
Originally Posted by
cassie
I often wonder what world you people live in!
As far as I am aware, the English Democrats Party was started with the prime objective of establishing a separate parliament for the people of England, not just for the English (however you define that) but for all the people of England.
To achieve this, maximum support amongst voters in England is needed ~ any voters, English voters, whatever!
Opponents and antagonists started raising irrelevant issues such as 'How do you define Englishness?' Funny, no one asked how one defined Scottishness or Welshness in order to establish THEIR assemblies! Funny how being a Welsh or Scottish nationalist is generally regarded as being 'left wing' but English nationalists are somehow 'right wing' ~ y'know akin to being facists.
Of course any attempts to create such an institution will attract English people and be centred on such people, but it should not (must not) be to the exclusion of other people. Moreover, it is quite right for the movement to be based on English culture, however that is perceived, and for it to predominate, but not to the exclusion of anything else.
By and large, references to what happened centuries ago are not relevant to the EDP's primary objective, which quite simply is the establishment of a separate parliament & executive in England with no less power than that in Scotland and Wales!
The more we English focus on Englishness, the more we will alienate support in England from other quarters. The sad thing is that, in my opinion, we do not need to concentrate on Englishness, because our opponents will do that for us; they want to sidetrack us down that dead-end route to divert us from obtaining our own parliament.
Our opponents are keenly aware that our campaign and an English Parliament will tend to bring Englishness, culture & customs to the fore. That is what they are afraid of. They want us to promote those things rather than an English Parliament because that will maximise opposition from those who feel excluded. Our opponents know that once a separate English Parliament is established, electors will look at candidates for elective office in more searching ways than they do now, and individuals such as Malcolm Rifkind, Liam Fox, Michael Gove, Ian McCartney to name but a few, will find it much more difficult to be accepted as candidates in England.
So, before we go much further with this whimsical 'King Arthur & the Knights of the Round Table' stuff, think on. If you act and talk vaingloriously like kids, you'll get treated like kids and, ultimately, that means no national parliament for England!
To coin a phrase ~ GET REAL!
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