For although many have been called crazy over this, there have been persistent attempts to raise awareness that the intention of the EU is to create a single federated entity in which its nation states are subsumed into the Brussels power base. One way they've been successful in preventing widespread awareness over this is that the architects have been playing the long game and implementing it via the sausage slicing approach. Each stage only moves the intention along slightly, keeping it for the most part under the radar.
The problem has been the financial crisis that has enveloped Europe. Originally it was problematic but then they recognised it as a beneficial crisis. Unfortunately for the grand architects they have since found out that the in reality their control of this crisis is akin to sitting on top of a rampaging bull elephant and finding your harness is made of string.
Richard North over at EU Referendum has come across a report that suggests that the grand plan may have to break cover.
Sunday, 3 June 2012
Saturday, 26 May 2012
British Tea - Start Your Local Voting Blocs
For those who saw it, I made a plea for a grassroots movement akin to the The Tea Party in the US. What I'm effect calling for is for the creation of local voting blocs because my view is (among other things) is that this is where the change begins and where people who genuinely want to see this Nation and its people thrive need to become organised.
I talked about the Tea Party movement.
My call however was not for someone to start a national Tea Party Movement (#BritishTea). Far from it. That is too large a job. All I was calling for was for people to start their own local voting blocs in their area. It doesn't have to be a roaring success from day one - nothing worthwhile ever is. It just needs starting. One person membership is enough for day one. All you need to do is have a determination to start it. Someone just needs to be that person in an area. I can't shout it loudly enough that the first stage is such a simple one that just has to be a determination to start it, simply because you know something much better than what we have now is possible.
Who is that person - well it's you. If you've ever found yourself moaning at the TV - it's you! If you've ever found yourself shaking your head at a newspaper story about politics - it's you! If you've ever looked around Britain and found yourself wondering what went wrong - it's you!
This time it is all about you.
Don't worry about where you're going to go from here so that you can make a difference - I'm going to try and help you with that. I know you're alone right now or at least you feel that way. I'm going to add more on this to try to help you. It feels enormous, I know. That's why I'm trying to keep this in small manageable steps as far as possible.
All you need to do right now:
I talked about the Tea Party movement.
My call however was not for someone to start a national Tea Party Movement (#BritishTea). Far from it. That is too large a job. All I was calling for was for people to start their own local voting blocs in their area. It doesn't have to be a roaring success from day one - nothing worthwhile ever is. It just needs starting. One person membership is enough for day one. All you need to do is have a determination to start it. Someone just needs to be that person in an area. I can't shout it loudly enough that the first stage is such a simple one that just has to be a determination to start it, simply because you know something much better than what we have now is possible.
Who is that person - well it's you. If you've ever found yourself moaning at the TV - it's you! If you've ever found yourself shaking your head at a newspaper story about politics - it's you! If you've ever looked around Britain and found yourself wondering what went wrong - it's you!
This time it is all about you.
Don't worry about where you're going to go from here so that you can make a difference - I'm going to try and help you with that. I know you're alone right now or at least you feel that way. I'm going to add more on this to try to help you. It feels enormous, I know. That's why I'm trying to keep this in small manageable steps as far as possible.
All you need to do right now:
- Decide you'll start it in your constituency- even if you intend for someone else to take over long term
- Bookmark this site so you can come back or subscribe to it.
- If you don't have one - get a Twitter account and follow me @restoregb
- Stay informed - those bloggers over on the right of this page are a great place to start
Saturday, 5 May 2012
On UKIP
Better commentators than me have put their finger on what yesterday's local elections point to. Only the BBC really seemed to be trying to spin it for anything other than a terrible indictment of the British political scene, but even they had to touch upon it (but not for too long)
Running under all of this was a good stream of commentary on UKIP. Opinions vary. Whilst the party itself was talking up the number of second places, others were wondering how they had failed to once again turn such widespread dissatisfaction into hard numbers. To a point this is a fair question. I'm sure the increase in second places were heart warming to the party, but if this were a school report it would look like those "could do better if tried" type comments. The opportunity has probably never been better for them. They are staring at a political open goal yet somehow they're not slotting the ball home. This is causing many to ask if they ever will be able to find the back of the net.
Jon Ward over at The Slog ran a nice little piece yesterday and there was some back and forth on Twitter between Witterings from Witney and Calling England, along similar lines. Having never voted UKIP or being involved with them, I can't say whether or not the problems quoted ring true, but they do appear as themes that crop up a few times.
Sadly, I spent a lot of time mulling UKIP yesterday and began to conclude that we need a more effective UKIP on the scene. We need a fourth force in UK politics to show the other three that the game is changing. This might seem a strange view for someone who only the other day wrote about it being time for a non party movement. I concluded that one could co exist with the other and also identified a third idea as well which I'll put forward in time. My view on UKIP is that their emergence could prove that the electorate has finally sat up and taken notice.
To do that however, they need to start taking some seats - and soon. For some reason they are just not turning their work into seat winning voting patterns. Something is amiss because I think the Tories are genuinely scared of them. The Tories can't decide on how to position UKIP. One minute they're talking about not wasting your vote on UKIP because it plays into Labour's hand by stealing votes from the Conservatives. The next minute they're describing UKIP as the natural home for ex-BNP supporters. This latter description demonstrates a real sense of fear. This is normally the politics of the hard left when they want to make something a no go area.
So they have an opportunity. But that is all it is - an opportunity. They have to turn it into votes. Shallow though it sounds, they have to work on their presentation. Europe is having an over arching effect on our everyday lives and is even pervasive down at town hall level. The problem is that this federalisation is so complex and so well hidden that the public either can't see it or it's complexity causes us to simply switch off.
Unfortunately for UKIP - Europe is the only message that really makes it out into the public conscious and as such it seems like the party is only about one thing and that one thing does not feel like the central problem in the minds of the British electorate. They're just not ready for that level of complexity - it needs boiling down to something really simple that affects their everyday life.
For me the current name is the same issue, especially when you have the pound sign logo. It places too much emphasis on getting out of Europe in the minds of the public because they boil it down to as simple a meaning as possible. I'm for getting out of Europe but if you're Joe Public and you haven't looked into UKIP it's easy to give the impression that's all you're about. This leads to the inevitable question of what they are about once they've achieved that aim.
Before anyone comments that there is other stuff on the website that shows what they're about - I know that. Appealing to voters though is like meeting a partner. There's that first impression that needs to be given just by looking at them. Only once you've created that initial attraction do you get to have an that deeper conversation where you learn more about that prospective partner.
It was Jon Ward's observation of what he would do if he were on their marketing team that really got me thinking about UKIP when he suggested:
Were I in charge of their marketing, I’d place far more stress on the word Independence – it is positive, it has many dimensions of great appeal concerning everything from personal liberty to export markets, and it is going to be a very important emotional word in the world that could emerge from the trauma we’re about to suffer. But why is no thinking like that coming through?
For me, this is a great angle to come at it from. Inherent in it are the concepts of small state, low bureaucracy and messages of aspiration and opportunity. It has something for disaffected Tories and to be frank it nails the myth of the modern Labour party that it is there for the working man and woman. This is where the freedom for such people lie - in taking the opportunity afforded to them and keeping most of the fruits of their labour. Added to that, this message solves the question of what UKIP stands for once out of Europe.
Get this message out front and centre and UKIP will start taking seats faster.
The other message they need to get out is the message that the big three aren't listening to the voter. We know it in the blogsphere and more and more I hear everyday people talking about this concept. Get out there and mine it. They know the parties aren't listening. Tell them you know that and offer them a home - provided of course you're willing to listen.
To start taking seats faster however they need to get out of the election cycle. It's the only time the press turn their attention to UKIP in any detail. Between those times it's mostly the big three and they need to get a little more savvy about it by bumping their presence outside of that time. Stuff happens and seats come up outside of the cycle. They need to be in a good position capitalise as maybe their first gains come from catching the big three flat footed.
One way I think they need to do this, is raise their local profile. I've just been to the website to look up their local presence. All I could find was a name, an email address and a mobile phone number for the local chairman. In terms of candidates, all I could find for my region was a list of candidates for the local elections. Nobody else to be seen.
To make gains when the mainstream press isn't paying you much attention, you have to raise your own voice and you have to do it locally. UKIP need to get faces and voices out locally to start building a power base locally. Local is where it's at. The party needs to get faces known and speaking at every opportunity locally. They should be out their constantly repeating their new message so that come voting day they have the public have a better understanding to make a more viable candidate. Waiting till election time to announce your presence looks exactly like the other three who simply parachute in to patronise you in return for your vote. If you want to know how that approach is working, take a look at how the real winner in yesterdays elections was the NoShow party which accounted for 69% of the vote.
What I've described is not rocket science. Right now is UKIPs best opportunity. The goal won't get any more open than it is now
Running under all of this was a good stream of commentary on UKIP. Opinions vary. Whilst the party itself was talking up the number of second places, others were wondering how they had failed to once again turn such widespread dissatisfaction into hard numbers. To a point this is a fair question. I'm sure the increase in second places were heart warming to the party, but if this were a school report it would look like those "could do better if tried" type comments. The opportunity has probably never been better for them. They are staring at a political open goal yet somehow they're not slotting the ball home. This is causing many to ask if they ever will be able to find the back of the net.
Jon Ward over at The Slog ran a nice little piece yesterday and there was some back and forth on Twitter between Witterings from Witney and Calling England, along similar lines. Having never voted UKIP or being involved with them, I can't say whether or not the problems quoted ring true, but they do appear as themes that crop up a few times.
Sadly, I spent a lot of time mulling UKIP yesterday and began to conclude that we need a more effective UKIP on the scene. We need a fourth force in UK politics to show the other three that the game is changing. This might seem a strange view for someone who only the other day wrote about it being time for a non party movement. I concluded that one could co exist with the other and also identified a third idea as well which I'll put forward in time. My view on UKIP is that their emergence could prove that the electorate has finally sat up and taken notice.
To do that however, they need to start taking some seats - and soon. For some reason they are just not turning their work into seat winning voting patterns. Something is amiss because I think the Tories are genuinely scared of them. The Tories can't decide on how to position UKIP. One minute they're talking about not wasting your vote on UKIP because it plays into Labour's hand by stealing votes from the Conservatives. The next minute they're describing UKIP as the natural home for ex-BNP supporters. This latter description demonstrates a real sense of fear. This is normally the politics of the hard left when they want to make something a no go area.
So they have an opportunity. But that is all it is - an opportunity. They have to turn it into votes. Shallow though it sounds, they have to work on their presentation. Europe is having an over arching effect on our everyday lives and is even pervasive down at town hall level. The problem is that this federalisation is so complex and so well hidden that the public either can't see it or it's complexity causes us to simply switch off.
Unfortunately for UKIP - Europe is the only message that really makes it out into the public conscious and as such it seems like the party is only about one thing and that one thing does not feel like the central problem in the minds of the British electorate. They're just not ready for that level of complexity - it needs boiling down to something really simple that affects their everyday life.
For me the current name is the same issue, especially when you have the pound sign logo. It places too much emphasis on getting out of Europe in the minds of the public because they boil it down to as simple a meaning as possible. I'm for getting out of Europe but if you're Joe Public and you haven't looked into UKIP it's easy to give the impression that's all you're about. This leads to the inevitable question of what they are about once they've achieved that aim.
Before anyone comments that there is other stuff on the website that shows what they're about - I know that. Appealing to voters though is like meeting a partner. There's that first impression that needs to be given just by looking at them. Only once you've created that initial attraction do you get to have an that deeper conversation where you learn more about that prospective partner.
It was Jon Ward's observation of what he would do if he were on their marketing team that really got me thinking about UKIP when he suggested:
Were I in charge of their marketing, I’d place far more stress on the word Independence – it is positive, it has many dimensions of great appeal concerning everything from personal liberty to export markets, and it is going to be a very important emotional word in the world that could emerge from the trauma we’re about to suffer. But why is no thinking like that coming through?
For me, this is a great angle to come at it from. Inherent in it are the concepts of small state, low bureaucracy and messages of aspiration and opportunity. It has something for disaffected Tories and to be frank it nails the myth of the modern Labour party that it is there for the working man and woman. This is where the freedom for such people lie - in taking the opportunity afforded to them and keeping most of the fruits of their labour. Added to that, this message solves the question of what UKIP stands for once out of Europe.
Get this message out front and centre and UKIP will start taking seats faster.
The other message they need to get out is the message that the big three aren't listening to the voter. We know it in the blogsphere and more and more I hear everyday people talking about this concept. Get out there and mine it. They know the parties aren't listening. Tell them you know that and offer them a home - provided of course you're willing to listen.
To start taking seats faster however they need to get out of the election cycle. It's the only time the press turn their attention to UKIP in any detail. Between those times it's mostly the big three and they need to get a little more savvy about it by bumping their presence outside of that time. Stuff happens and seats come up outside of the cycle. They need to be in a good position capitalise as maybe their first gains come from catching the big three flat footed.
One way I think they need to do this, is raise their local profile. I've just been to the website to look up their local presence. All I could find was a name, an email address and a mobile phone number for the local chairman. In terms of candidates, all I could find for my region was a list of candidates for the local elections. Nobody else to be seen.
To make gains when the mainstream press isn't paying you much attention, you have to raise your own voice and you have to do it locally. UKIP need to get faces and voices out locally to start building a power base locally. Local is where it's at. The party needs to get faces known and speaking at every opportunity locally. They should be out their constantly repeating their new message so that come voting day they have the public have a better understanding to make a more viable candidate. Waiting till election time to announce your presence looks exactly like the other three who simply parachute in to patronise you in return for your vote. If you want to know how that approach is working, take a look at how the real winner in yesterdays elections was the NoShow party which accounted for 69% of the vote.
What I've described is not rocket science. Right now is UKIPs best opportunity. The goal won't get any more open than it is now
Thursday, 3 May 2012
The Aha! moment
Richard North over at EUreferendum has been digging. Whilst the mainstream press has been making some attempt at humour around the fact notion of the wettest drought on record, EUref laid something bare which I think is quite startling. I strongly recommend you head over to take a read about what appears to be the Eu's hand in this debacle. He has for a good few days now been lifting the lid on one of the largest improbables in the nation - i.e. how a nation with so much rain as Britain (that even the world talks about) has a water shortage.
http://www.eureferendum.com/blogview.aspx?blogno=82616
Go read for yourself.
http://www.eureferendum.com/blogview.aspx?blogno=82616
Go read for yourself.
Wednesday, 2 May 2012
He's Right - It Is Time
Autonomous Mind has hit the nail on the head today.
In his critique of a piece in the mainstream media, AM like many of us has identified that there's a lot of moaning going on but that the time for it has passed. It is time for a change. One in which the people take back the ownership of their democratic rights. At the end of his post he concludes:
But it will only germinate and take root if people who care are prepared to help nurture it and play a part in tending it to maturity and strength. The time for complaining is over. The time for positive and constructive action is at hand.
I agree totally with this sentiment. There has been more griping than you can shake a stick at, yet each passing day brings more of the same. Nothing will change whilst the electorate sit on their hands.
Something needs to happen.
On a positive note, there seems to be more of a widespread commentary even in the MSM that all parties seem to be getting ever more detached from their electorate and that all, regardless of their leaning are heading down a similar path.
I share the opinion of Autonomous Mind when he writes:
What is needed is a new settlement. What is needed is a constructive blueprint for the future that empowers people and makes them want to support it for positive reasons. What is needed is something that is borne from the grassroots and evolves and grows, rather than something imposed from on high.
I have written my viewpoint on this before with this post in which I suggest a concept similar to that of the Tea Party movement in the US. Despite the name, the Tea Party isn't a party but a movement and although it has a national profile, it is the collective power of local chapters.
What the Tea Party learned in the US was that the idea of Washington as a power base for politicians is an illusion. Whilst politicians look all powerful and untouchable in Washington it does in fact have an Achilles heel. That Achilles heel is the local voting district.
It is precisely the same for us in Britain with our constituencies. Local is where its at people. No MP in the UK gets to Westminster without the say so of the people of a constituency. Every time there is an election they have to come here to market themselves to the electorate. They need you to vote for their place at what is currently a trough for greedy snouts. They cannot do it without you.
That is a simple truth they hope you never really work out, because once you do, the dawning realisation is you are the one who holds the power.
Now what we have in Westminster right now is because we are not exercising that power. Each time there is an election they come here with their marketing machine. We vote for our favourite coloured rosette and one of them wins. It is quite easy for them because they know that we're asleep at the wheel and that locally there is no collective voice to hold them to account. We're out there and we're angry, but we're atomised - all standing alone, thinking that we're alone.
Nothing could be further from the truth. A local chapter can watch politicians and done right can create a local power bloc. In the US, the Tea Party shopped for a candidate. They had simple messages - we want a smaller government and a return to a genuine opportunity to thrive and we've got the local votes for any candidate who will work for that. But they had something else - they also told any candidates they were watching and that paying lip service and reneging on the deal once in Washington wasn't going to cut it.
That's what is needed in the UK. Forget what you've heard about the Tea Party being racists or crackpots. The Tea Party was a game changer in the US and that terrified the so called progressive left. The progressive left have for decades been aware of the power of organised voting blocs. It had been a cornerstone of their activity and a reason for their major successes. They also knew the principle was politically neutral - that is the strategy works for anyone that uses it. The progressive left needed to therefore retain ownership of that technique and deny it for their opponents. As a result they had to engage in mud slinging when the Tea Party came along because for the first time, they were under real threat and so the racist narrative was borne.
Why do I keep talking about the Tea Party? I'll explain why.
The movement to restore Britain needs to begin so that we can get back to an honest decent democracy amongst other things. That however is a numbers game. Angry comments in relevant newspaper stories will not do it. Nodding in agreement at blogs will not do it. Bloggers cannot do it because we are too few and we are not in every locale. It needs the people to do it in their own locality. Many however may not know where to start. That is why I point to the Tea Party. They are a modern phenomenon and as such they are easy to find on the web. They can be researched and so can the tools that show how they got their local chapters started.
Start it you must if you want anything to change. Although you might feel alone, there will be many more like you just waiting for someone to put their hand up. Remember each local Tea Party chapter was one person once. Whatever you do, keep it legal honest and act with integrity at all times. As I mentioned back with my original post on the subject, I'm going to identify what I can to help you grow and post it here.
It is time - Britain needs you!
In his critique of a piece in the mainstream media, AM like many of us has identified that there's a lot of moaning going on but that the time for it has passed. It is time for a change. One in which the people take back the ownership of their democratic rights. At the end of his post he concludes:
But it will only germinate and take root if people who care are prepared to help nurture it and play a part in tending it to maturity and strength. The time for complaining is over. The time for positive and constructive action is at hand.
I agree totally with this sentiment. There has been more griping than you can shake a stick at, yet each passing day brings more of the same. Nothing will change whilst the electorate sit on their hands.
Something needs to happen.
On a positive note, there seems to be more of a widespread commentary even in the MSM that all parties seem to be getting ever more detached from their electorate and that all, regardless of their leaning are heading down a similar path.
I share the opinion of Autonomous Mind when he writes:
What is needed is a new settlement. What is needed is a constructive blueprint for the future that empowers people and makes them want to support it for positive reasons. What is needed is something that is borne from the grassroots and evolves and grows, rather than something imposed from on high.
I have written my viewpoint on this before with this post in which I suggest a concept similar to that of the Tea Party movement in the US. Despite the name, the Tea Party isn't a party but a movement and although it has a national profile, it is the collective power of local chapters.
What the Tea Party learned in the US was that the idea of Washington as a power base for politicians is an illusion. Whilst politicians look all powerful and untouchable in Washington it does in fact have an Achilles heel. That Achilles heel is the local voting district.
It is precisely the same for us in Britain with our constituencies. Local is where its at people. No MP in the UK gets to Westminster without the say so of the people of a constituency. Every time there is an election they have to come here to market themselves to the electorate. They need you to vote for their place at what is currently a trough for greedy snouts. They cannot do it without you.
That is a simple truth they hope you never really work out, because once you do, the dawning realisation is you are the one who holds the power.
Now what we have in Westminster right now is because we are not exercising that power. Each time there is an election they come here with their marketing machine. We vote for our favourite coloured rosette and one of them wins. It is quite easy for them because they know that we're asleep at the wheel and that locally there is no collective voice to hold them to account. We're out there and we're angry, but we're atomised - all standing alone, thinking that we're alone.
Nothing could be further from the truth. A local chapter can watch politicians and done right can create a local power bloc. In the US, the Tea Party shopped for a candidate. They had simple messages - we want a smaller government and a return to a genuine opportunity to thrive and we've got the local votes for any candidate who will work for that. But they had something else - they also told any candidates they were watching and that paying lip service and reneging on the deal once in Washington wasn't going to cut it.
That's what is needed in the UK. Forget what you've heard about the Tea Party being racists or crackpots. The Tea Party was a game changer in the US and that terrified the so called progressive left. The progressive left have for decades been aware of the power of organised voting blocs. It had been a cornerstone of their activity and a reason for their major successes. They also knew the principle was politically neutral - that is the strategy works for anyone that uses it. The progressive left needed to therefore retain ownership of that technique and deny it for their opponents. As a result they had to engage in mud slinging when the Tea Party came along because for the first time, they were under real threat and so the racist narrative was borne.
Why do I keep talking about the Tea Party? I'll explain why.
The movement to restore Britain needs to begin so that we can get back to an honest decent democracy amongst other things. That however is a numbers game. Angry comments in relevant newspaper stories will not do it. Nodding in agreement at blogs will not do it. Bloggers cannot do it because we are too few and we are not in every locale. It needs the people to do it in their own locality. Many however may not know where to start. That is why I point to the Tea Party. They are a modern phenomenon and as such they are easy to find on the web. They can be researched and so can the tools that show how they got their local chapters started.
Start it you must if you want anything to change. Although you might feel alone, there will be many more like you just waiting for someone to put their hand up. Remember each local Tea Party chapter was one person once. Whatever you do, keep it legal honest and act with integrity at all times. As I mentioned back with my original post on the subject, I'm going to identify what I can to help you grow and post it here.
It is time - Britain needs you!
Saturday, 31 March 2012
Seizing Ground
I've written about this sort of thing before. As I have mentioned in my previous post, I subscribe to the view that those who wish to see this nation get off its knees and stand once more are not the small minded minority they are painted as. I believe this to be a falsehood, perpetuated by the genuine minority as part of their smoke and mirrors act to achieve their aim to grind this nation down. The reality is that such people need us on the back foot, on the run or in hiding because they know if we ever stand up, the truth will be spoken and there will be nothing they will be able to do to stop the real truth from coming out.
Credit where credit is due however. They have for the most part achieved their aim of suppressing what the open and honest majority from working to get this nation back on its feet. For the most part, people who weep at where this country is are reduced to comment sections in newspapers or blogs. So successful is the "narrative" against them that their act of rebellion or counter attack is so limited. Those that would see this nation ground into the dirt have been highly effective in giving the impression that all of us who love our country are very, very alone.
As I wrote in the article I referenced at the start of this post, those who wish to collapse this nation need to separate us from our culture and the symbols of our culture. They go after every visible sign of who we are and toxify it. They make it uninhabitable. It's not a whim on their part but a very deliberate effort that they know has impact. It's easy to write such notions off as imaginary, but I'm afraid it's anything but. They have spent decades and I mean decades working on this. In comparison, we are rank amateurs. Part of this is because we presumed that the things that made our nation great are so self evident that they would stand unchallenged on their own and wouldn't need protecting by us.
You have to understand such people. For them, the war is everything. No inch of ground must remain uncontested in their world. They like to create a political "dirty bomb" that makes a given ideal totally uninhabitable. Why? Because they know that if we begin to place one foot in that area, others may follow and they run the risk that their narrative will be seen for the fraud that it is.
By and large they have achieved their aim. We are fearful to tread in so many areas and they move into new areas to tip the balance even further with their sausage slicing approach.
But it's not all doom and gloom. Regardless of how effective they have been to this point, I believe we remain the majority. I firmly believe that it is us that are legion that they could not possibly stand against. Their only real advantage is the time they have invested in their objectives and our fear. Fear is a powerful weapon to keep us hidden. We are so unconditioned at standing up for what is great in our nation that almost everything feels high risk. We may still fear that we are alone, despite the fact we're not.
So I have an idea. An idea that is timely. More importantly it's what I call a "toe dipper". Its something that can fit well within the comfort zone of many who might have been afraid yet gets them into the fightback. Not only that, its something that can act as a beacon to others to begin to show that we're not alone like they want (and need) for us to believe. My idea is nothing really new, but its' one that strikes me as something positive and doable and one that I feel has been a bit of a problem area for those who wish to grind Britain down. One in which some headway has already been gained in recent years and just needs to reach a tipping point.
It's St George's Day on April 23rd.
Before I go any further, there is obviously the question of how this applies to other nations in the union, especially as I believe in the strength of the union. Of course it is a day for the English, just as the other nations have their day. The problem for me is that St George's day is one which there appears to have been more of a concerted effort to thwart. For me a strong union needs to be strong in all parts. key to that strength is each individual home country having a strong sense of it's own identity. England I feel needs some work. So my point is that an act to restore some sense of pride in England is better for us all round. It's time for the English to "get in the game". Once we're in the game we're going to be in a better place to stand with others across the union who want back that way of life and values that make us great.
As I mentioned earlier, St George's day is one that that our detractors have had some difficulty in killing off, especially in recent years where it is starting to grow again, thanks to activity such as the petition to get it recognised as an official holiday in England . It needs however to hit a tipping point - one it becomes an event in which its celebration is commonplace. The people of England need to seize it and celebrate it with pride and counter any narrative that tries to paint it in a negative light. It's not ground that we should be afraid to inhabit. It's ground that our detractors should be afraid to inhabit. There's nothing wrong in who we are and the good honest way of life we stand for. England does not care what colour you are as long as you stand up for her and her way of life.
The day however needs numbers. It needs numbers of people to celebrate it and for the day to be visible around the country. It needs a momentum behind it that makes it visible to others. All mass has gravity and gravity attracts others. That mass will come from visibility.
So this year, decide you're going to take part in celebrating St George's Day. Start planning your celebration now, but whatever you do make it visible so that the message gets out that we're taking back the day and seizing the narrative that for too long we have left to those who wish to taint it with their own poison. Let's make it a visible celebration so that those who believe in England and its contribution to freedom can get on board with the celebrations.
Come on people, come on England. Dip your toe. We've got 23 days. Let's make them count so we can achieve a unprecedented St George's Day celebration.
Wouldn't it be lovely to get #celebratingstgeorgesday on Twitter for a start?
Credit where credit is due however. They have for the most part achieved their aim of suppressing what the open and honest majority from working to get this nation back on its feet. For the most part, people who weep at where this country is are reduced to comment sections in newspapers or blogs. So successful is the "narrative" against them that their act of rebellion or counter attack is so limited. Those that would see this nation ground into the dirt have been highly effective in giving the impression that all of us who love our country are very, very alone.
As I wrote in the article I referenced at the start of this post, those who wish to collapse this nation need to separate us from our culture and the symbols of our culture. They go after every visible sign of who we are and toxify it. They make it uninhabitable. It's not a whim on their part but a very deliberate effort that they know has impact. It's easy to write such notions off as imaginary, but I'm afraid it's anything but. They have spent decades and I mean decades working on this. In comparison, we are rank amateurs. Part of this is because we presumed that the things that made our nation great are so self evident that they would stand unchallenged on their own and wouldn't need protecting by us.
You have to understand such people. For them, the war is everything. No inch of ground must remain uncontested in their world. They like to create a political "dirty bomb" that makes a given ideal totally uninhabitable. Why? Because they know that if we begin to place one foot in that area, others may follow and they run the risk that their narrative will be seen for the fraud that it is.
By and large they have achieved their aim. We are fearful to tread in so many areas and they move into new areas to tip the balance even further with their sausage slicing approach.
But it's not all doom and gloom. Regardless of how effective they have been to this point, I believe we remain the majority. I firmly believe that it is us that are legion that they could not possibly stand against. Their only real advantage is the time they have invested in their objectives and our fear. Fear is a powerful weapon to keep us hidden. We are so unconditioned at standing up for what is great in our nation that almost everything feels high risk. We may still fear that we are alone, despite the fact we're not.
So I have an idea. An idea that is timely. More importantly it's what I call a "toe dipper". Its something that can fit well within the comfort zone of many who might have been afraid yet gets them into the fightback. Not only that, its something that can act as a beacon to others to begin to show that we're not alone like they want (and need) for us to believe. My idea is nothing really new, but its' one that strikes me as something positive and doable and one that I feel has been a bit of a problem area for those who wish to grind Britain down. One in which some headway has already been gained in recent years and just needs to reach a tipping point.
It's St George's Day on April 23rd.
Before I go any further, there is obviously the question of how this applies to other nations in the union, especially as I believe in the strength of the union. Of course it is a day for the English, just as the other nations have their day. The problem for me is that St George's day is one which there appears to have been more of a concerted effort to thwart. For me a strong union needs to be strong in all parts. key to that strength is each individual home country having a strong sense of it's own identity. England I feel needs some work. So my point is that an act to restore some sense of pride in England is better for us all round. It's time for the English to "get in the game". Once we're in the game we're going to be in a better place to stand with others across the union who want back that way of life and values that make us great.
As I mentioned earlier, St George's day is one that that our detractors have had some difficulty in killing off, especially in recent years where it is starting to grow again, thanks to activity such as the petition to get it recognised as an official holiday in England . It needs however to hit a tipping point - one it becomes an event in which its celebration is commonplace. The people of England need to seize it and celebrate it with pride and counter any narrative that tries to paint it in a negative light. It's not ground that we should be afraid to inhabit. It's ground that our detractors should be afraid to inhabit. There's nothing wrong in who we are and the good honest way of life we stand for. England does not care what colour you are as long as you stand up for her and her way of life.
The day however needs numbers. It needs numbers of people to celebrate it and for the day to be visible around the country. It needs a momentum behind it that makes it visible to others. All mass has gravity and gravity attracts others. That mass will come from visibility.
So this year, decide you're going to take part in celebrating St George's Day. Start planning your celebration now, but whatever you do make it visible so that the message gets out that we're taking back the day and seizing the narrative that for too long we have left to those who wish to taint it with their own poison. Let's make it a visible celebration so that those who believe in England and its contribution to freedom can get on board with the celebrations.
Come on people, come on England. Dip your toe. We've got 23 days. Let's make them count so we can achieve a unprecedented St George's Day celebration.
Wouldn't it be lovely to get #celebratingstgeorgesday on Twitter for a start?
Friday, 2 March 2012
Was it worth it?
Remember this:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14934352
Given his dwindling popularity at home it must have been lovely for a man who relishes the adulation from a good PR campaign, boosted by that warm Libyan son. We learned how he took the gratitude of the new freed Libyan people with their chants of "Thank you Cam'ron" and "Thank you Britain".
That was October
This is how that gratitude is panning out now:
Like my fellow blogger, Prodicus, I am lost for words. In this video I see the efforts of our armed forces who provided cover for these militias during the uprising being used to spit in our faces by desecrating the memories of those of have fallen in previous defences against tyranny.
I'm not saying they're one and the same group of people as those who once thanked us. What we're probably seeing here is one of the militias that are running wild in Libya. There is however an important lesson to us before we go jumping in to "save" a nation. It's one of that we had better know what we are getting in to before we do so.
It's no good going off half cocked into a conflict for the sake of some transient positive PR to fluff up our credentials as defenders of democracy. These things might start off with all good intentions but having seen several of these now, it is clear that how they start out is not how they finish. The path we seem to repeatedly is that once these "revolutions" start they not only attract the west, but bands of armed groups who make a beeline for the region to bring their own brand of revolution and post revolution "democracy". Somewhere along the way we work hand in hand with them, help them achieve their aim and leave them to their democracy. It's just that it has so often turned out, that their interpretation is very different to what we had in mind when we waded in.
Now we find Syria lining up as the next battle ground. Are we certain we know what we're getting in to there?
Was this worth the plaudits eh Dave?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14934352
Given his dwindling popularity at home it must have been lovely for a man who relishes the adulation from a good PR campaign, boosted by that warm Libyan son. We learned how he took the gratitude of the new freed Libyan people with their chants of "Thank you Cam'ron" and "Thank you Britain".
That was October
This is how that gratitude is panning out now:
Like my fellow blogger, Prodicus, I am lost for words. In this video I see the efforts of our armed forces who provided cover for these militias during the uprising being used to spit in our faces by desecrating the memories of those of have fallen in previous defences against tyranny.
I'm not saying they're one and the same group of people as those who once thanked us. What we're probably seeing here is one of the militias that are running wild in Libya. There is however an important lesson to us before we go jumping in to "save" a nation. It's one of that we had better know what we are getting in to before we do so.
It's no good going off half cocked into a conflict for the sake of some transient positive PR to fluff up our credentials as defenders of democracy. These things might start off with all good intentions but having seen several of these now, it is clear that how they start out is not how they finish. The path we seem to repeatedly is that once these "revolutions" start they not only attract the west, but bands of armed groups who make a beeline for the region to bring their own brand of revolution and post revolution "democracy". Somewhere along the way we work hand in hand with them, help them achieve their aim and leave them to their democracy. It's just that it has so often turned out, that their interpretation is very different to what we had in mind when we waded in.
Now we find Syria lining up as the next battle ground. Are we certain we know what we're getting in to there?
Was this worth the plaudits eh Dave?
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