WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE ?

In 1997 the voters of this land gave their response to the mismanagement of this country by a discredited Tory party and on a wave of euphoria voted in the fresh faced, dynamic New Labour under the then leadership of Tony Blair. 11 years later, Blair is forced out of office by a Scottish led cabal eyeing up the prize of running England so they can continue their destruction of the English identity and race whilst leaving their own identity intact. Blair’s Cabinet, which included Brown, Darling and the Milband brothers, had taken us into several wars with the subsequent loss of hundreds of British soldiers and thousands of foreign civilians and protagonists. At the head of this cabal was a deeply flawed politician, Gordon Brown, whose previous disastrous stewardship of the economy was now becoming apparent. He hands the reins to another Scotsman by the name of Alistair Darling who, with senior ministers around him including Ed Miliband, continued on this course of destruction and massive overspending, like a teenager with a credit card. So two years later and in the midst of a financial crisis of monumental proportions, in a large part bought on by the lax regulation of the financial sector by an inept Labour government, but supported enthusiastically by the Tory opposition, we arrive at a new election and the people of this nation vote to impose upon itself the same failed party and ideology that they had rejected 13 years previously.


" BEYOND PARODY. BEYOND SATIRE. BEYOND BELIEF "


But not quite. With a Cameron led Tory party, the lines between the both major protagonists is so blurred as to be all but indistinguishable despite the posturing and faux hooting across the floor of the commons. So a Tory party that should have waltzed into Downing Street has to cobble together a coalition with the Liberal Democrats. These Liberals, often derided as a posturing party sneering at all from the sidelines, maintaining that they would not surrender their principles for a glimpse of the highest prize. A Dowager Duchess of a party remembering their not so glorious past through rose coloured spectacles. But they had their principles didn’t they ? Ah but like all principles that our politicians hold they can be bought if the price is right. The promise of power was too great. The chance to enjoy the trappings and the chauffeur driven limousines…to attend the parties…to meet with the not so great and not so good…to be invited to Celebrity dancing competitions…but most of all to do what is their raison d’etre…to tie this country ever tighter to the web of deceit, lies and anti-democratic behaviour that is the EU. No wonder a sigh of relief went up in Brussels as they heard that their biggest friends could put off dissent. So we had the unedifying spectacle of Menzies Campbell saying on national television and without shame that the Coalition has agreed that Europe will NOT be an issue in the lifetime of this parliament.

None of the main parties escaped the embarrassment of the expenses scandal, which even drew in the leaders of the Big Three. Criminal charges were bought against members of the Labour party. Imprisonment for one with surely more to follow. Peers caught fiddling in that undemocratic affront to our country the Lords, with the consequence of them being suspended. Today another half a dozen MPs have been reported. And so it goes. We then get a chance to show this disgusting bunch of reprobates what we think of them. Surely they will be given their answer ? Surely the English Democrats, UKIP and the BNP can muster enough support to give these scoundrels a bloody nose ? Alas no. When the votes are counted on another cold night in Oldham we must stand there and watch as another smug Labour apparatchik lauds a ‘great victory’ with the congratulations of Miliband ringing in her ears. The fact that she achieved less than 20% of the electorate’s trust, is somehow that endorsement, is seen by them as a victory for democracy, and ‘the voters of Oldham have sent a sound rebuke of the coalition policies’! Beyond parody. Beyond satire. Beyond belief. I received an E-mail from a UKIP friend thankful that his party had saved their deposit. Another from a BNP friend stunned that their vote had fallen. And to us. We had a great candidate. A man with a trade Union background. A local man. A man with so much energy and a supportive family and deeply committed friends who would get out there. And they did, leafleting and protesting. Denied entry to the Hustings he stood outside with a loud hailer demanding to be heard. Nobody could have tried harder. But he hadn’t reckoned on the tribal-ness of politics or, let’s be honest, the stupidity of voters in this dumbed down, celebrity obsessed society. That we did so bad is not a reflection of him. That denial of an equal measure of publicity from the media played a massive part. Funding came into it for even the bottomless pit of money that UKIP can draw on, and don’t forget they received a £5 million boost just prior to this election, just saved them their deposit. The huge number of activists that the BNP can muster counted for little. We failed. The message is not getting across and if it is it doesn’t seem to be of sufficient concern to English people to make them change their voting patterns. You speak to people and they agree with you on the issues. Most, even today, are unaware of devolved issues and their impact upon English voters, but when this impact is explained their incredulity turns to anger. Our stance on Europe gets overwhelming support. Our call for an end to mass immigration is enthusiastically received. It’s not about personalities of certain individuals. It’s us as a party. Deeply depressing week that has knocked me for six. Quite how UKIP responds after nearly 20 years of being a political party, and the BNP even longer, I don’t know ? Where WE go from here I don’t know, and it may be that time will take away this humiliation, for that’s what it was make no mistake. I have my own views on the road we should take. But that’s for another time.