BRITISH JUSTICE?

It is becoming ever more evident that the running of the recent leadership election was flawed and in some cases fraudulent.

Voting members were not sent voting forms to my knowledge by the membership secretary Mrs Mathys. There may have been a valid reason for this such as the incompetence for which she is well known.

There was also a climate of fear among the more timid members when they realised that they and the way they voted could be easily ascertained with sanctions implemented against them. This means to me that they would have voted Brons if they had dared.
I do not know what sanctions they feared, but it does show a climate of fear entirely inappropriate in a political party.

Suspensions and expulsions also helped the "Griffinite" side, and Eddy Butler did the Brons cause no good by encouraging members to leave the party.

Eddy on his blog of yesterday is thus disingenuous by saying he held fire in order to avoid hurting the Brons campaign.
He also says the BNP is a toxic brand but yet he attempted to lead it last year, raher a contradiction I think, and not what he said at the meeting in Dewsbury which I attended and which got me in trouble earlier this year.

He tells us what he now thinks is wrong with the party and in a future post he will inform us of his answers. It's getting like an Agatha Christie plot, hopefully with no murder later in the story.

It is always interesting to read these blogs and sometimes they throw a new aspect one has not thought of before, even though there is sometimes much to disagree with.

I WILL NOW SAY WHY I HAVE LOST FAITH WITH THE PRESENT SET UP.

I have been a member for nearly 9 years and know about "The Decembrists" incident.
There was fault on both sides. It was started by Nick Griffin and one thing led to another with attack and counter attack until the inexcusible "nuclear" option of the membership leak occurred,causing much damage to our party and some members.

I don't want to go into all the details, suffice it to say I know all of them.

The point I make is it could have been avoided with sense on BOTH sides.

So the rebels fell by the wayside and though wounded we got back to business and put the incident out of our mind, and began to make good progress.
We were on a roll, but a series of gaffes exploited by a hostile press undermined our image and political progress.
Again these could have been avoided. We supplied the ammunition.

Internally hints of financial irregularity surfaced and the party became involved in unneccessary legal cases at further cost. Accounts were submitted late and bills not paid.
We asked for financial transparency but were not given it, but I hung on in spite of ever poorer electoral results, hoping for a turnround and a revival.

I PUT MY DOUBTS BEHIND ME especially as Nick Griffin had PROMISED to retire from the leadership in 2014 with the generous pension he sneaked through at the Codnor meeting.

I was uneasy at the conference when he said that he would offer 20% payment of all bills owing, take it or leave it.
I thought it unfair to the small businessmen who had helped us to be treated so shabbily, especially as the party had crowed that we had had £1.6 million in donations.

We asked where the money had gone. Just give us the accounts, all to no avail.

Even then I was a supporter of the leadership, I had nowhere else to go.

At the conference last December a motion for a democratic structure taking power back from the Chairman and put forward by Arthur Kemp was almost unanimously passed.

Clive Jefferson was one of the few who opposed it.

I knew it would take some time (possibly 2/3 months) to be implemented, but when I found out in February that it would not come to pass because of objections from the Chairman that was the last straw for me. It was what finally removed the blinkers from my eyes and I began to search other avenues.

All this time our region was collapsing under the dictatorial methods of Clive Jefferson and I realised that to carry on in the same way we risked oblivion.

Then we learnt that Nick ("in response to popular demand", don't make me laugh) had decided to go for another term, this time for 4 years, an idea that was explicitly rejected at Codnor 3 years ago (before the era of proxy votes)

Nationalism is the only hope for our country but I believe we are failing to engage the voters because of wrong tactics, emphasis and those who are implementing them.

Internal party finances and democracy are matters of little consequence to the voting public but deficiencies in these have had a devastating effect on activist morale. It is no good pretending all is well when it is obvious we are going downhill.

We must change our methods, internally and externally and perhaps senior personnel if we are to survive.

WE CAN AND WILL SURVIVE as a movement,but--

We I think will have to change our name.

How about BRITISH JUSTICE?

A BLUEPRINT FOR THE FUTURE?

There is a proposal in yesterday's "British National Party ideas" fo a "Think Tank" to discuss ways of going forward from here.

BTW I believe this site is excellent and would commend everybody to visit it rather than the official site as the articles cover a wider range of topics and are better thought out and written, not surprising considering the calibre of those still "on side" with Nick Griffin.

I, like many others have been wondering what we could do to improve our chances, and having dwelt on this topic have become increasingly optimistic that the prospect of a nationalist revival is possible if we do the right things.

But first we have to consider why we are where we are.

Yes I know we have been in recent weeks preoccupied by our own in party matters and conflict, but we perhaps have forgotten the momentous national and international events taking place.
I have been following these in the last two days in the papers comments section especially following the horrific murders in Norway supposedly, in that madman's idea to protect European civilisation.

The media especially the left wing papers and the BBC have endeavoured to pin this outrage on us and our party. What struck me was the overwhelming majority of the thousands of comments which expressed the fear that Europe is becoming taken over by muslim people and are thus potential supporters of ours.

So why have we not harvested that support?

The answers are that we are perceived as too extreme by voters and internally we are concentrating on the wrong things.

WE spend too much time on semantics, Civic Nationalism versus Ethno Nationalism for example.
We are all Nationalists as are many of our compatriots so we should stress that unity.
I am neither. I am an Economic Nationalist and believe all will fall into place as a result of nationalistic economic policies, but again these details are irrelevant if we are to unite as a force for good in our nation.

Most people from all parties are against further immigration so we should promote that part of our policies without bothering about the details.

When you are in a hole, first stop digging rather than discussing which spade to use.

The campaigns the party has mounted, although on serious matters are of little significance in the larger picture. Yes muslim grooming is horrific and all are agreed on this, but putting a large part of our resources into campaigns such as this gain few votes.
Similarly the incompetently run "Bring our Boys Home" petition does not differntiate us enough from other parties, nor does the halal meat campaign gain us many votes.

We should as nationalists keep our noses out of the Israel/ Palestine conflict, again, it has nothing to do with us and gains us few votes.

Inteperate comments about Jews and executing our present politicians just puts people off and invites comparison to totalitarian regimes such as the Nazis and Stalinist Communists.

These attitudes have tainted people's image of nationalism, giving the impression of nasty vindictive attitudes.

Instead we should be pointing out that countries, often nominally Communist such as China are Nationalist, and that Nationalism has been an ingredient in their success. Nationalism has been successful in Japan and other Far East countries and even Germany where people and governments support their own economies.
Indeed every successful country in the world has gained that success as a result of a nationalist ideology.

We must promote the positive aspects of Nationalism and counter the negative connotations that word brings in our society,but we must do it in a form that is not and does not look extreme but rather a unifying philosophy which protects us rather than discriminates against others.

There are many ways we could effect this.
The phone hacking scandal has not yet run its course but even now both major parties have been shown to be mired in corruption and in hock to a ruthless foreigner who has in effect taken over our government.

The incompetence of our government is daily shown and many of its most stupid actions have only been taken after consulting Murdoch, such as the war in Iraq.
Now we are bogged down in Libya, again sticking our noses where they have no business to be.

More dangerous than all the above however but swept under the table by the capitalist banking cabal is the imminent collapse of the Euro and the American Dollar.
Chickens really are coming home to roost and economic disaster looms as countries attempt to pay interest to the international bankers on money they have created out of thin air to lend at high rates of interest.This money can only be repaid by continuing to grow the economy.

Any fool can see that in a finite world growth can not continue for ever but the powers that be continue on this path to disaster as they are financed by this fraud.

While we have been preoccupied with our internal matters international events have been to some extent under our radar.

SO WHAT DO WE DO?

Well I think a "think tank" meeting for disaffected members, past and present together with other concerned people should be set up. A new party could be set up, free from the toxicity of the Griffinite BNP which could bind all the various strands of nationalism under a common banner.

WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE?

Yes I think so, and quite easily.In every area there are people who have left the party disillusioned with the leadership and others who have been expelled.There are in all areas nuclei around which we could build on the hunger for a nationalist party which is evident in the comments to papers AND WHICH WE HAVE NOT TAPPED.

WOULD WE BE TAINTED BY OUR ASSOCIATION WITH THE GRIFFINITE BNP?

No. The fact that we have left in disgust or been expelled would be a point in our favour in public perception.We could use this to our advantage portraying us as a clean honest party whose members had the courage of their convictions to leave the old one . We could show ourselves to have been the victims of a con trick to our cost and distance ourselves from the chicanery and extremism of the present party.

The leadership contest has had a cathartic effect I believe in halting our downward spiral.It has concentrated minds. It has sifted those who wish to carry on in the Griffinite mould from those who have seen the light, sometimes belatedly.

If a new clean party is formed, purged of staunch Griffinites, the members could use their past membership of the BNP as a badge of honour showing that they had seen the light and rejected factionalism, financial irregularities, incompetence and extremism.
Remember the people who supported Brons are the intellectuals in the present party.
A new party would have a ready made management team.

IT WOULD NOT COST MUCH.

We are not responsible for Griffin's debts, so we could start with a clean sheet in more ways than one.

WE OWE IT TO OUR COUNTRY.

There is a rich seam of Nationalist support out there.

WE MUST MINE IT! IT CAN BE DONE.

FOR BRITAIN'S SAKE- TAKE A SHOWER

I note with interest the estimate of our GDP published yesterday, but I am still mystified by the assumptions made in calculating it.

It states that manufacturing output went down in December,owing to the bad weather which hindered transport and geting to work. I can understand that. Output down because of the cold weather.

It also states that because of a warm April figures are also lower than expected.
Manufacturing down again of course but this drop is often nullified by other factors.

Because of the warmth ,electricity and gas consumption was down thus lowering the figures.
Now this I can not understand as I always thought the use of electricity was consumption, not production.

Does it mean that I am to blame for not taking enough showers or flushing the toilet as much? It seems so.

Am I to blame because I have not spent as much or avoided a parking ticket or fine.?
All these aspects it seems are taken into consideration when collating the figures.
Issuing tickets and box ticking are all counted.

Spending mainly on imported goods, even if distributed and sold in this country is not production it is expenditure but the way they are compiled seem to be as important as manufacturing in the statistics.

We are told by "the experts" we must save more while spending more (mainly on imported goods).

Do they know something we do not know? I doubt it. They are just incompetent at their job of running a successful economy while feathering their own nests at our expense.

It demonstrates what is wrong with our economic model by classing consumption and pointless activities as production.

Until we have a more realistic system of valuing activities we will continue our downward economic path.

The s**t will hit the fan and our party must unite and provide the answers instead of concentrating on issues with which most people agree.

BUT in an effort to help the present situation and our economy I will finish this blog, go to the bog and use a bit more electricity by having the shower I have too long delayed.

Oh, and while I do so I will leave this computer on and switch the lights on.

Hopefully I will have an even bigger electricity bill next time reflecting my contribution to our national prosperity, even though I will make myself poorer by doing so.

THE CHAIRMAN IS NOT THE PARTY

With the disappointment of yesterday's result and having had time to reflect, all people who backed Brons must be wondering "what now?"

I see Griffin says he had before the election, promised to offer the hand of friendship to those who opposed him, expecting an easy win instead of just scraping in.

He says those who remain disaffected and trouble causers will be cast aside as there is much work to be done.
Does that mean anyone who questions his already failed tactics will be expelled? If so he is reminiscent of a modern day Stalin who does not tolerate different opinions.

He talks of building power. That is the trouble. We have under his leadership lost power and influence as has been written about in the national press.
IT HAPPENED ON HIS WATCH!

He is campaigning for a referendum on EU membership. Most people want that so how are we different?
"Bring our boys Home". Most people are against foreign wars so that campaign does not differentiate us. BTW when are the next 10,000 petitions to be handed in which were too bulky to carry at the last publicised meeting?

No I do not think he is offering the hand of friendship. He is resuming his role as a dictator especially when he threatens doubters with exclusion.

He is an intelligent man and must realise his most effective and intelligent comrades have deserted him, thus his sabre rattling.

For all his talk he is a wounded beast.

Today I have heard of many in our group who are throwing the towel in and leaving the party or at least activism and I am sure this will be replicated across the country.

To quote "a week in politics is a long time" and I would concur with John Bean (a true nationalist if ever there was one) who advises members in a letter to "BNP Ideas" to give it another three months before making any decision.
There are many problems facing the present leadership and we don't as yet know the outcome.

I shall continue my blog, criticising or praising as I see fit as is my democratic right.
I SHALL ALWAYS REMAIN A NATIONALIST who is in it for my country, to give to the cause, not to take.
If by my independence I cause sanctions to be instigated against me I shall continue with my blog to snap at the heels of those who in my opinion are letting our cause down by incompetence or financial chicanery as I am sure will others.

I had hoped for a more emollient piece from our leader and a sign that he really wanted unity.

Reading his first article it seems he has not learned the lesson of his near defeat, and he risks losing a large part of the now reduced membership over which he has presided.

FOR THE SAKE OF THE PARTY AND THE NATIONALIST CAUSE, he must be more accomodating and realise that the election has shown that--
HE IS NOT THE PARTY.

A CLOSE RUN THING

So the result of the leadership election and Nick Griffin has won by 9 votes.

So near and yet so far.

I must say I had not expected Andrew Brons to have managed to get so close to overturning the present dictatorship and neither I think did Nick Griffin.

However we must respect the democratic will of members however much it pains us.
The tragedy is that many, possibly hundreds of our best nationalists have given up on the party and their absence from our electorate has gifted Griffin this win.

THE QUALITY HAS LEFT THE PARTY, and it will not survive without them.

It means that the majority of nationalists in and out of the party would prefer a new leader and the fact that Griffin has won (this time fairly) means that our patriotic party remains split and impotent.

We still need find a way to unite and put away past differences if we are to get anywhere and the result means that outcome unlikely.

So what do we do? I don't really know.
I do know both sides are stubbornly intransigent and will not accept the other.

Will Nick Griffin accept that the majority of nationalists are against him? I doubt it.
Will those good people expelled rejoin if allowed under Griffin? No.

What is needed is for people's heads to be banged together to make them realise the cause is more important than any clique or person.

Possibly, just possibly sense will prevail, but I do not hold out much hope.

I can only wait for others ideas on what to do and pray for an answer.

THE DIE IS CAST.

So the day of destiny is tomorrow when the votes in the leadership election will be counted.

In recent weeks we have seen that the majority of the most respected members of the BNP have seen the need for change.
The only ones favouring Griffin are the armchair members who have little knowledge of the leader's machinations,a few activists who although hard working cannot see they are being taken for a ride and the cohort of recently joined members whose position depends on Griffin's survival.

Nick Griffin will probably win. He has seen to that, but that will be the end of the party as a credible force in British politics.

BUT WILL HE WIN THE HEARTS OF THE BRITISH ELECTORATE?
I doubt it.

He has been slow to condemn the Norwegian atrocities (has he has done so yet?) and thus has given an open goal to those who wish to taint nationalists as murderers.

Andrew was one of the first to condemn the killings, demonstrating his humanity and political nous.

If he wins there will be a mass exodus of the "quality" members, either by resignation or expulsion, and the party will be left with a small rump of second rate members still enthralled by his oratory but failing to see he is leading them down a blind alley.

Anybody who still believes in Nick after all his mistakes in throwing away the golden opportunity we had as a party is either politically naive or working for him.

If Andrew Brons wins we have just a chance that we can resurrect the party in an image more acceptible to the electorate and more democratic to its membership. It would give nationalists the opportunity to reunite as a cohesive and increasingly influential political presence.

If Andrew loses and Nick wins the cause of nationalism and possibly the fate of our nation will be set back years.

TRUE PATRIOTS CAN ONLY HOPE THAT THE ORDINARY MEMBERS CAN SEE THE LIGHT.

WE WAIT WITH BATED BREATH.

NOT THE ACTIONS OF A NATIONALIST

The horrific bonbing in Oslo and the following massacre of the young people at the youth camp has shocked and saddened all civilised people.

At first I like most people thought it carried the hallmarks of muslim extremists especially as there are 190,000 muslims in Norway and there have been threats from them in the past.

Now the perpetrator has turned out to be a native Norwegian the Lefty multiculturalists can hardly contain themselves calling him a "Right Wing" extremist, and thereby condemning by association all nationalist parties including the BNP.

This man was never a patriot nor a nationalist.

He is a nutter, pure and simple.

NATIONALIST DO NOT KILL THEIR OWN, especially young people (even if it was a political youth camp).
Nationalists believe in their own country and work to safeguard that by POLITICAL MEANS, NOT MURDER. This latter is the act of a psycopath not a political activist.

Although we do not know the details of this man, it seems he was a fundamentalist Christian and Mason.
Are these two groups also to be tainted by association?

The real shock of this outrage is that the killer was white European, showing how unusual and unexpected this kind of action in our civilised continent, and we can at least be thankful for that.

It is the exception rather than the rule, unlike the situation in islamic countries.

Unfortunately there will always be nutters in our otherwise civilised society such as the Dunblane gunman who murder as a result of mantal aberrations.

BUT DON'T BLAME NATIONALISM or "Right Wing" views.

WE ARE NOT LIKE THAT!

The buildings in Oslo can be replaced but those killed in Oslo and the innocent young people mercilessly butchered on the island can never be.

I SEND MY HEARTFELT SYMPATHIES TO THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS IN THEIR LOSS,inadequate I know but all I can do at this sad time.