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Originally Posted by cassie
You might consider whether you are the bluntest knife in the box and how long it took you to reach your current position? How much longer will it take the generality of voters in England?
Sometimes the smartest cookies are not the best of leaders! You've jumped too far, too soon! I do not say this to be unkind but it's how I view the political scene.
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Cassie
I accept the point about our party being ahead of the curve.
But think of this: when I stood for the London Assembly this May, some 150,000 voters for the South West constituency would have seen my name, the party name and a party slogan about independence for the first time. They may well have thought "Who the heck is he, never heard of him nor that party - and are they serious about English independence?".
Well almost 3,000 of them still voted for me, and the next time they read about the Scottish Parliament, or Wendy Alexander calling for a referendum on Scottish independence etc, they they will be aware that there is a new and growing campaign for English Independence.
Political changes are occurring very fast in the UK. Salmond will probably time his governmemt sponsered referendum in 2010 or 2011 i.e. after the next UK General Election. Expect national (worldwide) media coverage of that. We plan by then to be the premier English nationalist party; we are already the leading campaign group for English Independence. So ahead of the curve now, but planning to catch the tide in 2010 or 2011.
But we have a lot of work to do - and we need more members and money.