Kent Online displays its ignorance and trivialises the English Parliament issue by claiming it's got us "hot under the stiff upper lip" (surely that's "British"?!) and allowing the final say in its quoted comments to go to somebody with no grasp of the facts at all:
Robbie Craig from Dungeness, said: “ The only point of new government tiers is if they increase the accountability of politicians and bring important decisions closer to the electorate. An English Parliament would not do that.
“Better to have regional government and local government with real power.”
What is the gentleman on about? Non-accountable Scottish MPs, including our Prime Minister, rule us!
Surely the internal government of England should be decided by the electorate in England? All that was on offer was tinpot regional assemblies, which still allowed non-accountable MPs to decide crucial national issues pertaining to England. And health apartheid and the West Lothian Question are running absolutely rampant.
Don't get me wrong, a cross section of opinion is inportant, but the final paragraphs of an article carry great weight. Shame on you, Samantha Payne and Kent Online!
Meanwhile, Stuart Wheeler has lost his case to stop the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty - and even whilst the matter was sub-judice, the arrogant UK Government, headed by no mandate Prime Minister Gordon Brown and including non-objective beneficiaries of the EU Pension Fund like Neil Kinnock, went ahead with discussing and voting on the matter, and the Queen gave it royal assent!
Another bad day for democracy - and one which casts doubt on the honesty of our legal system.
My only comfort is that in the long term dictatorships never prosper. But I shudder at the thought of the damage that will be done before the downfall of this one.
UPDATE: Stuart Wheeler to appeal! Well done that man! He is speaking for an awful lot of people!
This blog is not right wing or left wing. It is old style Socialist, true Socialist, and simply points out the facts regarding asymmetric national devolution, which is based on Edward Lhuyd's 1707 'Celtic' labelling of certain languages and historical revisionism, and how it disadvantages ALL people in the largest and most ethnically diverse UK country of all - England.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Tesco, Sainsbury's, Co-op and Asda Scottish Bias - A Polish View
Asda - anti-English, Scottish exalting labelling - also at Tesco, Sainsbury's and the Co-op.I was discussing the major supermarkets' anti-English bias with my Polish neighbour this morning. She creased her brow in puzzlement: "This makes me curious. Scottish labels and British labels? What are the Scots if they are not British? Where are they from?"
BBC Wales: Dr Who Turns Anti-English - Update
OH NO! IT'S THE DALEKS! They're almost as bad as the English...I noticed a few years ago that the revived Dr Who, made from the beginning by the BBC in London, was being made by BBC Wales - the main mover and shaker being one Russell T Davies. And now it seems anti-English bigotry is creeping in. Wonko writes on the CEP News Blog:
Tonight’s episode of Dr Who, broadcast on BBC1, had a scene which portrayed the English as racists, likening them to the Nazi’s.
The scene in question shows an Italian family being loaded into the back of a truck to be taken to a forced labour camp. The Italian man says “you know how it is, England for the English” and one of the other characters then made a reference to Nazi forced labour camps.
Dr Who is made by BBC Wales and the actor playing Dr Who is a Scot. Throughout the series and in previous series, they have been consistent in their use of “Britain” and “British”. I don’t recall hearing “England” or “English” used once in this series
I don't watch modern day telly, myself but I have heard of a recent Dr Who adventure featuring a certain Mr Saxon, who turned out to be a complete bastard. Was this, I wondered, based on the Welsh fantasy that they are Celts and the English are Anglo Saxons?
As it is, in my view, England is the most cosmopolitan and least racist of all the UK nations. Dr Who has been captured by the Little Waleans!
Read the CEP post here.
UPDATE: CEP Bucks visualises the scenario with the Dr Who production team at BBC Wales as they seek to tarnish the English image, even going so far as to misquote an old book title - which is what they appear to have done. "England For The English" should read "Britain For The British". But as with most Welsh and Scots anti-English racism, England is always specified if something negative is being inferred. They must leave themselves blameless.
Here's CEP Bucks:
I imagine a room somewhere in BBC Wales......
"how about "British Jobs for British People"?... No, that wouldn't work, the author is Scottish...OK, how about "Britain for the British"? It was the title of a book written in 1902 by a socialist and was adopted as a theme by the then fledgling Labour Party. It was also a popular theme for the National Front in the 1970s and is commonly used by the BNP today....No, that wouldn't work either, because it includes Scots and Welsh. We've got to think of a way to slag off the English whilst leaving the Welsh and the Scots squeaky clean....I know, how about we change the word "Britain" for "England" and then change "British" for "English"? So, it becomes "England for the English"! ...
Brilliant! That way we can liable the English and leave a subliminal message in the minds of the viewer...
Read it all here.
Monday, June 23, 2008
"Britishness" Foisted On English Schools By UK Government
Of course, "Britishness" suits Gordon Brown down to the ground. He is fearful that the devolution project, which sees the Scots and Welsh far better treated than their counterparts in England, will come to the attention of the people of England and cause him, as an unelected and largely unaccountable (his constitiency is in Scotland) Prime Minster problems.
And so school pupils in England are to be indoctrinated as British citizens under the Scottish Raj.
The "Britishness" thing is, of course, being vaunted as being inclusive and non-racist. Which an inclusive English civic identity could also be. As "Britishness" is not being taught in Scots and Welsh schools, it's easy to see the UK Government's agenda.
If you have school age children why not request that they don't attend these indoctrination sessions? For that is what this is - indoctrination - designed to keep the people of England divided and under the cosh of the UK Government.
And so school pupils in England are to be indoctrinated as British citizens under the Scottish Raj.
The "Britishness" thing is, of course, being vaunted as being inclusive and non-racist. Which an inclusive English civic identity could also be. As "Britishness" is not being taught in Scots and Welsh schools, it's easy to see the UK Government's agenda.
If you have school age children why not request that they don't attend these indoctrination sessions? For that is what this is - indoctrination - designed to keep the people of England divided and under the cosh of the UK Government.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda And The Co-op Pander To Anti-English Racists In Scotland And Wales
We often fume over the anti-English packaging in our big three supermarkets, and the fact that such bias is shown towards the Scots and occasionally the Welsh. Well, Scilla Cullen, of the Campaign For An English Parliament, has been finding out why. Apparently, Asda, Tesco's, Sainsbury's and the Co-op won't label thing as "English" because anti-English Scots and Welsh bigots won't buy them. These are a tiny proportion of the population and should not be pandered to in any way shape or form. But, according to England's biggest supermarket chains, "English", "England" and the St George's flag must not appear on the packaging to appease racists.This makes the supermarkets appear to be anti-English bigots themselves.
Don't buy Tesco, Asda, Co-op or Sainsbury's if you can avoid, and boycott their "proudly marked" Scots and Welsh produce if you do have to go in.
Racism is wrong.
The anti-England/English Scots and Welsh bulldozer currently devastating several key areas of our lives, not least our politics and rights as shoppers, must be stopped.
Read the CEP's findings here.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Derek Wyatt - Labour MP Calls For An English Parliament...
Sorry I've been so slow with this story, it's plenty covered elsewhere, but I think the word should be spread as far as possible! Derek Wyatt, MP for Sittingbourne and Sheppey, has joined the chorus calling for equality for England within the UK. Excellent!
This debate has a simple theme. My constituents are living in a half-finished house that costs them money, and they are beginning to resent it. The half-finished house in our country—the United Kingdom—has, like so many historic houses, grown up over the centuries without a master plan and according to the needs or whims of successive owners. Nearly 90 years ago, after a long and bitter dispute, we gave the neighbouring property to its sitting tenants—although some preferred to go on living with us. We spent the next 70 years or so trying to improve our house to make it a better place in which to live and trying to protect it from outside attack. We made no changes to the structure of the house and all the rooms and facilities were shared among all the residents.
However, in the past 10 years, there has been some major remodelling of the property. We converted the upstairs into a separate flat for the Scots and created another flat with inferior facilities in the west wing for the Welsh. We then persuaded the Northern Irish to live in another flat in the orangery—although many of them wanted to live with their neighbours next door. All that remodelling failed to create any special space for the English. They went on living in the property, but the Scots, the Welsh and the Northern Irish were still free to walk in and help themselves to the fridge and the drinks cabinet. They could even make rules for the English that they themselves did not have to follow. Meanwhile, the English went on paying most of the household bills.
More and more of the English, including many of my constituents, are finding that an uncomfortable way to live. They put up with it when there was plenty of money coming into the house, but now that money is scarcer and outgoings are rising, they are beginning to question it. I propose some restructuring of the property so that we can all live in the way that we want to without imposing on one another. I am also calling for a fair and transparent system of meeting the household bills. That will entail replacing the Barnett formula, which, as we know, was intended to be a temporary expedient that would last six months. However, the formula still regulates the financial relationships between the separate devolved entities of the United Kingdom. Our household settles its accounts through arrangements that were set up in the 1970s for reasons that no one can remember and with results that no one can understand.
Read the whole speech here.
This debate has a simple theme. My constituents are living in a half-finished house that costs them money, and they are beginning to resent it. The half-finished house in our country—the United Kingdom—has, like so many historic houses, grown up over the centuries without a master plan and according to the needs or whims of successive owners. Nearly 90 years ago, after a long and bitter dispute, we gave the neighbouring property to its sitting tenants—although some preferred to go on living with us. We spent the next 70 years or so trying to improve our house to make it a better place in which to live and trying to protect it from outside attack. We made no changes to the structure of the house and all the rooms and facilities were shared among all the residents.
However, in the past 10 years, there has been some major remodelling of the property. We converted the upstairs into a separate flat for the Scots and created another flat with inferior facilities in the west wing for the Welsh. We then persuaded the Northern Irish to live in another flat in the orangery—although many of them wanted to live with their neighbours next door. All that remodelling failed to create any special space for the English. They went on living in the property, but the Scots, the Welsh and the Northern Irish were still free to walk in and help themselves to the fridge and the drinks cabinet. They could even make rules for the English that they themselves did not have to follow. Meanwhile, the English went on paying most of the household bills.
More and more of the English, including many of my constituents, are finding that an uncomfortable way to live. They put up with it when there was plenty of money coming into the house, but now that money is scarcer and outgoings are rising, they are beginning to question it. I propose some restructuring of the property so that we can all live in the way that we want to without imposing on one another. I am also calling for a fair and transparent system of meeting the household bills. That will entail replacing the Barnett formula, which, as we know, was intended to be a temporary expedient that would last six months. However, the formula still regulates the financial relationships between the separate devolved entities of the United Kingdom. Our household settles its accounts through arrangements that were set up in the 1970s for reasons that no one can remember and with results that no one can understand.
Read the whole speech here.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Arthur Aughey, Socialist Unity And Who Is Allowed To Consider Themselves "Exemplary"...
From Socialist Unity:
It is common on the left to argue that national differences in culture and character are incidental. The danger with this approach, especially for those of us who live in a metropolitan imperial power like Britain, is to confuse our own particularity with universality – the danger of this is greatest for those of us who are native English speakers, given the adoption of English as an international lingua franca. Self-awareness of the particularities of English political culture is necessary in order to counter-act this tendency to assume that the whole world looks to us to set an example.
Um, just who in England, which doesn't even exist constitutionally, thinks that the world looks to "us" to set an example? What is English political culture? There is no such thing.
Those of us who live in a cosmopolitan imperial power like Britain? Uh, when was that, then?
Ulster Unionist Arthur Aughey has written a book, The Politics Of Englishness. Here's a quote from it:
a reversal of the anxieties that were familiar in the non-English parts of the United Kingdom where the hegemony of England promoted two anxieties: the anxiety of parochialism, in which acknowledgement by England (the centre) was thought necessary to validate the local, and the corresponding anxiety of influence, in which such validation ran the risk of appropriation by English hegemony. The experience of devolution, however, has provoked a corresponding set of English anxieties about the Union which inverts those familiar ‘Celtic’ grievances. In short, the English have discovered the rest of us in the Union not as appendages to England but as assertive political communities.
Oh please, as a kid in the 1970s, I was never taught about "England" - it was always considered somehow shameful - we were "Britain" - which was not considered to be very commendable either. I was always made fully aware though of the existence of Scotland, Wales and Ireland - three nations which had fully participated in the British Empire movement, but had climbed into various pulpits afterwards and denounced England as the wrongdoer.
I'm sick to death of the likes of Arthur Aughey and Socialist Unity proclaiming that England has somehow dominated the so-called "Celtic" nations in the past. England ceased to exist with the Act of Union and has been so submerged in the "United Kingdom" project, which happened at the behest of a priviliged few in England and Scotland, that finally it was almost completely lost.
The other nations, meanwhile, went on and on gaining special priviliges - such as Secretaries of State - and various subsidies. And now a parliament and two assemblies.
There was never a time in Arthur Aughey's purely imaginary "English hegemony" when health apartheid and issues like the West Lothian Question roamed the land.
Mr Aughey is simply afraid that the Union may be about to become unstuck. And so it should in my opinion. As a thoroughly mongrel Englishman I'm all for an inclusive civic English national identity, but I take exception to Mr Aughey's posturings and those of Socialist Unity, which seem to believe that the Scots are fine to primp, preen and consider themselves exemplary, "pure bred Celts", etc., but that England must fit to their rigidly defined views and is somehow solely to blame for the Empire.
From Socialist Unity:
From my perspective, English independence would not be about making England exemplary, but recognising that we are no more special than anyone else, and abandoning the delusions, the pomp and the swagger of our British imperial past.
But it's fine for Tony Blair to proclaim Scotland, his homeland, a "proud, historic nation" is it?
And for David Cameron to proclaim that certain of his ancesters "...were Scottish Empire builders - conquered all sorts of parts of India, I think."
I don't think so.
It is common on the left to argue that national differences in culture and character are incidental. The danger with this approach, especially for those of us who live in a metropolitan imperial power like Britain, is to confuse our own particularity with universality – the danger of this is greatest for those of us who are native English speakers, given the adoption of English as an international lingua franca. Self-awareness of the particularities of English political culture is necessary in order to counter-act this tendency to assume that the whole world looks to us to set an example.
Um, just who in England, which doesn't even exist constitutionally, thinks that the world looks to "us" to set an example? What is English political culture? There is no such thing.
Those of us who live in a cosmopolitan imperial power like Britain? Uh, when was that, then?
Ulster Unionist Arthur Aughey has written a book, The Politics Of Englishness. Here's a quote from it:
a reversal of the anxieties that were familiar in the non-English parts of the United Kingdom where the hegemony of England promoted two anxieties: the anxiety of parochialism, in which acknowledgement by England (the centre) was thought necessary to validate the local, and the corresponding anxiety of influence, in which such validation ran the risk of appropriation by English hegemony. The experience of devolution, however, has provoked a corresponding set of English anxieties about the Union which inverts those familiar ‘Celtic’ grievances. In short, the English have discovered the rest of us in the Union not as appendages to England but as assertive political communities.
Oh please, as a kid in the 1970s, I was never taught about "England" - it was always considered somehow shameful - we were "Britain" - which was not considered to be very commendable either. I was always made fully aware though of the existence of Scotland, Wales and Ireland - three nations which had fully participated in the British Empire movement, but had climbed into various pulpits afterwards and denounced England as the wrongdoer.
I'm sick to death of the likes of Arthur Aughey and Socialist Unity proclaiming that England has somehow dominated the so-called "Celtic" nations in the past. England ceased to exist with the Act of Union and has been so submerged in the "United Kingdom" project, which happened at the behest of a priviliged few in England and Scotland, that finally it was almost completely lost.
The other nations, meanwhile, went on and on gaining special priviliges - such as Secretaries of State - and various subsidies. And now a parliament and two assemblies.
There was never a time in Arthur Aughey's purely imaginary "English hegemony" when health apartheid and issues like the West Lothian Question roamed the land.
Mr Aughey is simply afraid that the Union may be about to become unstuck. And so it should in my opinion. As a thoroughly mongrel Englishman I'm all for an inclusive civic English national identity, but I take exception to Mr Aughey's posturings and those of Socialist Unity, which seem to believe that the Scots are fine to primp, preen and consider themselves exemplary, "pure bred Celts", etc., but that England must fit to their rigidly defined views and is somehow solely to blame for the Empire.
From Socialist Unity:
From my perspective, English independence would not be about making England exemplary, but recognising that we are no more special than anyone else, and abandoning the delusions, the pomp and the swagger of our British imperial past.
But it's fine for Tony Blair to proclaim Scotland, his homeland, a "proud, historic nation" is it?
And for David Cameron to proclaim that certain of his ancesters "...were Scottish Empire builders - conquered all sorts of parts of India, I think."
I don't think so.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
The EU Dicatorship - Lisbon Treaty Ratified In House Of Lords
Another shameful day in UK politics as the House of Lords ratified the EU Constitution - oops, sorry, I mean Lisbon Treaty. It apparently gains Royal Assent from the dear old Lizzie puppet tomorrow.
What a travesty! Why weren't WE consulted?
Meanwhile, Gordon Brown sought to portray the Tories as “viscerally anti-European”. That's rich - coming from the head of a Government which is viscerally anti-democratic.
What a travesty! Why weren't WE consulted?
Meanwhile, Gordon Brown sought to portray the Tories as “viscerally anti-European”. That's rich - coming from the head of a Government which is viscerally anti-democratic.
Campaign For An English Parliament Helps Perpetuate The "Celtic" Myth...
Interesting e-mail from "Donald"...
Those berks over at the Campaign for an English Parliament are always perpetuating the "Celtic" myth. It's not just us!
I've noticed this before. And it pisses me off. And popping over to the CEP blog, I immediately find:
The Scottish Raj will, of course, be reluctant to curtail the lavish redistribution of England’s wealth to the celts and equally reluctant to allow the Scots fiscal autonomy.
So, as I have a Scots mother, I'm half-Celt, am I? Not according to her family tree I'm not! There's all sorts there...
Why do some English nationalists insist on the "Celt" nonsense? The "pure Celtic" thing was always a myth anyway! We are English, Scots or Welsh - they are UK sub-nationalities, nothing more, nothing less!
Those berks over at the Campaign for an English Parliament are always perpetuating the "Celtic" myth. It's not just us!
I've noticed this before. And it pisses me off. And popping over to the CEP blog, I immediately find:
The Scottish Raj will, of course, be reluctant to curtail the lavish redistribution of England’s wealth to the celts and equally reluctant to allow the Scots fiscal autonomy.
So, as I have a Scots mother, I'm half-Celt, am I? Not according to her family tree I'm not! There's all sorts there...
Why do some English nationalists insist on the "Celt" nonsense? The "pure Celtic" thing was always a myth anyway! We are English, Scots or Welsh - they are UK sub-nationalities, nothing more, nothing less!
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Scoto-Britain
From Our Kingdom:
Historian Richard Weight called for a progressive nationalism that emphasised the hybridity of English identity, noting that "there's a hyphen in Anglo-Saxon."
Historian?! What a twit. The vast majority of us know the English aren't a "pure race". What about challenging the racist "Celtic" twaddle emanating from Scotland, Wales and Cornwall? No hyphen in "Celtic", and no sense of reality, either. And by the way: the 'Anglo-Saxons' never called themselves that, it's a retrospective naming, and they were, according to logic and DNA studies, a minority in England anyway. There were other people and ways forming England and Englishness - which we did and do call our country and its people. Even more influences now in the modern day. How's that for inclusivity?
Historian Richard Weight called for a progressive nationalism that emphasised the hybridity of English identity, noting that "there's a hyphen in Anglo-Saxon."
Historian?! What a twit. The vast majority of us know the English aren't a "pure race". What about challenging the racist "Celtic" twaddle emanating from Scotland, Wales and Cornwall? No hyphen in "Celtic", and no sense of reality, either. And by the way: the 'Anglo-Saxons' never called themselves that, it's a retrospective naming, and they were, according to logic and DNA studies, a minority in England anyway. There were other people and ways forming England and Englishness - which we did and do call our country and its people. Even more influences now in the modern day. How's that for inclusivity?
Unfortunately, pandering to racists and historic victimhood nonsense in Scotland and Wales by the so-called 'UK' government means that the largest and most diverse UK country, England, gets the worst treatment, via the Barnett Formula (loathed by its late creator, Lord Joel Barnett), the West Lothian Question and asymmetric national devolution in general.
How's that for racism?
This e-mail from a Scots Nat on the comments thread made us smile:
The current fiction is that Britain is a unitary state and always has been. Once England and Englishness are acknowledged as a nation and a nationality Scotland and Wales have to get the same treatment. Currently they are considered and treated as provinces of a unitary Anglo-Britain.
But they have been recognised as something very special and exclusive those eight million souls in Scotland and Wales combined - there is asymmetric national devolution and England doesn't exist, dear - it's artificial regions, ruled by a Scottish Raj. It's a Scoto-Britain if anything. You can even die in England for want of medication available on the NHS in Scotland (subsidised by the English).
What will it take to make some people pull their heads out of their backsides?
This e-mail from a Scots Nat on the comments thread made us smile:
The current fiction is that Britain is a unitary state and always has been. Once England and Englishness are acknowledged as a nation and a nationality Scotland and Wales have to get the same treatment. Currently they are considered and treated as provinces of a unitary Anglo-Britain.
But they have been recognised as something very special and exclusive those eight million souls in Scotland and Wales combined - there is asymmetric national devolution and England doesn't exist, dear - it's artificial regions, ruled by a Scottish Raj. It's a Scoto-Britain if anything. You can even die in England for want of medication available on the NHS in Scotland (subsidised by the English).
What will it take to make some people pull their heads out of their backsides?
Monday, June 16, 2008
The EU: Don't Trust The People To Decide Their Future...
The sheer and unblievable arrogance of the EU is demonstrated in this comment in the European Weekly, an official EU publication:
The security, liberty and prosperity of hundreds of millions of
European citizens ask for complex leadership actions, which
cannot be appreciated by heterogeneous populations, from the
point of view of the information level and the education one.
Surely "politics is for the people"? However, arrogant dictatorships, like the EU, are not.
Big hat tip to the PJC Journal.
The security, liberty and prosperity of hundreds of millions of
European citizens ask for complex leadership actions, which
cannot be appreciated by heterogeneous populations, from the
point of view of the information level and the education one.
Surely "politics is for the people"? However, arrogant dictatorships, like the EU, are not.
Big hat tip to the PJC Journal.
Radio Two, Gordon Brown and Other Topics...
Being thoroughly caught up with the campaign to secure England democratic parity, and seething at the unjust and undemocratic processes of the EU, I often feel shocked when I encounter the world outside - a world which smugly ignores the realities.
Today, I was subjected to four hours of BBC Radio Two. The Lisbon Treaty didn't seem to exist there - the main news story was about the Scottish Parliament and a move to make 21 the minimum age for buying alcohol. This was obviously in line with the recent BBC report claiming that Auntie spends too much time on "English" news stories - and ignoring the fact that Scotland has its own dedicated national BBC service, whilst England doesn't. The main story was of direct interest only to a tiny minority.
By the way, I didn't hear the word "England" mentioned once outside of the weather forecasts (which referred to "England and Wales" and then "Scotland" separately), and I didn't hear the word "English" once, either.
The Lisbon Treaty was not mentioned at all, instead a lot of air time was devoted to a Kilroy style "discussion" about youth offenders being forced to do community service in pink tabards to disgrace them in front of the general public (an unseemly row between two individuals ensued - such "entertainment", eh, folks?!!). Meanwhile, Steve Wright, comic hero of 1980s Radio One, appears to have become a smug bastard - whose playlist and attitude would disgrace the humblest of local radio stations.
Returning home, I consulted the Witanagemot and discovered that Gordon Brown, no mandate PM and signer of the Scottish Claim of Right in 1989, vowing to put Scottish interests first, had said:
"The legal position on the European treaty is very clear, that all 27 members must sign and therefore ratify the treaty before it comes into force.
"It is for each member to decide its own process for doing so and we will continue the process of debating this in the House of Lords and then (it will have) royal assent."
Thanks to the PJC Journal for informing me of the fact that Gordon Brown is continuing to be an undemocratic shit - a piece of news which I regard as being of the utmost interest to the population of the so-called UK.
Carry on with your slanging matches, Scottish bias and clouding of facts, Auntie Beeb. I get the feeling that your days are numbered.
The BBC as it currently stands cannot be allowed to go on much longer.
Today, I was subjected to four hours of BBC Radio Two. The Lisbon Treaty didn't seem to exist there - the main news story was about the Scottish Parliament and a move to make 21 the minimum age for buying alcohol. This was obviously in line with the recent BBC report claiming that Auntie spends too much time on "English" news stories - and ignoring the fact that Scotland has its own dedicated national BBC service, whilst England doesn't. The main story was of direct interest only to a tiny minority.
By the way, I didn't hear the word "England" mentioned once outside of the weather forecasts (which referred to "England and Wales" and then "Scotland" separately), and I didn't hear the word "English" once, either.
The Lisbon Treaty was not mentioned at all, instead a lot of air time was devoted to a Kilroy style "discussion" about youth offenders being forced to do community service in pink tabards to disgrace them in front of the general public (an unseemly row between two individuals ensued - such "entertainment", eh, folks?!!). Meanwhile, Steve Wright, comic hero of 1980s Radio One, appears to have become a smug bastard - whose playlist and attitude would disgrace the humblest of local radio stations.
Returning home, I consulted the Witanagemot and discovered that Gordon Brown, no mandate PM and signer of the Scottish Claim of Right in 1989, vowing to put Scottish interests first, had said:
"The legal position on the European treaty is very clear, that all 27 members must sign and therefore ratify the treaty before it comes into force.
"It is for each member to decide its own process for doing so and we will continue the process of debating this in the House of Lords and then (it will have) royal assent."
Thanks to the PJC Journal for informing me of the fact that Gordon Brown is continuing to be an undemocratic shit - a piece of news which I regard as being of the utmost interest to the population of the so-called UK.
Carry on with your slanging matches, Scottish bias and clouding of facts, Auntie Beeb. I get the feeling that your days are numbered.
The BBC as it currently stands cannot be allowed to go on much longer.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
At Runnymead...
Great post over at the Anglo Saxon Chronicle.
Sadly the only thing that seems to wake the "stubborn Englishry" these days is a rise in the price of petrol.
"Don't try comin' between me an' my motor - awright?!!"
Sadly the only thing that seems to wake the "stubborn Englishry" these days is a rise in the price of petrol.
"Don't try comin' between me an' my motor - awright?!!"
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Ireland Says No, The EU Says Ignore It...
That arch Nu Labour/EU puppet the BBC is wittering on about just over three million people (in Ireland) deciding the future of the EU for 490 million people. Bad piece of reporting. No other electorate has been given a say on the EU Constitution - or "Lisbon Treaty" as it is now known.
Meanwhile, David Miliband says ratification will continue. With no hope of the people of Britain having a say at all. He says a "British view" is important. Of course, he means the British political elite.
Angela Merkel is, of course, pushing for ratification as well: "We are convinced that the agreed reforms included in the Lisbon Treaty are necessary to make EU more democratic and more efficient and that they will enable Europe to meet the challenges confronting the European citizens."
"Agreed reforms"? WHO agreed them, Ms Merkel?
The political elite is now pushing its dangerous agenda too far. Dictatorships do not flourish.
Meanwhile, Devils Kitchen has come up with a lovely gift idea for the no mandate UK Prime Minister, Gordon Brown...
Meanwhile, David Miliband says ratification will continue. With no hope of the people of Britain having a say at all. He says a "British view" is important. Of course, he means the British political elite.
Angela Merkel is, of course, pushing for ratification as well: "We are convinced that the agreed reforms included in the Lisbon Treaty are necessary to make EU more democratic and more efficient and that they will enable Europe to meet the challenges confronting the European citizens."
"Agreed reforms"? WHO agreed them, Ms Merkel?
The political elite is now pushing its dangerous agenda too far. Dictatorships do not flourish.
Meanwhile, Devils Kitchen has come up with a lovely gift idea for the no mandate UK Prime Minister, Gordon Brown...
The BBC Lisbon Treaty Comments Thread - "Let's Include A Few Kicks In The Groin For England, Shall We, Chaps?"
As the dust settles after the Irish referendum "NO" vote on the Lisbon Treaty, BBC online has decided to allow a comments thread on the subject. We know how the BBC likes to make sure no nationality or race is offended by any of its published comments, so it is heartning to see that this policy is adhered to here.
Apart from the English, of course.
First we have a Scots Nats person spouting drivel:
Ranting about being kicked out of the EU and free border crossings in the EU do not justify our erosion of soverignty over our own country - some Unelected gathering in another country making laws to govern us is not acceptable and will not be tolerated by the British people - The Scottish want free of England so why should the accept the EU - Give us the vote and be a man gordon - you were elected by the people and you can go in the same manner if you fail to listen.
I replied to this, pointing out that England does not exist constitutionally and that the PM is a Scot, representing a Scots constituency. I also included my views on the EU. None of it was published.
Then this:
English jokes often portray the Irish as dim. I as an Englishman applaud their intelligence in voting no and criticise the naivity of other countries in not protesting more vigorously against their govenments´ refusing a referendum. What happened in Britain was an utter disgrace; the government made an election promise and then went back on it fearing a no vote. The EU is full of hypocrisy, claiming to be democatic but denying the people its say. No doubt it will come up with some clever fudge!
Isn't it odd that English people so often submerge "English" under "British" in writing and speech and yet this e-mail paints a perceived wrong-doing as being "English" - and yet the old "Englishman, Irishman and a Scotsman" jokes were prevelant throughout England and Scotland in the 1960s/1970s!
A source close to this blog also informs me that the writer of the e-mail is not English at all - but Scots!
Why is he/she disguising him/herself as English? Search me...
Just a little quibble - but I'm always amazed when I read BBC comments threads at the number of times Auntie lets anti-English stuff seep in - even if it is totally untrue as in the case of the first comment featured here.
Still, the tone of the majority of the comments is highly encouraging as far as I can see - but still David Miliband declares that the ratification process in the UK Parliament will continue... And we still won't get a say.
"It's right that we continue with our own process." says Mr Miliband. But it isn't OUR PROCESS. It's the politicians'. And it's not RIGHT. Ratification was supposed to depend on unanimity.
Mr Miliband goes on to say that there should be a "British view" on the treaty - but surely that should come from the people, not a bunch of dictators closeted away at Westminster?
Apart from the English, of course.
First we have a Scots Nats person spouting drivel:
Ranting about being kicked out of the EU and free border crossings in the EU do not justify our erosion of soverignty over our own country - some Unelected gathering in another country making laws to govern us is not acceptable and will not be tolerated by the British people - The Scottish want free of England so why should the accept the EU - Give us the vote and be a man gordon - you were elected by the people and you can go in the same manner if you fail to listen.
I replied to this, pointing out that England does not exist constitutionally and that the PM is a Scot, representing a Scots constituency. I also included my views on the EU. None of it was published.
Then this:
English jokes often portray the Irish as dim. I as an Englishman applaud their intelligence in voting no and criticise the naivity of other countries in not protesting more vigorously against their govenments´ refusing a referendum. What happened in Britain was an utter disgrace; the government made an election promise and then went back on it fearing a no vote. The EU is full of hypocrisy, claiming to be democatic but denying the people its say. No doubt it will come up with some clever fudge!
Isn't it odd that English people so often submerge "English" under "British" in writing and speech and yet this e-mail paints a perceived wrong-doing as being "English" - and yet the old "Englishman, Irishman and a Scotsman" jokes were prevelant throughout England and Scotland in the 1960s/1970s!
A source close to this blog also informs me that the writer of the e-mail is not English at all - but Scots!
Why is he/she disguising him/herself as English? Search me...
Just a little quibble - but I'm always amazed when I read BBC comments threads at the number of times Auntie lets anti-English stuff seep in - even if it is totally untrue as in the case of the first comment featured here.
Still, the tone of the majority of the comments is highly encouraging as far as I can see - but still David Miliband declares that the ratification process in the UK Parliament will continue... And we still won't get a say.
"It's right that we continue with our own process." says Mr Miliband. But it isn't OUR PROCESS. It's the politicians'. And it's not RIGHT. Ratification was supposed to depend on unanimity.
Mr Miliband goes on to say that there should be a "British view" on the treaty - but surely that should come from the people, not a bunch of dictators closeted away at Westminster?
Friday, June 13, 2008
Good For Ireland - But Will The Undemocratic EU Carry On Regardless?
The Republic of Ireland has said "NO" to the Lisbon Treaty. Good for it! I wish I could feel optimistic that this will put the brakes on the undemocratic EU - but I fear not. The voice of the people doesn't count in this scenario.
One of the biggest pro-EU undemocratic gits is, of course, Scotland's very own Gordon Brown, apparently "our" PM (without a mandate). You know, the guy who signed the Scottish Claim Of Right in the 1980s, promising to put Scotland's interests first? The chappie who heads a government which passes legislation the majority of which does not affect his own constituents?
And it was this completely undemocratic geezer who signed us up to the Lisbon Treaty, having mouthed bullshit about a referendum in the past.
Well, Mr Brown, I now want the same rights as the people of the Republic of Ireland - I want a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty - and furthermore I want accountable national government for my own country, England. I want an end to health apartheid, the West Lothian Question, the endless anti-English "Celtic" racism practiced in the so-called UK.
And as well as all this I want you to fuck off.
One of the biggest pro-EU undemocratic gits is, of course, Scotland's very own Gordon Brown, apparently "our" PM (without a mandate). You know, the guy who signed the Scottish Claim Of Right in the 1980s, promising to put Scotland's interests first? The chappie who heads a government which passes legislation the majority of which does not affect his own constituents?
And it was this completely undemocratic geezer who signed us up to the Lisbon Treaty, having mouthed bullshit about a referendum in the past.
Well, Mr Brown, I now want the same rights as the people of the Republic of Ireland - I want a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty - and furthermore I want accountable national government for my own country, England. I want an end to health apartheid, the West Lothian Question, the endless anti-English "Celtic" racism practiced in the so-called UK.
And as well as all this I want you to fuck off.
English GP Services Now Under Threat
1,236,085 people have signed a petition against planned UK Government "reforms" of the current GP services in England - and only in England, those in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are safe.
DARZAI MUST RESIGN! – says the GPs conference!
FAMILY doctors yesterday expressed their furious opposition to privately-run polyclinics and voted to take ‘unprecedented action’ in response to ‘unprecedented political threats to general practice’.
Read it all here.
Big hat tip to charlie marks.
DARZAI MUST RESIGN! – says the GPs conference!
FAMILY doctors yesterday expressed their furious opposition to privately-run polyclinics and voted to take ‘unprecedented action’ in response to ‘unprecedented political threats to general practice’.
Read it all here.
Big hat tip to charlie marks.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
The BBC - Another Attack On England... Sorry, I mean "The Regions"...
With all its dedicated national services for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and its usual complete refusal to admit that England and the English exist, splitting our nation up into artificial regions with no dedicated national English services, Auntie Beeb has now decided that BBC News has “a general bias in favour of stories about England”.
Um, is that because England is much larger than the "devolved nations"? And the BBC is not covering stories about England really. Rarely does it let that word escape its priggish and bigoted lips. There is absolutely NO national BBC service for England, unlike Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
From The Times Online:
The Scots, Welsh and Northern Irish never cease to complain that the BBC is really the English Broadcasting Corporation. Despite its chorus of regional accents, they imagine that it is full of metropolitan luvvies who venture beyond the M25 only rarely and in trepidation.
The BBC Trust's review of coverage of UK nations and regions suggests that it has embraced the same implausible view. It claims that BBC journalism is failing the UK's devolved nations and favouring England. It is utterly wrong.
By examining only UK network news, the trust has ignored whole swaths of the BBC's own journalism. Since devolution, Scots have had dedicated coverage of the Holyrood Parliament and a national news programme of their own. BBC Scotland opts out of Newsnight to transmit Newsnight Scotland. Wales is equally well supplied. BBC Northern Ireland provides for Ulster appetites on radio, television and online.
This expensive reality is overlooked by the report's assertion that BBC news shows “a general bias in favour of stories about England”.
Read the full article here.
It's time we disbanded the BBC. It's simply not fair minded enough to broadcast. Its instinctive anti-England bias is now way beyond ignoring.
Um, is that because England is much larger than the "devolved nations"? And the BBC is not covering stories about England really. Rarely does it let that word escape its priggish and bigoted lips. There is absolutely NO national BBC service for England, unlike Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
From The Times Online:
The Scots, Welsh and Northern Irish never cease to complain that the BBC is really the English Broadcasting Corporation. Despite its chorus of regional accents, they imagine that it is full of metropolitan luvvies who venture beyond the M25 only rarely and in trepidation.
The BBC Trust's review of coverage of UK nations and regions suggests that it has embraced the same implausible view. It claims that BBC journalism is failing the UK's devolved nations and favouring England. It is utterly wrong.
By examining only UK network news, the trust has ignored whole swaths of the BBC's own journalism. Since devolution, Scots have had dedicated coverage of the Holyrood Parliament and a national news programme of their own. BBC Scotland opts out of Newsnight to transmit Newsnight Scotland. Wales is equally well supplied. BBC Northern Ireland provides for Ulster appetites on radio, television and online.
This expensive reality is overlooked by the report's assertion that BBC news shows “a general bias in favour of stories about England”.
Read the full article here.
It's time we disbanded the BBC. It's simply not fair minded enough to broadcast. Its instinctive anti-England bias is now way beyond ignoring.
Sunday, June 08, 2008
Cornish Nationalism On The Supermarket Shelves?
After my last post, "Cornubian" has written to say that Cornwall is also excluded from the national flags on the packaging at the Co-op. Interesting point, although personally, until there has been a referendum on the subject and the people have actually voted for independence for Cornwall, I do not believe that Cornish produce should carry the "Cornish" flag - unless it is coupled with an English one. Being half-Scot myself, but regarding myself as English, I have grave concerns about the whole exclusive "Celtic" thing which is so much a part of Cornish nationalism.
I have written on this subject here .
I'm sure that "Cornubian" will be pleased to know that the Co-op was stocking Ginster's products with the Cornish flag proudly displayed on the packaging.
I have written on this subject here .
I'm sure that "Cornubian" will be pleased to know that the Co-op was stocking Ginster's products with the Cornish flag proudly displayed on the packaging.
Friday, June 06, 2008
"It's All At The CO-OP Now!" - Scottish, Welsh, British But Not English
Today we trundled down to our local Co-operative supermarket, the dear old CO-OP, to check out the situation regarding flags on packaging. We found the Scots flag on some meat and fish products.
We found the Welsh flag on some meat products.
We found the British flag on a variety of products - including English meat products.
But we found no trace of an English flag.
"British" = English, Scottish and Welsh. The Co-op is yet another supermarket which sees fit to recognise Scotland and Wales but totally ignore England.
UPDATE: "Cornubian" has written to say that Cornwall is also excluded from the national flags on the packaging at the Co-op. Interesting point, although personally, until there has been a referendum on the subject and the people have actually voted for independence for Cornwall, I do not believe that Cornish produce should carry the "Cornish" flag - unless it is coupled with an English one. Being half-Scot myself, I have grave concerns about the whole exclusive "Celtic" thing which is so much a part of Cornish nationalism.
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Anti-English And Absurd Asda
Seeking a supermarket that does not flag up Scottishness and ignore Englishness, we today tried our local Asda. We hadn't gone far into the store, when my wife called: "Look at this!" And we saw the above labels. The usual thing. British and Scottish as separate entities.As always, we reflected that the whole "British" nationality actually came about because of the union of Scotland and England, and that the Saltire is also featured as part of the Union Flag.
We're aware that some English cheese on sale in Asda bears the Cross of St George. And we're well aware of the effort made by one individual to achieve this. But elsewhere Asda is failing as dismally as Tesco and Sainsbury's to recognise the fact that England exists, and deserves the same recognition as Scotland.
We found the labels pictured above absurd and offensive.
Monday, June 02, 2008
"We Say What About EU Dictatorship?"
Lipdub Europe United par les Jeunes Européens - France
Uploaded by JeunesEuropeensFrance
This video, a spoof of a dreadful 1960s-sounding song from the 1990s, is absolute trash. Were the youngsters taking part brainwashed? Paid well? Or simply thick? And as for the miming... well, I ask you!
Sunday, June 01, 2008
Tesco Update
Alfie The Awake has news of a brilliant development in the long running saga of Tesco The Anti-English.
And we can report several hits at this blog in the past couple of days (since our last Tesco blog post) from Cheshunt, Hertfordshire... which just so happens to be home to Tesco Head Office.
Keep up the pressure, folks, on Tesco's and Sainsbury's - remember Every Little Helps...
And we can report several hits at this blog in the past couple of days (since our last Tesco blog post) from Cheshunt, Hertfordshire... which just so happens to be home to Tesco Head Office.
Keep up the pressure, folks, on Tesco's and Sainsbury's - remember Every Little Helps...
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Uncaring David Cameron - The Union Comes Before English Lives!
David Cameron has been in Scotland again telling the Scottish Conservative Conference: "I am passionate about our Union. I do not want to be the prime minister of England. I want to be prime minister of the United Kingdom - all of it, including Scotland."But the Scots also have a First Minister and a parliament to represent their interests. England doesn't and David Cameron seems perfectly happy for that state of affairs to continue.
"Better an imperfect Union than a broken one. Better an imperfect Union than a perfect divorce. My answer is simple. I choose the United Kingdom."
It fascinates me that David Cameron sees fit to condone an "imperfect Union" when it is only England that is disadvantaged.
It fascinates me that David Cameron has a pronounced jingoistic streak that prompts him to brag of "Scottish blood" in his veins and that certain of his ancestors "...were Scottish Empire builders - conquered all sorts of parts of India, I think."
Mr Cameron has roundly attacked those in England calling for equality as "sour little Englanders". He has told various Scots audiences that the English need to understand the Scots better and that the English are basically rather thoughtless and insensitive types - to say the least!
The truth is that the English do not have the same democratic representation as the Scots, Welsh and Northern Irish. The truth is that English lives are not valued as highly as those elsewhere in the UK. The truth is that public services for the English are not funded as well as those in other parts of the UK.
The most dreadful discrimination is levelled against every citizen of England. And David Cameron plays it down. He slags off the English to the Scots. He says he favours an "imperfect Union" above no Union - and damn England. Damn you.
David Cameron plays down or ignores the absolutely horrendous facts of life in the devolved "UK". Like health apartheid:
A grandmother battling lung and brain cancer is paying £1,500 a month for the drug that is keeping her alive - even though it is free on the NHS in Scotland.
Carol Rummels, 60, was given just two months to live when doctors discovered tumours in her lungs and on her brain.
A year after her diagnosis, she is still fighting and, thanks to the £5,000 she has spent on the drug Tarceva, her tumours are shrinking.
If she had lived 285 miles north, the lifesaving drug would be free.
Read the full story here.
Mr Cameron told the Scottish Conservative Conference: "Being British is one of the most successful examples of inclusive civic nationalism in the world. We can be a shining example of what a multi-ethnic, multi-faith multi-national society can and should be."
Really? Newcomers to England are only offered a "British" option. Englishness is not on offer to them. Politicians seem to thrive on this divide and rule tactic, demonising Englishness as "exclusive" and "racist" in the process. Many Scots and Welsh people have long bitterly rejected Britishness. The English have seen their own country and their own national institutions submerged beneath a suffocating blanket of Britishness.
Wonderfully inclusive Britishness, with equality for all?
Why isn't Mr Cameron expressing outrage about health apartheid, the West Lothian Question and the Barnett Formula? Why isn't he expressing outrage on behalf of people like Mrs Rummels?
Answers please - and Mr Cameron, what have you got to say for yourself? And what do you say to the likes of Mrs Rummels?
To recap, at the conference, Mr Cameron said: "Better an imperfect Union than a broken one. Better an imperfect Union than a perfect divorce. My answer is simple. I choose the United Kingdom."But then of course, Mr Cameron doesn't have to depend on the English NHS, does he?
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Campaign For An English Parliament Press Release: A Display Of Staggering Hypocrisy On The Part Of Gordon Brown...
The refusal of Gordon Brown to support the demand by Wendy Alexander Leader of the Labour Party in Scotland for the SNP to call a independence referendum amounts to a staggering display of hypocrisy on his part. 'Gordon Brown made a solemn pledge specifically to the people of Scotland, and to them alone, that in his every action and deliberation he would support their right to decide the form of government best suited to their needs,' Michael Knowles, member of the National Council of the Campaign for an English Parliament has said to a meeting of CEP members in Congleton in Cheshire. 'But he is now opposing that very right of the Scottish people which he had declared he supported.'
In Edinburgh on March 30th 1989 together with 133 fellow members of the Scottish Constitutional Convention Brown put his signature to what the SCC called the Scottish Claim of Right. It read: ‘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 will be paramount’. He signed that pledge. So did the present Speaker of the House, Michael Martin. Gordon Brown had been the driving force behind the SCC. His vision of Scotland's future was for it to remain within the United Kingdom but in the most beneficial and unique position as could be attained and maintained. He devised and promoted the policy of Scotland having its own own parliament with total power over all its internal affairs such as education and health. In 1997 on coming to power and as Chancellor of the Exchequer he put through the Scottish devolution legislation which in 1998 established the Scottish Parliament and the astonishing degree of 75% of independence for Scotland from the rest of the United Kingdom, while retaining the right of Scottish MPs like himself to become UK Prime Minister and Cabinet ministers; and retaining access for Scotland for the funds, denied to England, for free university education, free personal care for the elderly, in due course free prescriptions, many other advantages such as a freeze on council tax rises, and retention of the Barnett Formula which gives £1500 expenditure more per head of population in Scotland than in England. For Brown it was essential that Scotland remained in the UK if it was to to continue to have access to UK wealth and power, 80% of which is produced by England and enable Scots like himself to become the UK Prime Minister. For that reason he has always opposed the SNP claim for total independence for Scotland.
'Gordon Brown thinks he knows what is best for Scotland,' Michael Knowles stated to the meeting. 'Though he pledged himself to support and work for the right of the Scottish people to determine for themselves the form of government best suited to thr needs, he believes he know best what that best form is. And to his mind it is not independence. It is instead,he believes, what he achieved in the 1998 devolution legislation.'
'It is a staggering display of arrogance and hypocrisy on his part, that having made the 1989 Pledge of the Scottish Claim of Right to leave it to the Scottish People to decide what form of government they wanted, for him to oppose a referendum on independence. His fear of an outcome different from what he wants for Scotland does not justify his refusal to let the Scots choose for themselves the form of government best suited to Scotland. It is illogical and it is hypocritical,; stated Mr Knowles.
for contacts:
Scilla Cullen, Chairman
Tel: 01438 833155 Email: scilla.cullen@thecep.org.uk
In Edinburgh on March 30th 1989 together with 133 fellow members of the Scottish Constitutional Convention Brown put his signature to what the SCC called the Scottish Claim of Right. It read: ‘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 will be paramount’. He signed that pledge. So did the present Speaker of the House, Michael Martin. Gordon Brown had been the driving force behind the SCC. His vision of Scotland's future was for it to remain within the United Kingdom but in the most beneficial and unique position as could be attained and maintained. He devised and promoted the policy of Scotland having its own own parliament with total power over all its internal affairs such as education and health. In 1997 on coming to power and as Chancellor of the Exchequer he put through the Scottish devolution legislation which in 1998 established the Scottish Parliament and the astonishing degree of 75% of independence for Scotland from the rest of the United Kingdom, while retaining the right of Scottish MPs like himself to become UK Prime Minister and Cabinet ministers; and retaining access for Scotland for the funds, denied to England, for free university education, free personal care for the elderly, in due course free prescriptions, many other advantages such as a freeze on council tax rises, and retention of the Barnett Formula which gives £1500 expenditure more per head of population in Scotland than in England. For Brown it was essential that Scotland remained in the UK if it was to to continue to have access to UK wealth and power, 80% of which is produced by England and enable Scots like himself to become the UK Prime Minister. For that reason he has always opposed the SNP claim for total independence for Scotland.
'Gordon Brown thinks he knows what is best for Scotland,' Michael Knowles stated to the meeting. 'Though he pledged himself to support and work for the right of the Scottish people to determine for themselves the form of government best suited to thr needs, he believes he know best what that best form is. And to his mind it is not independence. It is instead,he believes, what he achieved in the 1998 devolution legislation.'
'It is a staggering display of arrogance and hypocrisy on his part, that having made the 1989 Pledge of the Scottish Claim of Right to leave it to the Scottish People to decide what form of government they wanted, for him to oppose a referendum on independence. His fear of an outcome different from what he wants for Scotland does not justify his refusal to let the Scots choose for themselves the form of government best suited to Scotland. It is illogical and it is hypocritical,; stated Mr Knowles.
for contacts:
Scilla Cullen, Chairman
Tel: 01438 833155 Email: scilla.cullen@thecep.org.uk
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
David Cameron - No Hope For The "Sour Little Englanders"...
"Sour Little Englanders!" says David Cameron...Since the disastrous results of the local elections for Labour, there's been a sudden rise in chortling Tory types where once there were screeches of "Justice For England". Despite David Cameron's pronounced anti-English/England stance, we're supposed to vote for him and embrace a new Tory Government which does not promise anything that different from the old NuLabour one.
"If Cameron gets in, we'll end up with better!" seems to be the glib assurance. I'm not so sure. He hasn't said.
"If Cameron get in, we'll end up with an English Parliament after a while!" seems to be another glib assurance doing the rounds.
I'm not convinced about that, either.
David Cameron is unfeeling and anti-English - whilst posing as "English". He doesn't care about health apartheid in England, or the elderly selling their homes and plundering their savings for care that is free in Scotland. He doesn't care that the poor scrimp and save in England for prescriptions free to millionaires in Wales.
A parliament for England? No!
West Lothian Question resolved? Don't bother - it's not even on his "top five list" of priorities!
Are we seeing a re-emergence of Little Britisher Tory types? I think we are. But for those of us who are genuinely concerned about the situation in England, remember that David Cameron is not committed to what is best for you, he values the Union above and beyond your lives if you happen to live in England, and his spitefulness towards the English often spills out on his visits to Scotland. Remember this is the man who declared those of us calling for parity: "Sour Little Englanders!"
For calling for equality in medical provision?
For calling for equality in social care provision?
For calling for democratic equality?
For calling for public spending equality?
Mr Cameron also tends to bang on about his forebears and the "Scottish Empire".
It's all very well to welcome the deserved drubbing of NuLabour at the recent polls, it's all very well to welcome the idea of a change, but fawning all over David Cameron and forgetting his hateful attitude towards England is not something I can manage.
Monday, May 05, 2008
"You WILL Be Regionalised!" Says The BBC
Remember John Prescott's regionalisation campaign in England and how it failed? The North East voted 78% NO in a referendum, and Nu Labour decided not to give anybody else a say and continue the regionalisation process without a mandate from the electorate?Well, it's jobs for the boys (sorry - I mean "persons") and the usual sterling Government arse licking from the thoroughly "impartial" BBC, who are now advertising for a "Brand Executive, English Regions".
Keep up the brainwashing, Auntie - you undemocratic old bitch, you!
Hat tips to For England and Waking Hereward.
Saturday, May 03, 2008
Is It Good News For England That The Tories Have Done Well?
The local election results show that the Conservatives have given New Labour a well-deserved drubbing, but is that good news for England?
England lacks a First Minister, but hear David Cameron:
"I want to be Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, not England".
So, is Mr Cameron proposing an English Parliament complete with English First Minister? No, actually - he most definitely isn't.
England is severely disadvantaged by devolution - Scots lives are valued higher than English ones and prescriptions are free to millionaires in Wales, but hear David Cameron:
"I would rather have an imperfect Union rather than some perfect constitutional construct that would threaten the Union."
Roughly translated, this means that discrimination against the English is fine, so long as the Union is preserved.
And the West Lothian Question, which allows non-accountable MPs to vote on English legislation? It's not one of David Cameron's "top five issues"
The democratic deficit levelled against England as a nation is attracting increasing attention, but hear David Cameron:
"Sour Little Englanders".
David poses as being English, but let's face it national loyalties are all in the mind and Mr Cameron has bragged about "Scots blood" in his veins (whatever's that?!) and made bizarre jingoistic comments that some of his forebears:
"...were Scottish Empire builders - conquered all sorts of parts of India, I think."
Mr Cameron has been very happy to nip up to Scotland to diss the English on many occasions.
And as for the EU? Oh dear, whilst many want more say and doubt the benefits of the EU, Mr Cameron says:
"The vast majority of the British people want to stay in the EU. From the very next day our businesses will flounder and be unable to export to the EU."
The vast majority of the British people want to stay in the EU, Mr Cameron? When was the referendum? And the stuff about our businesses floundering and not being able to export to the EU is pure hogwash.
The Tories did well in the local elections only because New Labour has been so unbelievably awful. But the Tories could wipe the floor with the opposition if they would simply make democratic parity for England their priority.
But with David Cameron at the helm, that isn't likely.
And dissention in the ranks is not noticeable.
Perhaps being an Opposition MP is simply too comfortable these days, and the glittering rewards offered to gravy train riders from an EU future far too glittering to resist simply for the sake of democracy.
Whatever the reason, Cameron and Co are not in politics for the benefit of the people of England.
Paul Points The Finger...
The election of two British National Party councillors in the town of Heanor (a "fairly unremarkable little place", according to Paul Linford), East Derbyshire, has Mr Linford proclaming "The Shame Of Derbyshire". Very worrying indeed, but surely the shame must rest mostly with our mainstream political parties?
New Labour which broke its promise over the EU referendum?
New Labour, which thinks mass immigration and payment of slave wages is great for the economy?
New Labour with its skewed system of devolution bringing us health apartheid, the West Lothian Question, etc. (one could perhaps call it a racist government - racist against every man, woman and child in England!).
The Tories - with David Cameron prattling on about "Scots blood" in his veins, the "Scottish Empire" and how the Union is more important than parity for the electorate in England?
The Lib Dems - who have been backing the creation of elite electorates in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland for a very long time?
Charges of racism CAN be brought on the grounds of nationality, so we could say that the mainstream parties are all inherently RACIST against the people of England. Remember, a Scots' life is worth more than one in England.
I am very concerned at the rise of the BNP, to anybody considering voting for this party I would say reconsider a thousand times, but I also believe that the BNP's rise is more than a little due to the mainstream parties ignoring the concerns of the electorate, becoming increasingly withdrawn and autocratic. The current EU set-up is not helping. We want a Union, not a dictatorship.
And Mr Linford seemed very happy when Gordon Brown was appointed PM., despite the fact that he was unelected and a great deal of his government's legislation would not have any effect on his own constituents.
The success of the BNP worries me. But so does the attitude of Mr Linford, writing about "Shame" without bothering to think about "Cause". The attitudes of the mainstream parties, including Mr Linford's own beloved New Labour, can hardly be called non-racist or democratic, either.
New Labour which broke its promise over the EU referendum?
New Labour, which thinks mass immigration and payment of slave wages is great for the economy?
New Labour with its skewed system of devolution bringing us health apartheid, the West Lothian Question, etc. (one could perhaps call it a racist government - racist against every man, woman and child in England!).
The Tories - with David Cameron prattling on about "Scots blood" in his veins, the "Scottish Empire" and how the Union is more important than parity for the electorate in England?
The Lib Dems - who have been backing the creation of elite electorates in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland for a very long time?
Charges of racism CAN be brought on the grounds of nationality, so we could say that the mainstream parties are all inherently RACIST against the people of England. Remember, a Scots' life is worth more than one in England.
I am very concerned at the rise of the BNP, to anybody considering voting for this party I would say reconsider a thousand times, but I also believe that the BNP's rise is more than a little due to the mainstream parties ignoring the concerns of the electorate, becoming increasingly withdrawn and autocratic. The current EU set-up is not helping. We want a Union, not a dictatorship.
And Mr Linford seemed very happy when Gordon Brown was appointed PM., despite the fact that he was unelected and a great deal of his government's legislation would not have any effect on his own constituents.
The success of the BNP worries me. But so does the attitude of Mr Linford, writing about "Shame" without bothering to think about "Cause". The attitudes of the mainstream parties, including Mr Linford's own beloved New Labour, can hardly be called non-racist or democratic, either.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
The British Soap Awards
Strange logo. Do the organisers of the British Soap Awards know exactly where Britain is?
British soap awards? Only soaps produced in England are eligible.The annual British Soap Awards are looming. And once again the only soaps eligible for votes are soaps produced in England. Which also happen to be the only soaps that are networked. The BBC allows "River City" to remain preciously Scottish.
And there are are no English/Scots/Welsh catogories to allow "River City" to be voted for - and does Wales still have its own Welsh-speaking soap? It did a few years ago.
Once again, England and the English are submerged by "Britain" and the "British" and the Scots and Welsh are left out in the cold.
This kind of outdated nonsense does nobody any favours.
But never mind, eh, celeb seekers? Why bother your heads?
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Google Does St George!
When we retired to bed at around 3am, Google had its usual logo... but checking back in just now we've found the above.
Excellent. We can't reasonably apologise for doubting Google in the first place, but on this occasion we "jumped the gun" and for that we do apologise.
Once again, happy St George's Day, England. Whatever you're doing, have a good day. Where we are it's pouring with rain. England in April in the rain! LOVELY!!
Brollies up!
Channel 4 - Nations and Regions
Tonight I was taking a look at a documentary about Channel 4, which celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2007. Predictably, I found the section on the 1980s the most interesting, and was just skimming through the 90s and 2000s when I discovered footage featuring a Scots guy called Stuart Cosgrove, apparently Channel 4's "Director of Nations And Regions" since 1997.
Now, as we all know that "nations and regions" is basically Nu Labour claptrap which aims to legitimise the abolition of England into regions and bolster up the so-called "Celtic" nations, it seems surprising that Channel 4 has apparently been using the phrase since 1997. Or was the post renamed in more recent times?
Channel 4 has a brown neck from having its head up the Labour Party's arse for so long. In the 80s, I could understand it - in fact, applaud it. But now?!!
Channel 4 seems to have the same regard for the democratic rights of the people of England as the Government. We never voted for a UK of "nations and regions".
And this was the station which recently brought us what could be construed as fascist bile about "pure Celts" and "mongrel English" in programmes like Face Of Britain and 100% English. Click on the Channel 4 label at the bottom of this post for more information on 100% English.
Now, as we all know that "nations and regions" is basically Nu Labour claptrap which aims to legitimise the abolition of England into regions and bolster up the so-called "Celtic" nations, it seems surprising that Channel 4 has apparently been using the phrase since 1997. Or was the post renamed in more recent times?
Channel 4 has a brown neck from having its head up the Labour Party's arse for so long. In the 80s, I could understand it - in fact, applaud it. But now?!!
Channel 4 seems to have the same regard for the democratic rights of the people of England as the Government. We never voted for a UK of "nations and regions".
And this was the station which recently brought us what could be construed as fascist bile about "pure Celts" and "mongrel English" in programmes like Face Of Britain and 100% English. Click on the Channel 4 label at the bottom of this post for more information on 100% English.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
David Cameron Tells Lies About The EU
David Cameron irritates the hell out of me. Not quite as much as Gordon Brown, but he still does.
Cameron is the man who tells those of us in England who don't like health apartheid, the West Lothian Question and the Barnett Formula and who want parity with Scotland that we are "sour little Englanders".
Cameron is the man who speaks proudly of having ancestry who were involved in a "Scottish Empire" and brags of having "Scots blood" flowing through his veins.
Cameron is the man who tells us in England that the Union is everything. Far more important than health apartheid, etc.
Cameron is supposed to be in Opposition to the Government - but it's rarely obvious. Are the Tories SO comfortable that they simply don't want the bother of governing?
And are they, like so many other career politicians, eyeing the glittering prizes available to them through a continuation of the current undemocratic EU set-up? I mean let's face it, integration and interaction on a tiny planet is all to the good, but do we really want dictatorship?
But Mr Cameron thinks its commendable - like Gordy and co, he's willing to tell lies about what would happen if we pulled out of the EU. I'm guessing that he is telling lies. Because I don't think any leading politician could possibly be so thick as to spout the following nonsense in good faith:
Question to David Cameron: Why would you rather be in Europe rather than govern, why don't you want a landslide victory that that policy would give you?
A. The vast majority of the British people want to stay in the EU. From the very next day our businesses will flounder and be unable to export to the EU.
Utter nonsense. Read it all over at "Is There More To Life Than Shoes?"
Cameron is the man who tells those of us in England who don't like health apartheid, the West Lothian Question and the Barnett Formula and who want parity with Scotland that we are "sour little Englanders".
Cameron is the man who speaks proudly of having ancestry who were involved in a "Scottish Empire" and brags of having "Scots blood" flowing through his veins.
Cameron is the man who tells us in England that the Union is everything. Far more important than health apartheid, etc.
Cameron is supposed to be in Opposition to the Government - but it's rarely obvious. Are the Tories SO comfortable that they simply don't want the bother of governing?
And are they, like so many other career politicians, eyeing the glittering prizes available to them through a continuation of the current undemocratic EU set-up? I mean let's face it, integration and interaction on a tiny planet is all to the good, but do we really want dictatorship?
But Mr Cameron thinks its commendable - like Gordy and co, he's willing to tell lies about what would happen if we pulled out of the EU. I'm guessing that he is telling lies. Because I don't think any leading politician could possibly be so thick as to spout the following nonsense in good faith:
Question to David Cameron: Why would you rather be in Europe rather than govern, why don't you want a landslide victory that that policy would give you?
A. The vast majority of the British people want to stay in the EU. From the very next day our businesses will flounder and be unable to export to the EU.
Utter nonsense. Read it all over at "Is There More To Life Than Shoes?"
Monday, April 21, 2008
Campaign For An English Parliament Press Release: England Excluded From Ministerial Meetings
This week there have been vitally important meetings, meetings which directly affect England and the English taxpayer but from which any English representative and English voice have been excluded. They are the regular ministerial meetings of the Joint Ministerial Committee. The Committee is made up of the UK Prime Minister, the Scottish First Minister, the Welsh First Minister, the Northern Ireland First Minister, and their deputies, and the Secretaries of State for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. There is no one representing England. ‘It is totally weird’ said Scilla Cullen, chairman of the Campaign for an English Parliament, ‘how these people still think England is the UK and the UK is England. England is just one of the four parts of the UK and both the identity of England and that of the UK itself should be respected.’
The range of inter-governmental respnsibilites the Committee considers is quite vast. They cover health, the economy, poverty and European issues of which fishing is but one, as well as financial matters and the operation of the Barnett Formula. All involve finance, and it is the English who contribute 84% of the UK tax income. This week JMC meetings have considered the dispute between Scotland and the UK over the £400 million council tax benefit Scotland receives and the £120 million the Scottish Government claims it is owed through the way the Barnett Formula works. Under the Barnett Formula Scotland is entitled to 10% of any money spent in England, in this case on England’s overcrowded prisons, which the Scottish government can then spend on any thing it thinks fit. Lord Joel Barnett himself has called for the formula to be revoked as completly out of date and unfair to England.
‘The Joint Ministerial Committee is only one out of many examples of the grotesquely unfair way in which England has been left out of and penalised by devolution’, says Scilla Cullen ‘It has no voice of its own, absolutely none. Unlike the Scots, the Northern Irish and the Welsh it has no institution with MPs specifically elected to represent its interests. The discrimination practised by the UK state against England and its people is intolerable. It is one of the issues that will be discussed at the National Conference on the future of England on Saturday April 26th from 10:30 to 4:30 at Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, Holborn, London WC1, which is free and open to everyone to attend.’
The range of inter-governmental respnsibilites the Committee considers is quite vast. They cover health, the economy, poverty and European issues of which fishing is but one, as well as financial matters and the operation of the Barnett Formula. All involve finance, and it is the English who contribute 84% of the UK tax income. This week JMC meetings have considered the dispute between Scotland and the UK over the £400 million council tax benefit Scotland receives and the £120 million the Scottish Government claims it is owed through the way the Barnett Formula works. Under the Barnett Formula Scotland is entitled to 10% of any money spent in England, in this case on England’s overcrowded prisons, which the Scottish government can then spend on any thing it thinks fit. Lord Joel Barnett himself has called for the formula to be revoked as completly out of date and unfair to England.
‘The Joint Ministerial Committee is only one out of many examples of the grotesquely unfair way in which England has been left out of and penalised by devolution’, says Scilla Cullen ‘It has no voice of its own, absolutely none. Unlike the Scots, the Northern Irish and the Welsh it has no institution with MPs specifically elected to represent its interests. The discrimination practised by the UK state against England and its people is intolerable. It is one of the issues that will be discussed at the National Conference on the future of England on Saturday April 26th from 10:30 to 4:30 at Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, Holborn, London WC1, which is free and open to everyone to attend.’
Thursday, April 17, 2008
End of Nations - The EU Takeover And The Lisbon Treaty
Politicians no longer listen to us. We want devolution for England as a nation? Hard titty. We want a referendum on the EU Lisbon Treaty? Hard titty...
It's odd, but the politicians suddenly seem to be all in it together. The Tories don't really seem to want to challenge New Labour that much - so David Cameron announces that those who want devolutionary parity in England are "sour little Englanders" and goes on to say that the Union is sacred. Health apartheid? Who cares?
Very few politicians in the mainstream parties seem to be acting for the electorate any more. Our wishes are blatantly ignored. So, what is going on? On the devolutionary front, there's definitely a racist, anti-English Scots/Welsh/"British"/PC faction at work, but why so few protests from English MPs?
Why is England so determinedly being broken up into regions, despite the 78% NO vote in the North East, the only area allowed a referendum?
What's going on? Why is democracy going to the wall?
This is essential reading and viewing:
We set out to make a video about the pros and cons of the Lisbon Treaty and found out to our horror the lies, manipulations and deceit behind the EU. From MEPs, legal experts and EU researches the true nature of the EU unfolded, how it really operates from behind closed doors and away from prying eyes. We discovered the massive power grab away from citizens and nations to the elites that is being proposed in this treaty. Most shocking of all was how our elected representatives are willingly handing us over to this emerging Totalitarian Superstate by deception , propaganda and outright lies.
This video details how the structures of the EU really operate, what the full significance of the Lisbon Treaty is and how it is the end of Nations within in the EU. MEPs describe their experience in Brussels and how they are undermined by the real power of the unelected and unaccountable Eurocrats who run the organization. How the politicians are working together for their own selfish needs while being used for a bigger agenda.
The video lasts for 1 hour and 22 minutes. I strongly recommend that you watch it all and read the associated material. It's all here.
It's odd, but the politicians suddenly seem to be all in it together. The Tories don't really seem to want to challenge New Labour that much - so David Cameron announces that those who want devolutionary parity in England are "sour little Englanders" and goes on to say that the Union is sacred. Health apartheid? Who cares?
Very few politicians in the mainstream parties seem to be acting for the electorate any more. Our wishes are blatantly ignored. So, what is going on? On the devolutionary front, there's definitely a racist, anti-English Scots/Welsh/"British"/PC faction at work, but why so few protests from English MPs?
Why is England so determinedly being broken up into regions, despite the 78% NO vote in the North East, the only area allowed a referendum?
What's going on? Why is democracy going to the wall?
This is essential reading and viewing:
We set out to make a video about the pros and cons of the Lisbon Treaty and found out to our horror the lies, manipulations and deceit behind the EU. From MEPs, legal experts and EU researches the true nature of the EU unfolded, how it really operates from behind closed doors and away from prying eyes. We discovered the massive power grab away from citizens and nations to the elites that is being proposed in this treaty. Most shocking of all was how our elected representatives are willingly handing us over to this emerging Totalitarian Superstate by deception , propaganda and outright lies.
This video details how the structures of the EU really operate, what the full significance of the Lisbon Treaty is and how it is the end of Nations within in the EU. MEPs describe their experience in Brussels and how they are undermined by the real power of the unelected and unaccountable Eurocrats who run the organization. How the politicians are working together for their own selfish needs while being used for a bigger agenda.
The video lasts for 1 hour and 22 minutes. I strongly recommend that you watch it all and read the associated material. It's all here.
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