Newsletter ISSUE No. 23 January 2020

Inside this Issue After BREXIT Independence for England? - After Brexit-Independence for England p.1 BREXIT looks like it will finally happen. It would Life exists outside London -Election Planning for 2020 even appear that Boris has a plan. The Development of the Northern (could you be a local Government continues to state that they wish Powerhouse or the 'left behind areas to diverge from the EU rules. The EU of England’ is a priority! If you live in candidate for the English continues to say that this failure to adhere to SE England it is easy to assume that Democrats p.2 the various regulations of the EU will rule out a opportunity is spread equally all over -Thoughts on GE2019 by Trade Deal. So the question is: will the England. We need to address the fact Robin Tilbrook p.2 Government just leave the EU on January 31, that Westminster spends too much - Editorial p.2 2020 under WTO rules. It's clear that the Ports time improving the lot of their own -Tale of a Charitable Trust by in France are preparing for something big as bubble. London needs to stop seeing Graham Moore p.3 separate channels are being built to take UK itself as the centre of the UK -Why Charitable Trusts are only traffic. This is much earlier than required if (accounting for a disproportionate fleecing English taxpayers p.3 we were only leaving fully at the end of 2020 amount of Government spending) and -Hurrah for England p.4 (or later if the EU are to be believed). that we need a much better infra- -Spring Conference ( don’t BREXIT has dominated all conversation for so structure outside of London if England miss it) p.4 long that we have forgotten that there are is to thrive. many other injustices in England. Parliament for England -Why do Green Predictions So here goes: If the is to survive lack integrity? p.4 Social Care just keeps getting kicked down the (and the jury is out on that) then road. The NHS was sold as a 'cradle to grave' England needs to have her own service for citizens. It has been set in aspic for Parliament. It’s long overdue. quite some time. We fail to renew its remit and Devolution, started so long ago, review how it is funded to its detriment. If the needs to be completed. England Do You Want to Write For NHS were proposed today it would have a very needs to resume her place as a English Voice? different funding structure. However while we sovereign nation. Many people wait for our political class to work something increasingly identify as English and English Voice is published online at out for the future; we urgently need to deal with are proud of their English identity. least 6 times a year. It is an providing the care and dignity which does not Independence for Scotland is on the opportunity to keep people informed expect people to sell their homes to provide for cards again. It is difficult to know what about campaigns and events that the the cost of rather inadequate provision. This will eventually happen in that regard. are promoting or issue will affect us all in some way. It needs a Scotland does have the right to about a cultural event or English solution. choose her own destiny if that is the historical place. Institutional reform will of her people. The same argument Contribute We need to review all the institutions of can be used by the English to secure If you would like to contribute an Government (eg Civil Service, , h e r P a r l i a m e n t a n d h e r article to the newsletter please etc.) All these institutions need to be independence. forward any copy to the email below accountable to the voting public. Many of these or use the contact on groups have forgotten who they serve and lack Bridget Vickers www.englishdemocrats.party. Topics any accountability. BREXIT highlighted that! can be timely or just something that you feel members need to know. The Editor reserves the right to edit articles as needed.

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Contact: English Voice at [email protected] 1 Newsletter ISSUE No.23 January 2020 English Democrats Planning for Elections in 2020 Reflections on the 2019 General Election Results In May 2020 there will be many local elections across England. They will vary between every local authority. Now is Now that the shouting and arguing of the General Election is the time to start planning for elections in the coming year. over, and the dust of battle is beginning to settle, we can begin There are Police Commissioner elections for every county to see more clearly the political future of the United Kingdom of police force. Also there are the following Mayoral elections: Great Britain and Northern Ireland. England gived Boris victory Greater Manchester; In England, and the ‘Conservative and Unionist Liverpool City Region; Party’ triumphed while getting only a few more votes than in Tees Valley; 2017; but enough to be awarded many more seats, in the UK’s West Midlands; utterly disproportionate ‘First Past the Post ‘ voting system. Bristol City; Their support is now dependent on the goodwill of English, Liverpool City; Leave supporting patriots. Salford City Labour’s disappearing act Labour suffered a real reduction in their votes especially from The Police Commissioner elections and Mayor elections are the English’Working Class’ as the internationlist, metropolitan, all held on the supplementary vote system which means if multiculturalist led Labour Party’s links with patriotic, we come first or second in the first round that we could do indigenous, blue collar workers continues to weaken. well on the second preferences and could wind up being Lib-Dems redefine democracy sucessful, as we were when we got our Mayor of Doncaster The il-Liberal un-Democrats suffered more losses as the elected. The Mayoral elections are a good opportunity for us electoral support for EU membership continued to slide. as a small party because we get nearly a level playing field In Scotland, the Scottish Nationalists became strikingly more because we are able to get a fact entry into the Mayoral dominant and the calls for the dissolution of the United Kingdom booklet which is sent to every elector before the postal will become ever more strident and un-ignorable. ballots go out. Even in Northern Ireland those wanting dissolution of the United Last, but not least, there are also elections for the Mayor of Kingdom became more politically dominant. London and the London Assembly members. England left with …? We are interested in candidates and if you are interested So now, only in England, do we not have a large nationalist in being considered please make contact with party. [email protected] I think that the English Democrats are the party that will fill that Editorial gap! Happy New Year to all our readers! English Democrats Boris will give the English victory have lots of good things to look forward to in 2020. It looks Over the coming years the task of doing so will be made much as though BREXIT might actually happen. We might still easier if, as we expect, the liberal globalist Boris both fails to have worries about what sort of BREXIT we get. But hey, live up to his patriotic rhetoric and leaves us stuck with his very even Nigel Farage seems relatively pleased about this turn poor Brexit ‘Deal’ with the EU and also fails to radically reduce of events. mass immigration. No amount of huffing and puffing will help Independence for Scotland and for England? him then!. Scotland continues to rumble on about the need for a Robin Tilbrook second referendum on Independence. We must support Chairman the rights of the people of Scotland to determine their own future. As BREXIT disappears from the agenda it means we can focus on all those neglected issues that our lazy MPs failed to deliver or even discuss. Share this If you are reading this online; share this newsletter with a friend. Visit our website and ‘like’ it. Make sure that you are a member (as only members can attend the official parts of the Conference and vote). We have a several categories of membership: Full; Family; Concession and Gold. Check these out on our website. My new job I have taken on the role of Membership Secretary for the English Democrats, I will continue to edit English Voice. Among other things, I plan to set up a special area for members on the party website to keep members better informed. And finally its not too early to save the date for our Spring Conference, March 14 and 15, in Shrewsbury. I hope to see many of you there. Contact: English Voice at [email protected] 2

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Roger Scruton’s Legacy Scruton’s Views on English Independence

News of Sir Roger Scruton’s death was announced late on In an article written in reponse to the Scottish Sunday January 12th. It seems fitting to spend some time looking Independence Referendum in 2014 Sir Roger Scruton at his legacy and what this has meant for England and also for m a k e s h i s f e e l i n g s k n o w n a b o u t E n g l i s h conservative thought in general. It is perhaps his understanding Independence. Here follows a part of this discussion and commentary on current issues that has fed the political which appeared on BBC ‘A Point of View’ and can be thinking that allowed for the develoment of the idea that Britain found on BBC Iplayer. could be self sufficient and independent and did not need to give What follows is part of this discussion. away her freedoms. There is still much to learn and take in from In all the complex changes leading to the Scottish bid his writings. If you are interested in reading some of his works I for independence the English have never been can recommend: “Elegy for England” ( a tongue in cheek view of consulted. The process has been conducted as England written at the start of the Labour government in 1997.) though we had no right to an opinion in the matter. It was all about Scotland, and how to respond to I have edited an aticle which appeared in the current eidition of Scottish nationalism. Unheard (online publication) for which he was a Deputy Editor and As an Englishman I naturally ask why my interests in frequent contributor. the matter have never been taken into account. When It was striking that the greatest philosopher of our era passed the Czechs and the Slovaks achieved their amicable away on the birthday of his 18th century equivalent — Edmund divorce it was by mutual agreement between elected Burke. Such men rarely come about. Sir Roger Scruton will now politicians. What is so different about Scotland, that it join the ranks of great thinkers, alongside Burke, Kant and Hegel. decides everything for itself? Kindness and Humility The Union of England and Scotland was formally Scruton was a man of extraordinary intellectual breadth; he wrote declared in the Act of Union of 1707. But it had been books on philosophy and politics, environmentalism and an emerging reality throughout the preceding century. architecture, hunting and art, music and wine. It is astounding that In the conditions and conflicts of those days it was in an age of ego, the only thing that dwarfed his titanic intellect impossible for the two nations to regard themselves as was his gentlemanly kindness and humility. fundamentally distinct. They shared an island, a Universal Grief religion, a language, and a monarch. And both The outpouring of online sorrow at the news of his death is espoused the Protestant cause. testament to this. While often under-appreciated and maligned at It is no longer possible for us to see the union as it home, he became a beacon of hope not only for marginalised was seen throughout the course of the 19th Century - conservatives but for thinkers of all stripes around the world. His as something natural and unquestionable. Each ideas have helped generations of conservatives to mature, nation is, for the time being at least, wrapped in its especially in the former soviet bloc where he is a decorated hero own internal problems. for his work developing an underground intellectual resistance to Scots are bound to ask themselves whether the have communist conformism. had a fair share of the prosperity that is visible nearly Example everywhere in the south of England. And the English Coming from humble beginnings, his life was the embodiment of tend to blame the migrations that threaten to his own conservatism. Burke famously said, and Scruton often overwhelm them on a succession of Labour repeated, that “society is a partnership of the dead, the living and governments (who were largely Scotish). the unborn”. Scruton passes on an intellectual treasure trove to By allowing mass immigration into England, and future generations. refusing to confront the European Union's commitment Guidance in difficult times to the free movement of peoples, the governments of His untimely death resonates deeply in the current political Blair and Brown seriously undermined the English atmosphere. The Conservative government — which last year sense of identity. At the same time, through the hastily dismissed him from his post as a housing advisor thanks to creation of a , they gave a new a hatchet job by the New Statesman — would do well to look to identity to the Scots. him for guidance in this pivotal period of realignment. Suppose then we English were finally allowed a say in Reason for being conservative the matter, in which way would I vote? I have no doubt Scruton once said that “the real reason people are conservatives about it. I would vote for English independence, as a is that they are attached to the things they love” — family, friends, step towards strengthening the friendships between religion, home. Those in the formerly Labour-voting areas in the our countries. It was thanks to independence that the North of England may have once seen the “Tories” as a threat to Americans were able at last to confess to their those things, but now in a gesture of hope they are the people attachment to the old country, and to come to our aid who lent Boris their vote. in two world wars. Independence is what real Somewheres over anywheres friendship requires. And the same is true for those like Not big-C Conservatives, but conservatives by affection. It is the the Scots and English, who live side by side. triumph of the somewheres over the anywheres; of a love of home over an abstract unachievable utopia (literally, “no place”). As (Roger Scruton -Points of View ) Scruton once wrote: “we are needy creatures, and our greatest need is for home”.

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Conference is Coming-You Don’t Want to Miss Hurrah For England! It!

According to Wikipedia England has 53% of the UK land The English Democrats hold two conferences each year; one mass, 84% of the population, a population density of 415/km2 in March and one in September. You must be a member to over six times that of Scotland, nearly three times that of attend the Conference and to vote. Wales and more than three times that of Northern Ireland. It Party Business has 86% pf the UK GDP. So hurrah for England! Any amendments to either the Party constitution cannot be Care for Environment made throughout the year but are only discussed and agreed The consumption, manuafacture and use of stuff is an at either the Spring or Autumn Conferences.. important environmental concern. Our party's environmental Historic locations policy is to leave the world much as we find it as far as The party Conference is held all over England. This year the possible, In Britain the quantity of all resources consumed per Party has has chosen a historic English location for person (stuff + imports - exports) fell by 32% between 2000 & Conference so that family members feel able to attend. 2017 from 12.5 tonnes to 8.5 tonnes. Of course if we have a Details of September conference higher population say, due to immigration, we will use more This years March Conference promises to be no different and stuff in absolute terms. Since England has by far the largest planning is well underway. Conference will be in Shrewsbury economy in the UK this reduction is primarily due to England. at an undisclosed venue. This years events include a 'black- Hurrah for England! tie' dinner dance at the end of Conference. Smart Energy Use Book Now Although the UK economy has trebled since 1970 and This year it will be possible to book your place at the Spring population increased by 20% we use 10% less energy than in Conference through the website. You will receive notification 1970. Once again this is down in the main to England. Hurrah and information about your booking through the website. for England! Reduction in carbon emissions Why do Green Predicitions lack integrity? The UK has reduced its carbon emission down to the level of The short answer is that because much of what they say is the 1890s. If we used fracked gas to produce enough based on dubious use of data. So to get their point over they electricity to convert all transport to electricity or Hydrogen have to resort to playing mind-games with you - only you do Fuel Cells (party policy), so eliminating petrol & diesel fuels, not know it. we could reduce the level of carbon emissions to that of the Recently we were astounded to hear that the global average 1870s. The would be an entirely English effort as it appears temperature will rise 3 deg C by the year 2100. This sound that only England may have sufficient deposits of frackable like a 3 deg C rise in a century or less - except that it isn’t. natural gas. Hurrah for England. First the start-point for this prediction isn’t the year 2020 or Even better even 2000. it is the average of the years 1880 - 1900! This would reduce UK total emissions to less than 0.9% of Second making an adjustment for the period to 2000 global emissions. Hurrah for England. reduces the rise to 2 degs C. And more Third a key element in the calculation is the amount global The UK emits just over 6 tonnes of carbon per person which is temperatures are changed by a set amount of atmospheric less than two-thirds of Germany’s 9.5 tonnes/head. Once CO2 emission. They use a model derived figure, not the again the main driver is England. Hurrah for England! actual, one. The model estimate is two-thirds higher than the Germany major polluter actual figure. Making this adjustment reduces the rise to 1.2 Germany will continue to use coal(brown) until 2038, degs C. England’s last coal fired powerstation willl close in 2025 but Fourth Any prediction of temperature change must take into since coal is low down on priority for generation compared to account natural causes - solar energy, vulcanism and other sources coal will generate little of our electricity over the medium to long-term oceanic oscillations. The activity of the next 5 years. Hurrah for England! sun influences global temperatures. To bolster their case Celebrate England they have used the activity during the latter part of the 20th In Enlgand we often fail to recognise or celebrate our century, an unusually active period, rather than the average achievements, and they are many. Perhaps the English of the past century which is lower. Volcanic eruptions put Democrats could institute a Hurrah For England Day. gases and particles high into the atmosphere. These reflect Sources: Mat Ridley, Spectator 31/12/2019 energy back into space hence cooling the atmosphere. You https://www.ft.com/content/a05d1dd4-dddd-11e9-9743- have to go back to 1340 - 1440 to find a period when db5a370481bc vulcanism was as benign as the 20th century - in other Charles Vickers words when the cooling was so reduced. Oscillations in the Join English Democrats Now! temperature and currents in oceans occur over periods of a One of the best things that you can do for England is to decade to many centuries We are heading into a cooler become a member of the English Democrats. Your period now from the warmer period in the 20th century. membership gives us more political capital to use to further Using average long-term values of these trends would the case for an independent and democratic England. reduce the temperature by at least 0.2 degrees C [and perhaps up to 0.4 degrees C Ed].. www.englishdemocrats.party So perhaps a better estimate of the temperature rise in the 21st century is 0.8 - 1.2 degrees C - hardly dangerous. Charles Vickers

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