Comments on: CEP interviewed for radio and TV

By: YeomanOfDevon

YeomanOfDevon — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:52:48 +0000

When Scotland finally gets its vote on independence it will be obvious that the Union is dead. RIP. England should get a referendum to decide its fate.
My vote would be for full independence from everybody.
We will deal, trade, assist or hinder whoever we like without requiring permission from anybody.
Cry God for England and St George.

By: R W Doughty

R W Doughty — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:29:59 +0000

Dear Sir , I have to say that an English Parliament will not happen while the couintry is in the grip of the Scots and the Brussels Junta. So get the country out of Europe and let the Scots take their Independence, and England will be a self governing Nation again, un till that happens these people are not going to GIVE us our Independence, They will just carry on using English tax payers money- as they are now doing- to support there own ends and we are all-The English- left to be made fools of.

By: francis

francis — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:53:11 +0000

I think wonkotsane has a point. Moderate English nationalism is the only way forward, although I do support the full breakup of the UK.

What really annoys me at the moment is that several moderate English nationlist groupings exist, but are COMPETING against each other for votes ie a split nationalist vote. Can all reasonable nationalist movements work together so as not to undue good work done by another grouping?

There will be no place for left wing fascists in an independent England. Kick anti-English racists out of England.

By: wonkotsane

wonkotsane — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:19:08 +0000

If we take to the streets of Birmingham and get into a mass brawl with left wing fascists like the English & Welsh Defence League then the media, politicians and academics aren’t going to touch us with a barge pole. Many of us would love to be more direct in our approach (I’m all for a Cromwelian eviction from Westminster personally) but we can’t burn all our bridges. That doesn’t prevent anyone from taking individual action of course but as a campaign, we are by far and away the most moderate voice of Engliah nationalism, especially set against the likes of the English & Welsh Defence League, the England First Party and the various other militant ethnic nationalists that the British suppresion of Englishness has spawned.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:03:17 +0000

Sorry George, I can’t really help there, I guess you’ll have to search for it by program and date?

LBB
“with a softly softly attitude we shall all still be blogging here ten years from now having got precisely nowhere”.

10 years ago the CEP would never have been interviewed by the BBC on TV and Radio. As a campaign we are now able to give a legitmiate English voice and perspective on UK politics on national media – something other ‘English’ groups have not been able to achieve in the same way.

Our ’softly softly approach’ as you call it keeps things moving steadily and most importantly in the right direction. Sudden bursts of energy and enthusiasm rarely have the same impact in the longer term – with such an approach we would more likely be seen as strange eccentrics to be written off or worse – not something our country or the CEP needs.

We English are not going anywhere and we don’t need to shout and scream about the fact – England is our country we want a parliament that represents our people. Remember we are not campaigning for a change or amendment in the law – but a change in the very fabric of our political system.

Look at how public opinion has changed over the past 10 years towards recognising England as distinct from the UK and Britain. There is change, yes it is gradual but it is in the right direction. We are a small number of campaigners but are making significant progress. It is no small feat that Mike was intervewed by the BBC for national television and Radio – Let’s not forget it! Keep going!

By: George Ireland

George Ireland — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:08:14 +0000

I cannot find this interview on BBC Iplayer, can somebody link me too it?

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:01:49 +0000

It is not a case of ‘raising the bar’ it is a matter of addressing asymmetrical devolution. There is no reason why the aspirations of wales and scotland should not be tied to the aspirations of the UK as a whole, and likewise for England. The current state of the UK may not be desirable but that is not to say that the only way forward is to dismantle it completely. We live on one island (most of us that is) and there seems little point to me in seperating on national division lines other than to endulge ourselves – and that of course is just not very English.

I have just finished writing an essay and am now going to bed!

By: Bobby

Bobby — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:41:39 +0000

Like many here I was a Unionist and have been worn down over my lifetime (I’m 60 soon). It now seems that the English are being attacked by all other “nationalities” in the “British Isles”. All being led by the Irish who along with the Scots and Welsh think that they are part of the Celtic master race. We all now know that there is a Celtic language but there is quite definitely not an ancient Celtic nation. Even if there were I would not want to be part of it. When I read the nonsense that these people talk about in order to solve todays problems, Owen Glyndwr, The great Norman/Englishman from Essex Robert the Bruce (sic) and whoever the Irish want to invoke it makes me so happy to be English and to have been taught tolerance and patience instead of the hatred taught by the other three occupants. Well the Irish/Welsh and Scottish ethnic cleansing can now end. We the English have at last had enough of their wingeing lets do all we can to get an English parliament in London. If we want to have regional assemblies then that is our choice not that of the others or the EU for that matter. I can’t wait to get my English passport. On the first day I will go to the border and gloat whilst the other shower are refused entry into England. GB is dead, long live England.

By: Dalriada

Dalriada — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:40:15 +0000

Good debate by all, but why should England have “no more” than what Scotland has?

Raise the bar a bit, surely Scilla it’s what is appropriate for England, and I say that as a Scot.

Why should your aspirations by tied to Scotland, or Wales or NI?

By: LBB

LBB — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:27:11 +0000

Scilla

Thank you for your response.
Why should we only accept what Scotland has got, to me it’s Scotland calling the tune, the tail wagging the dog, Tony Blair wasn’t so considerate when he flatly refused to give England any say or participation in Devolution.

It’s pay back time.

That’s the trouble with the English we have to be so damned patronising, can’t upset the neighbours can we, to hell with the neighbours.

It may not be the intention of the national council to divide the membership, that is as it should be, and I am not implying any such thing, nor would I, but from what I have read in the posts here over a number of years it is precisely what the situation appears to be, and with a softly softly attitude we shall all still be blogging here ten years from now having got precisely nowhere.
Does this not concern you?.