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Originally Posted by Andrew Constantine
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.
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Yes Andrew, you are well ahead of the curve, which makes me wonder how successful you will be . . . in the short term at least.
As you know, I would not have advocated that the FEP should have come into existence, but you have, and I wish you well. With some 40% of the 38 million voters in England being uncommitted, there is plenty of room in this pool to swim around!
Unlike others, I do not see any great disadvantage to more than one English nationalist party at this stage of the struggle. Both EDP and FEP can pursue their own campaigns and raise the profile of England and her needs. Voters may wonder what is the difference between the two, and that should also be beneficial in keeping English nationalism in voters' consciousness.
Problems may arise when both parties gain 'critical mass' and start to put up candidates against each other, but that bridge can be left until it needs to be crossed.
In the meantime, surely both the EDP and FEP can unite in pressing for voters in England to be able to participate in ANY referendum about independence for Scotland and, better still, a referendum about her own future?
Onwards towards the real targets!!!
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