England Expects - Silenced By The EU

England Expects

Our message to the EU: Try shutting us up, you undemocratic... people.

Big hat-tip to Tommy.

Remembering The Turmoil Of The 1980s - But What Outrages People Now?

We often think back to the sheer naked havoc that was the 1980s. Were you at Greenham Common? Were you a miner or a yuppie? Just where did you stand politically? Chances are, you would be making it obvious.

Nowadays, of course, people don't seem very motivated when it comes to politics. "Politicians have failed us!" they wail, and go out and buy a new ipod, some 1960s style wallpaper or a rustic style cruet set.

Or whatever.

Meanwhile, the politicians get bolder and bolder. England? We don't care about England! No, you can't have a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty! WE know what's best...

And so on.

And so on.

Oh, to be in the 1980s now that autumn's here...

Campaign For An English Parliament Press Release: Gordon Brown ready to sacrifice HBOS jobs in England to carry out his 1989 pledge to Scotland

Monday, 22 Sep 2008 08:49

'The real face of Gordon Brown has at last been exposed. As the financial crisis bites deeper and deeper and jobs are threatened in their thousands both in Scotland and England by the imminent Lloyds takeover of HBOS, his declared support for Britain has been shown to be very second place indeed. What really matters to Brown is not Britain but just one part of it. What matters to him is Scotland first and foremost. And if ever there has been a reason for England to have its own parliament which will defend its people, it is now.' That was the warning and the call issued to Campaign for an English Parliament members in Shropshire by Stuart Parr, member of the CEP National Council.

'The UK Prime Minister Mr Gordon Brown MP for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath in Fifeshire is now carrying out the pledge he made on March 31sat 1989 when he signed the 'Scottish Claim of Right' drawn up by the Scottish Constitutional Convention together with 132 other Scottish MPs and MEPs including Michael Martin the Speaker of the House of Commons.'That Claim of Right read as follows: "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".

'Gordon Brown has been the engine driving the Lloyds takover of HBOS,'' stated Mr Parr. 'No one can blame him for that. However, what the Times online has reported today is that page one of the formal takeover document promises that "the management focus is to keep jobs in Scotland; and there is no such reassurance about England". Not even about Halifax itself, the birthplace of the Halifax Building Society which employs thousands of English men and women. 'How little Brown cares for England! How else can anyone possibly explain that clause in the takeover document?' asked Mr Parr. 'And how unacceptable it is coming from the UK Prime Minister. The interests of just one of the nations that make up the UK should not be paramount to him, should not come first and foremost. Not even to a UK Prime Minister whose future will be decided by the bye-election soon to be held in the Glenrothes constituency next door to his own. Such narrow politiking should not enter into a takeover document of the immense UK-wide importance of the Lloyds-HBOS merger.

'Clearly England now needs its own Parliament, its own Government and its own First Minister to defend the legitimate interests of its people and restore balance to the Union. England simply cannot trust the UK Government as it stands. Britain is failing England'.

Contacts:

Mr Stuart Parr. CEP National Council member. Tel: 07973296118
Mrs Scilla Cullen. CEP Chairman Tel: 01438 833155

JK Rowling - Traitor To The Needy In England And Completely Out Of Touch With New Labour... And Harry Potter Stirs Memories Of The 1980s Mole...

Millionaire authoress JK Rowling, sitting up there comfortably in the land of plenty, Scotland, has just donated one million pounds to New Labour.

She believes that New Labour has done a great job for under privileged children (they haven't really), and said:

"I believe that poor and vulnerable families will fare much better under the Labour Party than they would under a Cameron-led Conservative Party."

Like those of us scrimping and saving for prescription and hospital car parking charges in England, Ms Rowling? Or dying for want of medication available on the NHS in Scotland but being blocked by NICE in England? Or those of us paying tuition fees at the behest of MPs representing Scots constituencies?

Not very bright, are you? But then as the lovely CBBC online service points out:

JK, who is friends with Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah, said she didn't agree with some of the Conservatives' ideas.

Well neither do we. But friends with Gordon and Sarah? How cosy for you, JK Rowling, you completely uncaring baggage.

Ms Rowling's act is simply beyond our comprehension. If she really cared for under privileged children, why didn't she donate the money to appropriate charities?

We can't judge Harry Potter on his merits. As soon as we saw the character, we were reminded strongly of Adrian Mole, the brilliantly funny 1980s book and TV teen - and we simply couldn't take the Potter hype seriously.

But after this we can make one promise: not a single copy of one of Ms Rowling's works or of the DVD spin-offs will ever be brought by us. And we'll take every opportunity to do some metaphoric egg chucking.

Rowling is a traitor to every needy person in England.

From the TV Times, 1985 - Adrian Mole - created by Sue Townsend as "Nigel Mole" in 1980, published in book form in 1982 and on our tellies in 1985.

Adrian Potter?

Nick Clegg - Undemocratic And Deceitful

Doesn't it make you sick when politicians begin speeches like this:

My grandmother was a Russian exile.

She fled the Russian revolution as a child, escaping through Europe and finally settling here in Britain.

My mother spent part of her childhood in a Japanese prisoner of war camp in Indonesia.

My mother and my grandmother – their lives torn and reshaped by the great wars and upheavals of the twentieth century.

And they found a home in Britain because ours is a nation of tolerance, of freedom, and of compassion.

And what my mother and grandmother endured taught me the extraordinary, precious value of those beliefs.

They understood that beliefs matter. They make all the difference between war and peace. Beliefs shape our world, for better and for worse.

That was Liberal Democrats leader Nick Clegg. He then went on to make a speech which was designed to ignore glaring inequalities like asymmetric devolution, health apartheid, the West Lothian Question. It was, in fact, a blatant attempt to muddy the waters and delude the English into believing devolution hasn't happened, or at least has had no great impact.

Mr Clegg's party website then ground the down-trodden people of England further into the mud by demoting the country to "some sections of the UK" in a footnote.

Nick Clegg - you clearly have not learned anything from your forebears. We cannot believe that they were as undemocratic and deceitful as you are.

Big hat-tip to Britology Watch.

"Come Into My Arms My Beamish SiteMeter..."

After yesterday's horrifying Jabberwocky version, SiteMeter is back to its old, friendly, thoroughly usable format. Thanks to those at SiteMeter HQ who listened.

Now, can we work the same magic on "UK" MPs?

Tax Payers' Alliance And The Continental Shelf Act

The Tax Payers' Alliance has been answering criticisms of its recent report on the Barnett Formula - all good stuff. As the Alliance states, total North Sea oil revenue has for the vast majority of the time not covered Scots' expenditure and there is another issue there.

When the oil was discovered, it was thought that revenue would be shared throughout the UK.

The North Sea Oil issue needs resolving.

In the 1960s, the UK Government passed the Continental Shelf Act - which altered the maritime border between England and Scotland, placing formerly English waters (and oil) in a "Scottish Sector". The electorate in England was not consulted as apparently the UK Government felt that any oil revenue would be equally shared - we were, after all, the "UK".

This sharing of revenue has not happened and if Scotland is being treated as a separate country whenever it suits itself, then England needs a voice as a nation too - not UK MPs running the country into the ground.

The maritime border must be corrected (it was originally, under international law, a continuation of the land border) and England, Wales and Northern Ireland need their own parliaments, on a par with Scotland. These needn't cost more - because the UK Government will be so honed down, there will be no extra expenditure.

Then, at last, the nations of the UK will be on an equal footing. And a lot of the hugely expensive quangos and non-accountable Westminster wallies (think of the West Lothian Question) will be gone forever.

We'll probably make enormous savings.

And in the meantime the attitude prevalent amongst some Scots of "what's ours is ours, what's yours is also ours" needs confronting and debunking at every opportunity.

We musn't meekly accept the warped facts, bile and nonsense any more.

Big hat-tip to The Secret Person.

Sir Alan Beith - Another Traitor

Alan Beith is Lib Dem MP for Berwick-Upon-Tweed. Sadly, he doesn't have Berwick's or England's best interests at heart.

“I don’t see what an English Parliament would offer Berwick and the people of the north. We would still be in the minority with no more power to make decisions which affect the area. It’s hard to see how Berwick would benefit”.

Having proper national representation so that MPs from Scots and Welsh constituencies could not push through legislation in England against the will of England's MPs would not benefit Berwick?

Having MPs who would speak up for and look after England's national health service and be representative of the people would not benefit Berwick?

Having MPs representing England's electorate to decide the structure of England's internal political layout would not benefit Berwick?

Having issues like the Barnett Formula swept from under the carpet and properly resolved by MPs representative of the interests of the people of England would not benefit Berwick?

Alan Beith is another smug, selfish MP who refuses to listen to the people. Several major polls have now put support for an English Parliament at well over 60%. Alan Beith prefers to follow his party's line - which is to regionalise England out of existence - despite the massive NO vote in the North East.

The man is an absolute bloody disgrace. The fact that he is also sitting on the Justice Select Committee which has (apparently) been looking into the effects of devolution shows what a farcical and disreputable state "our" politics is in today.

Alan Beith has shown himself to be undemocratic. The people have said NO to regionalisation, YES to an English Parliament. He ignores them. So what on earth is he doing sitting on a "justice committee"?

Alan Beith wishes for the implementation of regionalisation - something which those allowed a say heartily rejected - and stands in the way of an English Parliament - something which recent polls show the vast majority endorse.

Die in England for want of medication available on the NHS in Scotland. Scrimp and save for medical prescriptions - they're free to millionaires in Wales. Have non-representative MPs (including the Prime Minister) foist legislation on to you which will not affect their own constituents.

Alan Beith simply wants to break up England. He follows his party's line. He rides the gravy train. Like so many UK rump MPs elected in the country formerly known as England, Alan Beith has no conscience.

Health apartheid? The West Lothian Question? The Barnett Formula? Not issues, say the likes of Alan Beith. And they're not issues because we're so comfortable on the gravy train.

Let the rabble rot and keep muddying the waters, eh, Sir Alan?

You evil toad.

Big hat tip to the CEP News Blog.

Tesco Cafe - It's Scottish, It's British, It's UK - But It Sure Ain't English!

We did our supermarket watch today - on the menu was Tesco's and in the cafe we found just what we were looking for - another example of Tesco anti-English bias:

On the menu was:

Scottish Red Cheddar Macoroni Cheese

British Beef Steak, Ale and Mushroom Pie

UK Sourced Roasted Half Chicken

But nothing English, of course.

From the Scottish Government site:

Speaking at today's launch at Glamis Castle, Mr Lochhead said:

"Consumers are becoming increasingly interested in the provenance of what they buy. They want to know where their food comes from and they want to support local producers.

"Supermarkets recognise this increased demand for Scottish food. I know that one leading supermarket has increased sales of Scottish products in Scotland by 20 per cent and in the rest of the UK by 14 per cent in the last year.

But we can't help wondering how much these supermarkets, which absolutely refuse to recognise England, thus pandering to Scots and Welsh anti-English racists, are losing in revenue from their former English customers, who are now shopping elsewhere.

By the way, do try your local markets for cheap English produce. We've been very pleasantly surprised both by quality and prices.

Ben Bradshaw - UK Health Minister - LIAR And TWISTER

Health Minister Ben Bradshaw is one of that band of UK rump MPs (there are no English MPs, constitutionally England doesn't exist) who is happy that people in England can die for want of medication available on the NHS in Scotland, or scrimp and save for prescriptions free to all - including millionaires - in Wales. And he wants to twist the facts.

Mr Bradshaw is basically a traitor to the English people - a career politician who bends his knee to the Scottish Raj, and doesn't give a damn about the West Lothian Question or health apartheid.

From the BBC:

An English health minister who criticised health policies in Wales has returned to the attack.

Ben Bradshaw told a conference the English NHS provided a better service despite spending less per patient than the health service in Wales.

Mr Bradshaw attacked Welsh policies of free prescriptions and free hospital parking again and said ruling out using the private sector was "dogmatic".

The Welsh Assembly Government said it was "putting the patients first".

Earlier this year, Mr Bradshaw sparked a row between the assembly and UK governments by saying the money spent on free parking would be better spent on improving patient care.

His keynote speech to a CBI conference on health in London on Thursday threatens to re-open tensions between Cardiff and Westminster.

He told delegates the benefits of the English approach would become clearer in time.

He said he was "fed up" with being told that England suffered from health apartheid "because millionaires in Wales get their prescriptions free or Scotland plans to allow anyone who wants to park in busy hospital car parks for free."

Mr Bradshaw said: "What about the fact that in England you can get your operation much more quickly, you don't have to wait for more than four hours in A and E any more and it is easy to see a GP when you want?

"These things matter more to the public. We are already delivering them in England and we have been doing so while spending less per head on health than in Scotland and Wales."

Actually, Westminster MPs representing Scots constituencies decided that there would be Foundation Hospitals in England. There will be none for their constituents in Scotland.

And judging by the state of the hospital wards we now work on, this has been no good move for England.

People now lie in wet beds for unacceptable lengths of time because we are understaffed.

Errors occur over medications - due to staff tiredness.

People who cannot feed themselves are often left with their meal and it is later collected completely uneaten as we do not have time to feed them.

MRSA is rampant.

Ben Bradshaw is doing the people of England a major disservice in trying to make out that there is an English health service. There isn't. There are Scots and Welsh health services and a UK rump health service - that's right, the one which has no Barnett Formula to help provide good standards of care, on a par with Scotland and Wales.

It isn't a matter of the UK Rump NHS providing a more economical service that is the issue - it is the fact that Scotland and Wales have far more money lavished on them, and that the UK Rump NHS, which covers England, is of an unacceptably low standard.

It is that the Government is simply not prepared to spend as much on lives in England as it is on lives in Scotland and Wales.

But Ben Bradshaw is such a twister - he never mentions the Barnett Formula!

We Say: Ben Bradshaw - lying, twisting career politician - you are a complete and utter bastard!

Big hat tip to Kev.

Conservatives: We're Doing Well In The Polls, So Who Gives A Stuff About Equality For England?

The Tories, headed by David "Scots blood in my veins" Cameron, have decided that the Barnett Formula - which sees such delightful things as English lives being valued less than Scots ones, free prescriptions in Wales whilst fees rocket in England, etc, should not be allowed to interfere with their Unionist obsession.

As they are riding high in the polls anyway, why give a stuff about England? They are quite blatant about it, too:

The party now enjoys a large opinion poll lead. Polls had suggested that reform of the Barnett formula could have an electric effect on voters - similar to last year's inheritance tax cut - but that the risk was no longer necessary. Ridley Grove made the case on Monday that large opinion poll leads are discouraging radicalism in Tory policy.

Reform could jeopardise talks with the Ulster Unionists. The focus is often on Scotland but as the graphic above shows, the biggest beneficiary of the current settlement is N Ireland. David Cameron has high hopes for Owen Paterson's co-operation talks with the UUP and unpicking the Barnett formula could greatly undermine the appeal of UUP-Tory candidates in their first General Election campaign.

Reform could be a gift to the SNP. Alex Salmond believes that reform of Barnett would be a massive gift to his hopes for independence. A poll earlier this week found that - regardless of Barnett - a quarter of Scots would be more likely to vote for independence if there was a Tory government.

Reform could hurt the Conservatives' Welsh revival. Although the party may not win many more seats in NI or Scotland there is a real chance of big gains in Wales. Conservatives in Cardiff fear that reform of Barnett could kill those chances. As part of the Tory commitment to Wales the Shadow Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillan has already defended the continuation of the Welsh Office.

Evil, Self-Serving, Racist Bastards.

The Tax Payers' Alliance Report On The Barnett Formula - Unfair Scots Screech "Not Fair, We're Lovely, We Do Subsidise You..." Yeah, Right...

From The Tax Payers' Alliance report:

KEY FINDINGS

Identifiable public spending per head in England is £7,535 pa (2007-08). But in Scotland it is 22 per cent (£1,644) higher, Wales 14 per cent (£1,042) higher, and Northern Ireland an extraordinary 30 per cent (£2,254) higher.

Just over the last two decades (since 1985-86), higher spending in the three devolved territories has cost UK taxpayers a cumulative £200 billion (£102 billion in Scotland; £43 billion in Wales; £57 billion in Northern Ireland).

North Sea Oil has not funded the Scottish spending gap, despite Scottish Nationalist claims to the contrary. In only five of the last 23 years have North Sea Oil receipts exceeded the cost of higher funding paid to Scotland. Even with current high oil prices, the income from the Scottish share of North Sea Oil only just covers the spending gap, and North Sea Oil output is projected to fall by 50 per cent by 2020.

Of course, on comments threads across the Blogosphere various Scots folk are screeching "That's not fair! We're subsidising YOU!! How dare YOU!"

One desperate soul even comes up with the following little gem:

Does the formula take into consideration the tax and national insurance contributions from the Welsh Scottish and Northern Irish natives who live and contribute to the English economy?

Er, so contributions paid by Scots, Welsh and Northern Irish people domiciled in England should be counted as Scots, Welsh and Northern Irish funding, should it? Perhaps the same should apply to English people domiciled in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland?

But what if, like Chris, you have one English parent and one Scots parent? Ower, Missus!!

Perhaps Scots, Welsh and Irish contributions paid by those who live in England should be sent back home?

Potty! If you opt to live in England, you opt to live in England.

Of course, controversy rages most over the North Sea Oil.

"IT'S OURS!!" screech some very vocal Scots.

Well, actually it isn't. Since the Act Of Union with England, Scotland has benefited hugely. The first act was England bailing Scotland out of bankrupcy. Then the Scots became overly-involved in the Empire, and various subsidies have seen Scotland taking an unfair wedge of the cake ever since.

"But this part of England subsidises that part of England!" some Scots scream, failing to see that as England is a nation in its own right (or should be) it's none of their damn business!

Then there was the Continental Shelf Act of the late 1960s, which allocated formerly English waters to a "Scottish Sector". At the time, it seemed that the "UK" was going to benefit AS the UK from the North Sea Oil revenue. But that has not been the case. The English were not consulted about gifting some of their natural resources to Scotland, Scots MPs were involved in the decision (surprise, surprise!), so obviously the Continental Shelf Act needs examining and the maritime border needs restoring to its pre-1960s state.

The fact that the oil is a bone of contention at all surprises us - it goes against the grain of what the UK was supposed to be about in the first place.

The Tax Payers' Alliance Report is very important indeed.

The people of England must stand firm against the illogical and frankly bloody unfair braying and bellowing coming from North of the Border.

Some people have been bred on anti-English bigotry. Reality is painful. And some Scots are absolute pros when it comes to projecting an air of long abused martyrdom.

Read all about it and follow the links at the CEP News Blog.

Well Done To Roger Federer! Many English People Were Cheering You All The Way!

Happy and stylish - the wonderful Roger Federer (right). Trappy Scottish chappie Andy Murray (left) looks vaguely disgruntled. HOORAY FOR ROGER!!

Big hat tip (I've nicked your pic, hope you don't mind!) to The Cross of St George blog.

The Anti-England BBC - At It Again...

After all the crap spouted by the BBC during the Olympics (the atheletes were Scottish, Welsh or British, apparently) Auntie has decided it would be fun to look at the subject of UK sub-nationalities because Andy Murray has been referred to as an "Englishman" in America.

GASP!!

Of course, that wouldn't have happened here. As the BBC proved during the Olympics, if it had been reporting the event he would have been referred to as 'Scots' or the 'super scot' or 'the flying Scotsman'.

Or 'Welsh' if he was Welsh and perhaps even 'The Welsh princess' if he was a woman...

Or 'British' if he was English.

It was infuruating. But credit where it's due - Auntie does recognise herself to be at fault at times.

And the BBC is one of the main culprits, says Mr Maxwell. This was perfectly illustrated when one interviewer asked sprinter Usain Bolt to give a message to "the whole of England watching" after his Olympic triumphs.

"It's a continuation of England and Britain being the same thing," says the MSP. "There's an excuse for people far away to not know their geography but the fact remains that the BBC not knowing it is beyond the pale."

So there you are. The BBC mentioned England ONCE during the Olympics. And Mr Maxwell picked up on it, although, amazingly, he didn't pick up on the bizarre fact that the BBC referred to the Scots and Welsh atheletes as Scots and Welsh and the English as British.

Fancy letting itself down by mentioning England even ONCE - shame on you, BBC!

But don't worry. The rest of the time the Olympics were all about Britain and Scotland and Wales, etc. Never a mention of the English or England.

But blind and deaf Little Scotlanders (they must be if they didn't notice what the BBC was up to during the Olympics) jump into the comments thread to have a whinge:

I've always had a warm reception in the USA when I say I'm from Scotland and most people seem to sort of understand that it's not England. The thing that drives almost all Scots mad is when English people use the word Britain when they mean England and England when they mean Britain - and there's no excuse for this from the bbc or politicians.
Lisa, Edinburgh, SCOTLAND, UK

Lisa's whinge was published by Auntie, of course, but this wasn't:

The English suffer worst of all. The BBC always refers to the English as "British" - the coverage of the Beijing Olympics was a disgrace. Why does the BBC have such appalling double standards?

The sooner we're independent the better.

The BBC is the anti-English BIGOTED BASTARDS CORPORATION.

Guilty Until Proven Innocent In Telford...

Telford Town Park was given to the people of the town with covenants protecting it as a park with free and open access for all in perpetuity.

says Wonko.

But Telford and Wrekin Council have a different view - they believe they are the "land owners" and if they want to harrass people distributing leaflets or people without children simply walking they can:

In the case of distributing leaflets in the Town Park, we ask that individuals or organisations wishing to do so request permission by completing an application form and supplying us with necessary supplementary documentation. This information will give us, as Land owners, the reassurance that the activities requested by outside groups will not compromise our duty of care to young people and the more vulnerable.

Note: "Land owners". The council isn't maintaining the locality as elected representative of the people it believes it owns the land!

And this seemingly fascist organisation preys on fear with a heap of pious twitterings to try and justify its stance and get people on side:

I make no apologies for putting the safety of our children and young people first. Unfortunately there are people at large in our society who are unable to be trusted in this context and we have had unfortunate incidents in the Town Park which we have had to deal with very sensitively. If this means that we have then to take precautions which some people feel are “over the top”, then so be it. We would prefer in these instances to be as safe as possible beforehand, rather than sorry afterwards.

So, if you are without children and want to walk in the park, you can't. And if you want to dress up as a penguin and distribute leaflets on climate change in the park you can't. At least not without a CRB check and various restrictions being imposed.

Sounds like Telford is sleep-walking into something quite terrifying.

Rather like the rest of England.

If you use the park, or simply value freedom, join the protest - Wonko has the details here.

American Films And TV - Anti-English Bigotry And Jean-Luc Picard...

We were chatting to an English Star Trek fan the other day, who commented of the Next Generation series, which began in 1987:

"I always called Jean-Luc Picard 'Jim Luck Picard'- he was so English, sitting there with his cup and saucer, coolly and calmly dealing with crises."

But the character, who seemed thoroughly English to us too, and was played by the English actor Patrick Stewart, was not English. The show's writers gave him a French name and a French background.

Why the fuck was that? Why is it that on American television and in American films the English are usually represented by shifty, untrustworthy characters and massive rewritings of history? Anybody for Mel bigot Gibson in Braveheart?

America has so many English influences - in its political system and culture - yet we are ignored or subjected to character assasination by its media. Meanwhile, plastic Irish and Scots Americans wave flags and foam at the mouth on St Patrick's Day and "Tartan" Day.

Seems like home, doesn't it?

God Bless America? How about fucking grow up, America? It's time we started speaking up for ourselves - and we don't mean as British - we mean as English!!

The BBC: All British Citizens Live In England

Big hat tip to the CEP News Blog for pointing out, via their excellent new Media Watch project, yet another example of the BBC's determination to pass England off as Britain, and English citizens as "British" - whilst inferring that the Scots and Welsh are not British:

An elderly couple from north London are being taken to court for refusing to pay the levy on their council tax bill which will fund the 2012 Olympics.

For two years Thomas and Rita Glenister of Barnet have withheld £33.35 of their annual bill, the amount they said would be their contribution to the Games.

The couple said all British citizens should contribute, not just Londoners.

They are due to appear before Hendon Magistrates' Court on 15 September in relation to non-payment of council tax.

Barnet Council confirmed the couple had been summonsed to appear in court over the matter but said it could not provide more specific details of individuals' accounts.

Since 2006 Mr and Mrs Glenister have paid all of their £2,320 annual council tax bill except what they have calculated to be the "Olympic surcharge".

Mrs Glenister, 74, said: "It isn't the money - we can pay - but I finally thought that it is time to stick my short little legs down and say 'up with this I will not put'.

"If everyone in England pays it then I will, but the fact that it is just Londoners paying it seems very unfair. I'm not going to run round the track, I'm not going to benefit from this 'legacy'.

Note that Mrs Glenister stated that if everybody in England paid the tax then she would, but the BBC mis-reported what she said in its opening paragraphs, twisting it to the couple saying that all British citizens should pay the tax.

All British citizens don't live in England, surely? In our book, the the BBC should have simply reported that Mrs Glenister said "everyone in England" or "all English citizens".

A simple mistake, easily put right?

But the BBC were contacted on the subject at lunchtime today and have simply left the article as it is. So, as with the BBC's coverage of the Olympics, it seems that only the people of England are British.

The BBC has been showing its dislike of England and the English rather a lot lately. It can only be a matter of time before this disreputable organisation, which distorts the truth and takes our money whether we view and/or listen or not, is kicked into touch.

The discontent is swelling from below. It is only a matter of time before it bursts to the surface.

We haven't forgotten that BBC Wales had no trouble changing British to English in a recent episode of Dr Who, to smear the English with a reputation for racism. When Auntie wants to be racist, spiteful and have a good old scapegoating session, the English and England exist. The rest of the time...

Campaign For An English Parliament Press Release: Hospital Parking Charges To Remain In England

The British Government is failing England - hospital parking charges are the latest example.

The Welsh Government has already abolished hospital parking charges. The Scottish Government announced yesterday Tuesday Sept 2nd that it will abolish them in Scotland. Both governments agree that these charges are not good for the health of patients because they put strain upon their families and friends and reduce visits. However, in response Mr Ben Bradshaw, British Minister for Health in England –he has no jurisdiction anywhere else in the UK- issued the statement that they will remain in England. Once again the British Government has failed England. Once again the British Government has shown that it considers England first and foremost purely as an employment park, purely as a place from which to extract government revenue.

‘I am appalled at the way the British government is treating our sick and elderly in England.,’ stated Mrs Della Petch CEP organiser in Yorkshire, in a message to all Yorkshire members,. ‘As well as free prescriptions, Wales and Scotland are abolishing hospital car parking charges and NI is to follow suit. But they will still stay in England.

‘The government says that Scotland and Wales now have their own national governments and can choose what to spend money on, but it doesn't take a genius to spend more money than the English are allowed. Funding is based on the Barnett Formula and on the very generous extra grants the British Government makes to the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly. Speaking in blunt language it comes down to this: whatever England gets, Scotland and Wales get more. Our Scottish Prime Minister Gordon Brown signed the Scottish Claim of Right in March 1989, in which he pledged ‘always to make Scotland's interests paramount in everything he did’. He is certainly carrying out that pledge.now.

‘Will someone please explain to us in England, why it is in Scotland's best interests for English cancer patients to die for lack of the most modern of cancer drugs made available in Scotland, and our elderly to go blind for lack of the latest eye medicine also available in Scotland? Where in the Labour manifesto does it say that Labour policies will be implemented to benefit Scotland and Wales more than England? Shame on England's MPs who do not rise up to protest at the unfair and unjust way the people of England are being treated. There’s not a spine between them. The British Government is failing England and our English MPs do nothing and say nothing’.


Contact:

Michael Knowles
CEP Media Officer. Tel: 01260 271139

Email: michael-knowles@tiscali.co.uk

1960s Spiderman Theme Skit

Here Drew can don his anorak...

Kev wrote...

The other day I watched the Simpson's movie and very enjoyable it was to, but I cannot get the song Homer was singing out of my mind.

It was Spider pig does everything a spider pig does to the theme tune of the old Spiderman TV series of the 70's just so funny.

Homer Simpson is the best character in the Simpson's.


But, like so many things touted as "70s", the Spiderman theme was 1960s - dating from 1967. The series actually ended in 1970.

It's Sooo nice to write a post that isn't about the need for an EP!

Hope you don't mind, Kev!

BBC: Chris Hoy Scottish, Scot, Scottish - OOOHHH!! But Not British, Brit, British...

Looking back over the BBC reports on the Beijing Oympics, the Scot thing is often too much.

Praise has been heaped on Scottish cyclist Chris Hoy after he won gold in the men's cycling team sprint at the Beijing Olympics.

Hoy, from Edinburgh, Scot anchored the three man squad to victory.

Scottish Deputy first minister Nicola Sturgeon said his success was an inspiration to everyone in Scotland.

Scottish Cycling chief executive Jackie Davidson said it was phenomenal.

No mention of Britain/British/Brit at all - and the "Scot anchored" thing is ridiculous.

But the BBC did tell us on another page:

He now lives in Salford, Greater Manchester, enabling him to practice with his British team-mates at the city's velodrome.

So Chris Hoy is Scottish, not British.

And as for the English? Of course, in the BBC and UK Government's universe they - and England itself - simply do not exist.

Doug Jamieson - Come On Down, Little Scotlander - Wouldn't Think Yourself A Celt As Well, Would You?

Here's dear old heavily subsidised spoilt brat nation Wales flying its own flag - not the British one - for its returning atheletes. What really annoys me is that if Wales wasn't being subsidised by England via the UK Government it might have other things to think about than all this flag waving and insulting the English - like survival as a real nation!

Meanwhile, the BBC lets a Little Scotlander and probably a Celt fantasist have a say on the proceedings:

Among the crowd were visitors from further afield.

Doug Jamieson, 59, and his wife Jen, 60, from Edinburgh were visiting their friend Ada Stein, 93, in Cardiff.

Mr Jamieson said: "The Olympics is a marvellous achievement for the small countries of Scotland and Wales.

"They have all done so very well and it's not right to pick out one in particular. They have all tried their very best."

He said: "it is a breath of fresh air in a dreich (miserable) summer.

Cosy up, dear - I suppose you feel some sense of fraternity to your fellow fantasy Celts - and of course you don't even mention England!

And "dreich" - oh please, my Mum's Mum used to say that - but I thought it went out with the ark!

Talk about "over-egging the pudding" - trying to over-Scot yourself a little for the Beeb, weren't you?

Mind you, it says a lot for the BBC Wales news writers that they do this sort of thing at all - seek out somebody from a fellow "Celtic nation" specially - when it could have been anybody from anywhere who just happened to be visiting Wales!

YUCK!!

It's crap like this from the BBC (and Wales) which convinces me that the Union needs abolishing. These proud little "nations" need to find their own way.

And good luck to 'em. I'm sure they'll do it. And at least then I won't feel like vomiting every time there's a "proud" display of Welsh nationalism because that country's claws are digging deep into my pockets and its citizens are being treated as an elite.

Whilst in England it's a case of "Anyone For Health Apartheid?"

Meanwhile, the BBC is obviously very selective about what it says and photographs in England - as Matthew and Noelle Stallard, parents of rower Tom Stallard, sit there with a Union Flag, on their knees and witter on about being "proud to be British" and how great the 2012 Olympics will be. The Stallards are just the sort of ill-informeds the BBC adores:

Mrs Stallard added: "Loads of people we know have changed their attitude already to 2012.

"They say they feel proud to be British. I think everybody is now beginning to feel excited by the 2012 idea."

Care to quantify that, Mrs Stallard? And as for sitting there with the Union Flag - words fail me. Well, actually they don't. But I don't want to become offensive.

Mr and Mrs Stallard don the butcher's apron. Ohh we're British, ooh everybody's so excited about the Olympics... Yeah, right!!

Petition For A Referendum On The Lisbon Treaty: The Twisted UK Government Responds - And The Devil's Kitchen Responds To The Response...

The Government believes that EU Membership is firmly in Britain’s national interest, and remains committed to ensuring that the EU is focussed on adding value for its citizens.

Sometimes we feel tired. Tired of fighting for justice, tired of trying to get "our" Government to honour its promises and act in any way democratically. The UK Government has just responded to the petition for a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, which New Labour promised us would take place, and our no-mandate Prime Minister Gordon Brown then went ahead and signed without consulting the electorate at all.

The most ridiculous part of it all is this dispicable Government quoting the fact that a referendum took place on the EEC in 1975, when we were already a member. The EEC was not the EU, simply a forerunner, a very different beast indeed, and it seems politicians were lying through their teeth even way back then. We were told back then that membership of the EEC would not lead to the current scenario.

The reply just received is not unexpected. But it is sickening. Full of lies and self serving nonsense. The UK Government is a corrupt, undemocratic shit of an organisation. The Devil's Kitchen puts it better than we can here.

Gordon Brown Insults England About Football's Origins And Then Rubs Salt In The Wound...

Sir Alex Ferguson - "Can the Scot lead the united home nations to gold in 2012?" writes some daft wally at Sky News.

As reported earlier, no-mandate PM Gordon Brown stole England's footballing origins and gave them to "Britain" yesterday, and now he wants to appoint a fellow Scot as manager of his "British" football team to compete in the 20012 Olympics!

Good grief - this man really does hate England and the English, doesn't he?

Still, the public gets what the public wants - and the resounding lack of noise over far more serious issues like health apartheid makes me think that Mr Brown will get his way - and there'll hardly be a murmur of protest.

"I'm English, kick me..."

UPDATE:

Quote From The Sky News Comments Thread...

Ferguson? Brown has got to be joking! Remember how Ferguson coached foreign teams in order to get England knocked out of the World Cup!

We say: But that was England. If Brown has his way, England will soon be history.

Arrogant Unionist/Scots Bigot Insult: Britain (Not England) Is The Home Of Football - Gordon Brown

"Britain is the home of football, which we gave to the world, and people will be surprised if there is an Olympic tournament in football and we are not part of it."

What a liar! England gave football to the world - not Britain. And Gordon Brown is just one slimy Scottish politician who signed the Scottish Claim Of Right in the 1980s, promising to put Scottish interests first in everything he does! Submerging England as "Britain" and denying us our achievements shows that Mr Brown still has that agenda very much in mind.

As for what Gordon Brown personally has given to the world... well, pass the sick bucket!

Big hat tip to Britology Watch.

The Triumphant Return Of "Britishness": Olympics Outfits In (Mainly) Saltire Colours And I'm Doing It For Wales...

Iain Martin at The Telegraph tells us that the Olympics have proven that "Great Britain is far from finished". I don't see it. Only the English participants were habitually tagged "British" by the likes of the BBC and ITN, and David Davies, swimmer, had this to say:

"I'm really proud of Wales' achievements at this Olympics. It looks to become an incredibly memorable Games for a proud sporting nation and I want to be a part of that."

Only the English atheletes, politically apathetic and ignorant like so many, and fed a load of horse shit for donkey's years, towed the "British" line.

The Olympics are not going to serve to flag up a corrupt, self-serving institution like the UK and its Government, which creates elites on grounds of nationality and actively practices apartheid against the vast majority.

Here's the delectable Chris Hoy, dressed in a fetchingly 1980s high camp cycling outfit which seems to feature an awful lot of blue and white. Rather like the Scottish Saltire and not very like the Union Flag at all. There is a thin band of red there somewhere - is for that Northern Ireland? Where is the thick red band for England? Shouldn't that be in the space occupied by the words "Great Britain"? Who designed these "Team GB" outfits? English hating Scots or Welsh person or English hating English person?

The BBC And The Welsh At The Olympics - The Welsh Really Are Not British

"Just call that lot from England 'British'", says the BBC. "Bloody rabble. That's one country we simply WILL NOT recognise..."

"But here's a Welshman. He's Welsh! From Wales! Pure and strong and noble..." - the BBC goes overboard for David Davies and the Welsh, Welshness, Wales, etc, etc...

The BBC is still at it - flagging up to the Welsh (and Scots) and calling only the English "British" at the Olympics.

Swimmer David Davies has added to Wales' best Olympics medal tally for 88 years by winning silver in the 10km open-water swim.

Davies, 23, led for most of the race only be overhauled by Dutchman Maarten van der Weijden, who finished 1.5 seconds ahead in one hour 59.6 seconds. "It's going to take a while for it to sink in, but it's a proud moment for me," said the Welshman.

"I like swimming from the front, but the final section was a blur."

Davies took an early lead, but could not hold on against the Dutchman's late challenge.

The Welshman's was Britain's third open-water medal after Keri Anne-Payne and Cassie Patten won silver and bronze respectively in the women's race.

Davies' efforts ensured Wales had another Olympic hero to toast amid the Great Britain Beijing gold-rush sparked by cyclist Nicole Cooke.

And swimmer David Davies is so proud of Wales. "I'm really proud of Wales' achievements at this Olympics. It looks to become an incredibly memorable Games for a proud sporting nation and I want to be a part of that."

But Wales is not competing as a nation. Nor even as Wales, come to that.

And the BBC headline reads: Davies Extends Welsh Medal Haul. So he's really not British? And Wales is competing in the Olympics and has done so for years?

Wales won four golds in 1920 as Paulo Radmilovic and Christopher Jones were part of the victorious water polo team while Cecil Griffiths and John Ainsworth-Davies were in the 4x400m team that won gold.

Reality check - surely WALES hasn't won anything in the Olympics? Surely it's Team GB? Proud to be British and all that baloney? The same stuff we English are force fed?

But the BBC goes on (and on), celebrating "Wales' Olympic Roll Of Honour".

How come?

ITN also calls Davies a Welshman - apparently he behaved in a very... er... Welsh way. Well, it can't be British, can it? Davies is Welsh. Only the English are British.

The Welshman was talking to the press about his performance when an official tried to guide him towards his medal ceremony.

Davies turned to the official and said: "Will you shut up, please!"

But the official continued to interrupt Davies, who threw the contents of his water bottle at her.

Oh dear. Perhaps she was English, er, I mean British?

The BBC Again: The England Football Team And The Scots' Football Team...

There's enforced BBC Radio One listening whenever I visit my sister, and I am surprised at how vapid it all is. Wasn't it supposed to become cutting edge and up-to-date a few years ago, with 1980s goodies like "Our Tune" chucked out in favour of a daring new style which would appeal to modern yoof?

Sadly, it's more vapid than ever (the other week a DJ was excited because somebody had brought some jelly beans into the studio - "I LOVE jelly beans!" she shrieked) but, oddly enough, the news bulletins are still called "News Beat" - just as they were in the 60s/70s/80s!

Anyway, today I heard the sports chappie telling listeners all about the latest goings on in the world of football. The England team (bunch of Nivea boys that they are) had lost. Of course, the presenter couldn't avoid saying "England" in this instance, but he never said "English". Then it was off North of The Border: "The Scots didn't win this one," he trilled.

I see. So there's an England football team (NEVER English) probably containing "Britons" but Scotland has a football team containing "Scots"?

Another example of BBC anti-English bias and Scots bottom licking, IMHO.

The BBC...

I don't bother much with blog stats, but sometimes I'm glad I did. It was great to see that the BBC spent more than three minutes looking at my post about the disgraceful anti-English bias shown by those reporting the Olympics. Not that it's the first time Auntie has been here or, I know, to other similar blogs and websites. Auntie knows there's a problem. But the fact is she persistently ignores it and carries on regardless.

So may I suggest the above logo would be an honest declaration of BBC attitudes and that they adopt it forewith?

Poynton - Let's Change Our Flag To The Union Flag - We'll Be Just Like The BNP Then...

Hate to publish this logo... but it makes my point...

A recent story I've just discovered - apparently Poynton Civic Hall nearly swapped its St George's Flag for a Union Flag recently, you know, the same design as the British National Party's logo and emblem.

However, Poynton councillors, like so many other folk, seem to be on something which muddles the mind when it comes to the Cross of St George...

THE Cross of St George will remain above Poynton Civic Hall - despite calls for it to be scrapped in favour of the Union Flag.

The issue was raised at the Parks, Buildings and Highways Committee meeting of the Poynton With Worth Parish Council, held last week, where it was decided to replace the hall’s flag - at a cost of around £50 - because according to some ‘it was beginning to look old and tatty’.

While the Cross of St George has flown above the hall in the past, there was a suggestion that the flag should be swapped for a Union Flag - the Union Jack - because the St George’s Cross has in the past been used as a symbol for the British National Party, a link that has seen it removed from some public buildings.

But such a move was strongly opposed by Councillor Howard Murray, who pointed to the fact that the Union Flag should only be flown above civic buildings on 13 days during the year, mainly royal birthdays.

He added that Poynton Parish Council would not be breaking with tradition for the sake of political correctness.

“In the past the far right has taken over the Cross of St George but the flag should be given back to the people,” said Coun Murray.

“Those who are offended by the flag can stay offended because the fact of the matter is, that by convention it is the Cross of St George that flies above civic buildings a majority of the time.”

Er, as far as I know the BNP have always sported the Union Flag - with the sub-national flags of each UK nation sometimes draped around it. However, up until the 1990s it was bloody hard to buy a St George's flag in England anyway.

Why do these people talk such crap? What addles them?

The Cross of St George is a persecuted emblem simply because it suits those in power to deny England recognition and a national parliament. So, the English, England, and its national flag are demonised at every opportunity.

What do they take us for?

No need to answer that...

Meanwhile, the Scots flag, with its Klu Klux Klan associations, flutters unremarked upon. And the Scots, of course, are pure Celts, living in a pure Celtic nation...

Pass the sick bucket...

Hat-tip to the CEP News Blog - and I pinched your illustration, Wonko - hope you don't mind. xx

The BBC: Not Only The British Took Part In The Olympics For The UK: There Were Scots And Welsh People Too - But No English!

The BBC's hateful anti-English bias has once more emerged into the spotlight thanks to its coverage of the Olympics. Yep, the Scots are Scots, the Welsh are Welsh, and the English are British. How come? That's illogical. No, not really. It's just typical BBC anti-English bigotry. OK, we pay the lion's share of the licence fee revenue, but as we have to pay it, why should they give a stuff? Little Scotlanders, Little Waleseans and self-loathing English folk have a field day every day of the year working for the BBC!

Mike Knowles of the Campaign For An English Parliament, states in a press release:

"In its CEEFAX August 19th bulletin, the BBC described Chris Hoy the triple gold medalist as 'the Scot'. On one occasion as 'the flying Scotsman'.However, it described Victoria Pendleton the triumphant women's sprint cyclist Olympic champion from Bedfordshire and Christine Ohuruogo the 400 metre gold medalist from London as 'Britons', not once as English. In the first week of the Games both BBC reporters and BBC CEEFAX described Nicole Cook who took the first gold medal for the British team as Welsh, even as 'the Welsh Princess' but Rebecca Adlington who achieved two gold medals in swimming only as 'British', never English.'

'What we are witnessing, and consistently witnessing,' stated Mr Knowles 'is BBC bias against England and the English people.The BBC will do all it can not to bring attention to the national identity of English people. The BBC is acting very politically. Its refusal to have a BBC England and substituting nine regional broadcasting units for England is political. It regards acknowledgement of England's distinct identity as a threat to the existence of the United Kingdom. It is not a threat. And the BBC has no right within its charter to act in such a pronounced political manner. The BBC has organised itself as a broadcaster into 'nations and regions'. The 'nations' are Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, the distinct national identity of which it recognises and promotes. It refuses to recognises England as a nation. It treats England as nine regions. It will not recognise our distinct English identity. All this is political.'

'The BBC should not discriminate against England. It should not act politically. It should report impartially and fairly. If in reporting on TeamGB it makes mention of the specific national identity of Welsh and Scottish athletes, it should make mention likewise of the English identity of English athletes.'

Exactly. Anything else is absurd. Absurdly anti-English, that is.

David Cameron - He'll Mend Our Broken Society, But Don't Expect Equal Funding, OK, You Sour Little Englanders?

David Cameron is happy with health apartheid and asymmetric devolution - anybody who complains is a "Sour Little Englander". And now this twisted public school cretin is wittering on about mending our broken society. Of course, those who were little boys/girls in the 1980s, are banging on about what an improvement this statement is on the dread days of Thatcher.

But it's all words. All crap. David Cameron's government actively backs murder in England by refusing to stand up for the electorate on the health apartheid issue. The most you will get from the Tories is reference to a "postcode lottery" regarding health - as though it was a problem affecting the UK as a whole. The fact that Scotland and Wales receive far higher funding via the Barnett Formula is always ignored. Or played down to such an extent you would think it didn't really matter. Meanwhile, "British" Cameron bangs on about "a Scottish Empire" and having ancestors who were involved in the same.

The democratic rights of the people of England matter not a jot to him. And he also tells lies about the EU.

The man is so far removed from modern day England - or Britain for that matter - such a heartless spinner of pap, that he takes my breath away.

Thatcher said there was no such thing as society - people were too dependent on the State in her view. She stated that the country was made up of families and individuals - first you must help yourself then your neighbour. Governments could only act through people. That was the full gist of her 1987 interview, reproduced below.

"I think we've been through a period where too many people have been given to understand that if they have a problem, it's the government's job to cope with it. 'I have a problem, I'll get a grant.' 'I'm homeless, the government must house me.' They're casting their problem on society. And, you know, there is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women, and there are families. And no government can do anything except through people, and people must look to themselves first. It's our duty to look after ourselves and then, also to look after our neighbour. People have got the entitlements too much in mind, without the obligations. There's no such thing as entitlement, unless someone has first met an obligation."

I remember reading some old guru writing on a similar theme in the 1960s: "Tend at least your own garden. When it is without weeds, then help your neighbour".

Of course I disagreed with Thatcher. But not half as much as I disagree with the lying, twisted, self-serving anti-English/England politicians of the current day.

Kev Asks The BBC: Are You Discriminating Against The English? WENAP Answers: Do Bears Shit In Woods?

Kev has spotted that the BBC is at its anti-English worst - flagging up Scottish and Welshness in its coverage, but cleansing the land of Englishness.

As usual.

So, Kev has written to Auntie:

The lack of consistency, with the BBC Olympic coverage is highlighted by the fact with the above page about the British cycling team winning gold with the fact that the Scottish rider is identified as being Scottish but the two English riders are not identified as being English.

This also happened with the Welsh lady winning the first British gold medal at these games being identified as being Welsh whilst the English swimmer who won the second gold medal at these games was not identified as being English.

Please stop this discrimination against the English athletes.

Good luck, Kev - hope you receive a reply worth reading. But don't hold your breath. The BBC hates England and any notion of Englishness, and whilst we HAVE to pay the licence fee, no effort will be made to represent the UK nations fairly.

It's all part of living in our wonderful democracy.

And remember, the BBC had no problem in subsituting "English" for "British" in a DR WHO episode a few weeks ago. Bigoted BBC WALES gleefully altered the phrase "Britain For The British" to "England For The English" in an attempt to smear the English as racists.

Fair Flags Campaign

A dream come true - at last a blog dedicated to the issue of our supermarkets' outrageously unfair treatment of England.

Coming Back One Day Soon...

Thanks to all those who have e-mailed or commented on my recent bout of throwing my rattle out of my pram.

I have become very despondent about the whole issue of parity for England, and the rapidly progressing and highly undemocratic EU project which makes everything so much more difficult, but I am beginning to get my act together and think that I will start writing on here again in the not too distant future.

In the words of Wyrdtimes, "Every little helps..."

I'm not going to be writing anything just yet, but today I'm off to catch up on Tommy English, Toque, The Blog Of Kev, The England Project and Wonko's World - to name but a few.

Thanks again.

Goodbye - At Least For Now

Thanks to those who have e-mailed and/or commented. I'm taking a week or two off before making a decision about the future of this blog.