the fact that England is still the only country in Europe without a national parliament. That is not democracy in action - That is a shameful indictment of our fraudulent democratic system and the dodgy tactics of a morally bankrupt political elite.
Tuesday 9 June 2009 England
The English Democrats - cheaply and very cheerfully putting England first! Our EU Election results show we doubled our 2004 vote, to 279,801 votes (an average of 2.1%). We are now indisputably the 7th largest party in England (in only our 7th year of existence!). We are also top of the 2nd Division! In Dartford, where we have the beginnings of a very active team, we came 4th with over 10.33%.
We only delivered just over half a million leaflets, most of these by the hands of our hard working volunteers, to whom much thanks, while the TV, radio and British national newspapers barely mentioned us, to whom no thanks!
Campaigning in the EU elections has cost us a total of £35,524 - which means that we have spent less than 13 pence per vote, making us not only cheerful for what we could have achieved if we had both more money and fair coverage from the broadcast media and British national press, but also that we are far, far cheaper per vote than any other serious political party!
Taken with our Doncaster Mayoral success, we have good cause to hope that: 'the future's bright, the future's Red and white!'
Looking at the broader nationalist picture: in Wales, Plaid Cymru, got 126,702; and in Scotland, the SNP got 321,007; giving us a total Democratic Nationalist vote, in Great Britain, of 727,510.
The word is spreading - a few messages of support received over the last few days.. 'Splendid website, it's about time we put forward champions to promote our way of life- from an English perspective'. Mr M, Hampshire
'I have read your manifesto and wholeheartedly agree with your policies and I wish you every success in your campaign to give me my country back. Best Wishes' Linda, Newcastle upon Tyne.
'I saw your party political broadcast yesterday and was impressed. I have been looking for someone, somewhere, who puts England first and am so tired of the Scottish mafia in Parliament. Do you have any candidates in this area?' Ms V, England.
'Where can i get some posters to put in my window. i wont be voting labour again. been labour all my life i can't take any more of them' Gary, Essex.
Please send me details on joining the party. Also who is standing iin Suffolk for MEP. and if i can help in any way i.e leaflet posting door to door. many thanks, Mr H, Suffolk.
'After having watched the party broadcast this evening, I have to say that I was really enthused by many of the issues raised. After years of feeling completely frustrated by the grey feeling that I got from politics, this was like a breath of fresh air.' Mr B, England;
'After weeks of comparative depression and thoughts of voting UKIP in the absence of any other avenue of escape from the bunch of lunatics currently roaming unfettered through Westminster, I was immensely interested in your PPB this evening on the BBC'. Mr H, Surrey.
'May I say it\'s about time!
Please continue the good work and please, please grow and win seats'. Mike, Berkshire.
'Please count on my support for your party. I have just heard the Party Political Broadcast and was extremely impressed. I now know who I shall be voting for on 4 June. It was a breath of fresh air after the events of the past few weeksand I look forward to working towards a fairer and brighter England. We are a great country and I agree, we should fly our flag whenever possible'. Sue, Cheshire.
'What a great PPB. We need an alternative to the dire existing parties and support for Englishness (without the racism of the BNP)' Mr H, Wiltshire.
English Democrats mayoral candidate Peter Davies wins in Doncaster! The good people of Doncaster have today elected the country's first English Democrats mayor. Labour and Tory candidates eliminated after first round. Davies wins after second round count.
Peter Davies 25,344 - Mick Maye 24,990
As a true Englishman, Davies celebrated his victory with a pint of foaming nut-brown ale....
Party chair Robin Tilbrook congratulated Peter on his spectacular triumph. "Peter has done fantastically well, he's fought a great campaign on the issues that really matter. This is not only a great result for the people of Doncaster - it's a great result for the people of England, too! Peter is now truly the Boris Johnson of the north."
Full result after first round
Peter Davies (English Democrats) 16961
Stuart Exelby (Community Group) 2152
Michael Felse (Independent) 2051
Sandra Holland (Labour) 16549
Mick Maye (Independent) 17150
Dave Owen (BNP) 8175
Jonathan Wood (Conservative) 12198
Friday 5 June 2009 The Media World
The media conspiracy continues... Scanning today’s Daily Mail, we noticed a report about the cost of tuition fees - and how they are putting off working class kids from going onto University education. Upon reading the story, it became obvious that the sub-editor’s red pen had been at work – for nowhere within the report did they mention the ‘E’ word, preferring to give the impression that this story concerns all working class students across the UK – it doesn’t.
Thanks to Scots MPs voting through tuition fee legislation in 2006 - legislation which incidentally does not affect their own constituents, the problem of kids being put off from going to university because of cost is a uniquely English phenomenon. So, in the interests of balance, we have inserted the missing words that the sub-editor may have red-lined, giving you a more realistic appraisal of the story. (Our additions are in bold and are bracketed).
From today's Daily Mail....
TOO POOR FOR UNIVERSITY: TUITION FEES ARE PUTTING OFF WORKING CLASS STUDENTS, by Laura Clarke
The proportion of (English) working class students going to university has dropped since tuition fees (in England) were brought in (thanks in part to Scottish Labour MPs voting the bill through in 2006).
Students from (English) working-class families are taking a smaller share of places at university after the introduction of £3,000-a-year tuition charges in 2006 (thanks in part to Scottish Labour MPs voting the bill through in 2006).
And nearly a quarter of all students (from England) are failing to finish the courses they start despite a £1billion crackdown on the university drop-out toll, university league tables showed yesterday.
Student leaders (from English branches of the Students Union) blamed tuition charges for the figures, and demanded a radical shake-up of university funding.
Universities Secretary (for England) John Denham admitted he was ‘ disappointed’ by the drop in the proportion of (English) working-class entrants from 29.8 per cent in 2006 to 29.4 per cent the following year. (In a letter to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), he blamed poor teaching for the rise in the number of (English) students failing to finish their first year at university and warned that (English) institutions with high drop- out rates would in future be ‘named and shamed’.
Mr Denham’s remarks drew an immediate backlash from lecturers, who accused him of an ‘outrageous’ attempt to deflect attention from rising student debt levels and class sizes. Yesterday’s tables (on English universities) show the dropout toll has risen to more than 70,000 a year even though £1billion over eight years has been earmarked to help (English) universities keep students on courses, for instance through pastoral schemes and personalised teaching.
Figures published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency reveal that 22.7 per cent of (English) students will fail to complete courses started in 2006. This compares with 22.6 per cent who began their courses in 2005. The toll is worst among (English) students with the lowest entry qualifications and at new universities, which take the lion’s share of so-called ‘nontraditional’ students.
Some former polytechnics are losing almost half their students every year. The figures dismayed ministers who have set a target for 50 per cent of young people (from England) to attend university (in England), up from 43 per cent currently.
In a letter to funding chiefs Mr Denham said: ‘No doubt there will be a number of factors to explain why certain institutions have particularly low retention rates. ‘However it seems likely that the quality of teaching and the student experience (at English universities) will be an important component.’
Sally Hunt, general secretary of the University and College Union, said: ‘I am outraged and astonished that the minister is trying to suggest that the reason for an increase in dropouts is down to poor teaching.’
National Union of Students president Wes Streeting said: ‘ Topup fees are leaving a generation of (English) students in unprecedented levels of debt.
‘If the cap of £3,000 were to be raised (on the students of England), many more (English) people from poorer backgrounds (in England) would be forced to conclude that they simply cannot afford to go to university (in England - or indeed Scotland) at all.’
NOTE: We tried to contact the Students Union to ask about the whole issue of tuition fees for English students - they declined to comment.
Thursday 4 June 2009 ENGLAND
Why you should vote English Democrats today! As Tony Blair once told us, the Barnett Formula is a price worth paying to preserve the union. Implemented by the Labour Party in the 1970's - and supported by the Tories and the LibDems ever since, it ensures that the average English citizen continues to languish at the bottom of the per-head spending league in the UK.
Today, tomorrow, the next day and the day after that, people in England are suffering - whether it's the denial of cancer drugs on the NHS, the ever-rising costs of prescriptions, the continued imposition of tuition fees on our students, or residential care charges on our old people.. Add to that England’s continued piecemeal break-up into Euro regions and you can see that the very existence of England is under threat. Voting UKIP or anyone else will not stop that process one jot because Brown, Cameron and Clegg will only recognise it as a protest vote. They will not recognise it as an English protest vote.
Predictably, the opportunist Gordon Brown is making a play in his new role of being the great constitutional innovator. Rest easy everyone, the Keynsian-Galbraithian financial guru has finished saving the world's financial markets and morphed into the Knoxian-Manseian reforming wonder boy – and is on the constitutional case. The far-seeing Prime Minister for fairness feels our pain, our anger, our emasculation and is going to do something about it.
One thing however you can bet your maxed out mortgage on, the new constitutional proposals will never include a parliament for England. No national empowerment for the 50 million. Not from Labour, the Tories, LibDems, Greens, UKIP, BNP, Socialist Labour Party, the Jury Team or Libertas...
The only party which is English-centric, which will put the needs of people in England before all other considerations is the English Democrats. A vote for the English Democrats is truly a vote for England and English rights. We above all are identified as a single issue party - and our single issue is ENGLAND. We above all can give the establishment parties a real shock – and get them concentrating on the real constitutional job in hand. The reinstatement of an English Parliament.
During the past 5 years, every single poll showing an increase in demand for a parliament for England – sometimes reaching over 60% in favour has been met with a contemptuous stonewalling by Brown, Cameron and Kennedy/Ming/Cable/Clegg. Understand this, the only result they comprehend is the one at the ballot box.
This is the opportunity. This is the time to make your vote really count. Miss it – and let the establishment get away with foisting a faux constitutional fix on us and it may be another generation before another constitutional window opens again.
You must not miss this opportunity to effect real and radical change for England. Remember, you are not only voting for the English Democrats, you are voting for England and the rights of 50 million people.
VOTE ENGLISH DEMOCRATS TODAY!
Wednesday 3 June 2009 Blighty
An open letter to President Sarkozy by Paul Adams
I write in disgust to president Sarkozy’s comments concerning the D day commemorations. Sarkozy’s remarks that D day was primarily a Franco-American affair, shows that this man is not fit to lead France . It also shows Sarkozy has no grasp of history.
Of the 156,000 troops landed on Omaha, Utah, (American) Juno, Gold and Sword (British and Dominion, primarily Canadian) beaches 73,000 were American and 83,115 were under British command including a contingent of 900 free French under the command of general Leclerc.
‘D’ day itself was not, noticeably, a primarily Franco-American affair. The largest military contingent was from Britain and the commonwealth. (taken from Cicero ’s songs).
No one in their right mind thinks that such wars should be allowed to happen or that dictators should be able to take power in any country and threaten other countries. When those troops landed on the Normandy beaches on 6th June 1944, none of us can begin to imagine what they had to endure. The purpose of the operation was to free Europe from a mad dog called Hitler. For that they deserve our respect and thanks, nothing less is acceptable. Gordon brown should make that known to the ignorant president Sarkozy.
Tuesday 2 June 2009 England
English 'lose out to rest of UK' from the BBC news website.... England is missing out on EU funding at the expense of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, the chairman of the English Democrats has argued.
Robin Tilbrook said England was paying billions of pounds into the EU, but very little was coming back - which he said made his party "Eurosceptic".
The UK's political system meant the English were not represented, he added.
Mr Tilbrook said: "That's why we say we ought to have a party that is putting England first."
The English Democrats are campaigning for a parliament and first minister for England to redress what it says is the democratic imbalance caused by devolution.
Mr Tilbrook said a failure by the UK government to speak up for England meant that English people were being short changed.
"What we're saying is that the politicians that we've got ought to be more answerable to the people for whom they're actually taking decisions," he added.
"Quite a lot of extra money is being spent in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and not in England -- even where the area of England in question might be poorer than most."
Mr Tilbrook said that English Democrats canvassers had had a good reception from voters, and added that the European Parliament campaign had helped the party identify supporters whom it would target at the next general election.
Friday 29 May 2009 Letters page, The Independent
Turkeys decide not to vote for Christmas.. There is an effusion of platitudes being spouted by our discredited MPs about "returning power to the people" and making the "political elite accountable to citizens". Two words will make these people revert to their self-serving type: "English Parliament".
The only reason Westminster MPs oppose an English Parliament is because it would put them all out of a job, just as the Scottish Parliament has made them all redundant in Scotland. The MPs with the smallest workload are those in Scotland, but many claim the largest expenses. We need an immediate general election, then parliaments for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, to make us equal to the Scots. The UK Parliament can then be vastly reduced in the number of MPs, and funded by the devolved parliaments in a truly federal system. Stephen Gash, Carlisle
Wednesday 27 May 2009 The Westminster glasshouse...
The fog of transparency Conservative and Unionist Party leader David Cameron has suggested that the current debacle surrounding MPs’ expenses is a danger to democracy and has called for “transparency” on claims made upon the taxpayer by MPs for essential expenditure.
Millions of people in England now consider themselves to be “robbed” by their elected parliamentary representatives. Many more consider themselves to have been "robbed" twice by MPs sitting in English constituencies.
Not only are English taxes filling MPs’ boots all over the UK, but MPs in England make sure that people in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland receive more public spending per person than those in England by virtue of the Barnett Formula.
We have to ask, what use are UK MPs to English voters?
It is not just MPs’ expenses that need transparency. The system of subsidies, allocation of public sector jobs, tendering of public contracts as well as the Barnett Formula all need clarifying. In many ways the Barnett Formula is just the tip of the iceberg sinking England.
David Cameron says democracy is damaged by the current expenses scandal. English democracy has not only been damaged, it is being systematically destroyed since devolution. Unelected regional quangos now control much of English domestic policy, such as planning, policing and healthcare. Democracy must be restored with an English Parliament being established with the same powers as those of the Scottish Parliament.
Wales and N. Irleand should also have their assemblies upgraded to full parliaments. All four devolved parliaments must then have total fiscal and spending control, and any shortfalls made up from UK central government, in a fully federal system. Naturally, the UK Parliament would be vastly reduced in the number of MPs, therefore pleasing taxpayers.
These are the only measures that can now restore the electorate’s confidence in politicians and the democratic process, not only in England, but the whole of the UK.
If anything can save Labour, Conservatives and Liberal Democrats it is support for the establishment of an English Parliament and each of those parties needs to wake up, smell the coffee and actually listen to the majority of English opinion very quickly - or face oblivion.
Wednesday 20 May 2009 WESTMINSTER, LONDON
The scandal of Westminster... The recent revelations concerning 'honourable members' and their expansive expenses claims have shown the House of Commons up for what it truly is - a festering den of inequity. There is no doubt that the 'everyday story of greedy, arrogant and vacuous MP folk' has shamed our supposedly democratic process more than ever before. But to be honest, it's just the tip of an iceberg the size of a giant white elephant.
The House of Commons is no longer representative of our democratic process. It no longer represents 'the people' and is now little more than a club for failed lawyers and apprentice dictators. Devolved government has seen democratic representation double for the average citizen of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland while in England we seem to be ruled by a system of back room deals in smoke filled rooms. Our democratic representation is a UK MP more interested in claiming for dubious expenses rather than in representing us - helped by a myriad of unelected Labour-poodled regional quangos.
With the advent of selective devolution in the late nineties (that means everyone but England), MPs from Northern Ireland, Wales and especially Scotland now have little to do in their own constituencies. For example, the Health, Education, Planning, Transport, Local Government and Culture portfolios have all been devolved to the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood. So when a constituent of Gordon Brown has a problem about his delayed hospital appointment, he will go and see his MSP because Gordon Brown has absolutely no influence on health matters in his own constituency. And most constituent's concerns are local to them - like Education, Planning, Health, etc, etc...
So now we've proved that there's not much to do in constituencies in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.... so just what does your average Scots, Welsh and Northern Irish MP actually do to fill their time?
Answer: Meddle in purely English affairs, of course! Over 70% of all parliamentary time at Westminster is taken up with English only legislation. So, thanks to the voting patterns of Scots, Welsh and Irish MPs, England and only England has the following -
Foundation Hospitals
University tuition fees for our students
Ever rising prescription charges
New school leaving age of 19
System of SATS testing in English schools
Compulsive voluntary work for young people
Smoking ban coming in later than every other country in the UK
Super-fast planning laws which will enable the government to build anything they wish (including nuclear power stations and massive new housing estates anywhere in England).
It is plain to see there is no one fighting our corner. No one is acting for England at Westminster. Remember, on domestic affairs like education, health and transport, Gordon Brown is in effect England's First Minister. A man with no mandate from the people of England - and that isn't just undemocratic, it's dictatorial.
We in England need our own parliament just like every other democracy in the world. An English Parliament will mean smaller government, less cost and more accountability. It’s called democracy.
Monday 18 May 2009 ENGLAND
Our Party Political Broadcast - 18/5/09..
Monday 18 May 2009 TV land....
English Democrats Party Political Broadcast. TODAY'S THE DAY....Monday 18th May
It's a truly historic day when our message is broadcast to the whole population of England. Our party political broadcast is going out on the three main terrestrial channels tonight (check below for timing details). Be sure to tune in and watch the first English nationalist party political broadcast.
English Democrats' party election broadcast:-
Broadcast Date & Times
Monday 18th May - BBC2 17:55 / ITV1 18.25 / BBC1 18:55
Monday 18 May 2009 England - the democracy free zone...
Spot the odd country out...
Sunday 10 May 2009 Somewhere in England....
We're all equal, aren't we?...
Wednesday 6 May 2009 PARTY ROUND AT ALEX'S HOUSE....
Happy birthday devolution, happy birthday to you.. Hoorah!!!! Today is the 10th anniversary of devolution, so they'll be having a party in Scotland and Wales!!! (but who will be paying for it?).
It was on this day, 10 years ago that voters in Scotland and Wales put an 'X' in the box - and in doing so, confirmed their hard won national democratic credentials by voting in their very own First Minister and their very own national legislature.
Excuse me while I refuse the trifle, jellies, paper hat and party bag - but I'm just not in the party mood at the moment. Come to think of it, I haven't even received an invite to the devolution party yet. Maybe it'll be in the next post. Or more likely it won't. For me, along with the entire adult population of England have yet to be invited to the devolution party.
The grotesque unfairness of New Labour's devolution programme has over the past 10 years sown the seeds for discord, mistrust and disintegration within the union. Thanks to New Labour, 85% of the UK population are without any national voice. Thanks to New Labour, England is now the only country in Europe without a national legislature.
How shameful an indictment is that - especially when our defacto First Minister, no-mandate-man, Gordon Brown makes such a big deal on Britain being the natural home of fairness....
If you want a national parliament for England (the oldest nation state in Europe), then vote ENGLISH DEMOCRATS on June 4th. After all, I seem to remember a watery eyed Tony Blair telling us that the real dividend for invading Iraq was to bring democracy to millions of Iraqis - what a pity he didn't feel the need to bring his democratic zeal closer to home......
Tuesday 5 May 2009 English School in England
Gordon poking his nose in again...
Amazing isn't it? Gordon simply cannot tell the difference between England and Britain, can he? Listen to what he actually says!
Last week, the Yorkshire town of Scarborough on England’s windswept east coast was named as the most English town in the country. And congratulations to them! Scarborough has displayed all the positive English characteristics for which we are rightly proud of. But maybe that's part of the problem. Maybe Westminster politicians abuse our stoicism, patience and politeness to further their own agendas - and in the case of Gordon Brown, to further his native country's prospects at the expense of ours!
Scarborough is just another one of those windswept towns, clinging on for dear life on the saucer edge of the raging North Sea. It’s one in a chain-link line of similar towns along the eastern seaboard of the UK which includes Whitby, Hornsea, Great Yarmouth and St Andrews, all united together in the eternal struggle to keep the sea out and the towns’ inhabitants feet dry.
Except, it’s not really a united front, is it? All those towns apart from St Andrews are in England. All those towns in England along with most of the low lying coastlines of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex are at risk from being swamped by the turbulent and ever encroaching waters of the North Sea.
The reason is money. Last year, Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond made a major announcement to commit millions of pounds of new money towards refurbishing and renewing Scotland’s coastal defences. Salmond’s message was uncompromising and blunt. If sea levels were going to rise, then he would ensure Scottish coastal defences would be up to the job, just like every other European country with a North Sea coastline....
Except for England, naturally.
Oh yes, in today’s England, as with so many other aspects of our lives, it’s a bit of a different story. As we don’t have a national government or our own First Minister other than no-mandate-man Gordon Brown, our national imperatives tend to get kicked into the longest of long grass. It’s been left to mature Harry Potter lookalike Hillary Benn, the man from the Environment Ministry to tell those folk living on the east coast of England that their property wasn’t worth saving.
England’s east coast sea defences, already broken and battered by years of government indifference and budget cuts are to be allowed to disintegrate under the relentless heaving seas of the North Sea. Water will be allowed to pore in, swallowing up thousands of acres of prime English farmland. Low clay cliffs will continue to crumble, houses, gardens and ancient communities will be continue to be allowed to tip into the briny.
Obviously the Labour, Tory and Lib Dem English MPs will continue to say nothing. Obviously those English people living those precarious existences will continue to lose their property, their land and their sanity...
Only the English Democrats have pledged to rebuild, renew and repair England’s east coast sea defences. With a dedicated programme of coastal defence renewal, we will stop the continued erosion of our lands.... DEAD.
Tuesday 28 April 2009 Number 10 bunker
GORDON, TIME TO GET YOUR COAT.... In the words of Oliver Cromwell, 'You have sat too long for any good you have been doing lately ... Depart, I say; and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!'
And apart from that, you are completely rubbish!
Go on, do something superb today, sign the petition -
'We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to resign'.
Amen to that!
And while you're signing, just remember all the damage Gordon Brown and New Labour has done to England. Consider how our citizens have been bled dry in order to keep Brown's fellow countrymen in the state sponsored nirvana that they have become accostomed to. Consider the appalling plans to build on huge areas of pristine English countryside. Millions of houses and huge infrastructure developments will leave the oldest democracy in Europe with the world's biggest single housing estate.
And how will this be delivered? Via the new (English-only) Planning Laws of course! Remember also that governement appointed quangos, (lackeys by any other name) will be able to impose the will of the Cabinet over and above local objections by simply quoting 'for the common good' ...
And then there is Brown's financial incompetence. Mr Prudence has been shown to be nothing more than a spiv in a zoot suit.
No moral compass, no mandate authority, no bloody idea! GO NOW!!
Monday 27 April 2009 The Piggery, Westminster
MPs Expenses - a piggy tale of wanton greed... The disgraceful revelations concerning Westminster MPs expense claims has left politics and politicians just about as popular as a double glazing salesman with tourette's syndrome.
According to the (anything goes) rules, it appears that just about anything can be claimed on expenses. Pornography, food, stamp duty, more porno, plasma TVs to watch the porno on, holiday homes overseas, groceries to eat while the porno is watched, bath plugs, baths to go with the plugs so you can have a soak after watching the porn...... etc, etc, etc.
We wonder just what is not allowed to be claimed according to 'the rules'..
Enough is enough. Something has got to be done - and it's not Gordon Brown's flawed 'daily allowance' solution. MPs are paid to do a job. That job means attending Westminster a few days a week - something they are already paid to do.
A solution can only be found if the problem is looked at in the round. The question of expenses seems to revolve around the second homes allowance - and it is that which needs sorting. The job of an MP is to represent their constituents, not to trouser God knows how many wads of taxpayers hard earned. Finding a pad in London in which to stay should be a means to an end and not a cash cow.
Perhaps, instead of filling their boots with our tax-free cash, MPs should look around to see how other industries manage their expense issues - and at how the tax man views those claims (mostly with a fine toothed comb and a cynical eye).
Or maybe we should all be claiming for free porn?
Thursday 16 April 2009 GREEN & PLEASANT ENGLAND
It’s that time of year again.... “What time of year is that then?” I hear you ask.
Well it isn’t listening for the first call of the returning Cuckoo. Nor is it wondering why you didn’t put a few quid on the 100 – 1 shot which has just won the Grand National...
No, as we are in the middle of April, now is the time when all those Islington liberal hand-wringers stop scanning the Guardian job-opps’ pages to tell us English people that it is 'OK' to celebrate being English.
That come April 23rd, it will be OK to wave the flag of St George (as long as it isn’t too big, obviously). And by doing so, reclaim it from those nasty extremists who apparently nicked it from under our noses while we were all watching an episode of EastEnders in 1985. Wave that flag and rejoice. Pronounce to the world that St George really was a pretty cool guy after all.
Thanks for that. But we in the English nationalist community already know what it means to be English – and far from being just ‘OK’ it is....... bloody amazing!
But what it does show is that the Establishment are a worried butch of Tofu eaters right now. Because year-on-year, more and more of them are declaring themselves English – and that Englishness is no longer to be put in the same bracket as child molesting, treason and liking episodes of Benny Hill on UK Gold. Is it a bandwagon effect? Is Englishness the latest ‘must-have accessory’? Or are 'they' beginning to realise that the people of England have had enough of being told what to think, what to believe and what to call ourselves?
Amazingly, we’ve even had Labour attack Chihuahua Hazel Blears telling us all to wear a red rose in our lapels on St George’s Day – although, personally, I think she has a bit of an ulterior motive as Labour’s symbol of recent years has also been England’s national flower.
Anyway, the great day is little more than a week away and we, here in the English Democrats Editorial Office would like to see your photos, your stories and what you did to celebrate YOUR day. Please send your submissions to us care of the Contacts Page.
For God, Harry and St George!!!
Wednesday 15 April 2009 ENGLAND
NEW NUKES IN OLD ENGLAND.... List of 11 new nuclear sites released by HMG today..... 10 of the 11 sites are in England, the third most densely populated country in the world!
Solitary token site announced in Wyfla north Wales, but due to vociferous local opposition from Welsh nationalists, it is expected that this power station will never be built.
HOWEVER, due to the passing of the new English-only Planning Bill last winter, local opposition in England will not be allowed to deflect the government from their new-build zeal. That Planning Bill was obviously shepherded through parliament by the ‘Aye’ votes of Welsh, Northern Irish and especially Scottish Labour MPs.
Within that Planning Bill is a mantra enshrined and defined which can be rolled out whenever a tricky and unpopular kind of building development is about to be unleashed upon the English public.... And that mantra is... 'For the common good'... It means 'for the common good of the people of the whole of the UK at the expense of the English' as defined by this shabby outfit.
Yet again, England is left, bereft of any national representation. Yet again, it is England's few remaining green spaces which will bear the brunt of this massive round of toxic new-builds..
And yet again, during the winter parliamentary session, it will be Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish MPs who will 'legitimise' this process when they nod it through.....So that's alright then.
And as for all those of you who believe that English local planners still have the power to reject the planning permission of big-shot foreign energy companies, think again. This extract taken from the super friendly Office of Nuclear Development website...
'Developers may apply to the Infrastructure Planning Commission (an independent body set up to decide on planning applications for projects of national significance) for development consent for those sites which are found to be strategically suitable in the Nuclear NPS. Before a developer applies for permission it has to consult relevant Local Authorities and local communities'.
For those who don't know, the Infrastructure Planning Commission is a government appointed quango of yes-monkeys each with a wad of government cash in one hand and a rubber stamp in the other. They have the power to impose anything Gordon Brown wants, anywhere in England – and as they have all been hand-picked to do as they’re told, England should be glowing a nuclear kind of puce by the year 2030.....
Oh....... and just in case you were wondering where all the toxic nuclear waste is going to be buried?
Got it in one! beneath the green sward of the Lake District...... William Wordsworth will be pleased.
Thursday 18 December 2008 Gordon Brown's mirror...
