Since the late 1800s, when the British Empire was at its height and we British had our greatest influence over the world, and following two successfully won World Wars the after-effects of which have been devastating for our nation, we British now seem to have reached our lowest ebb and at a time when there would appear to be no clear leader to follow and seemingly, no clear ideological path forward either.
This is not to say that there is no choice of organisation to join or choice of ideological trajectory to follow, and no aspiring leaders calling for us to follow them, because there has never been a greater choice. The problem is that hitherto none of the plethora of voices calling to us appears to offer anything that is fresh or invigorating — which shows a clear path out of the mire in which me now find ourselves — and therefore many of our people find themselves standing at a crossroads.
Politicians of the main establishment parties tell that the problems facing Britain and the British people are international in nature and therefore require us to act in concert with our ‘international partners’ to find international solutions to those international problems, but to most of us with our feet still on the ground it is evident that it is these ‘international partners’; the European Union, the United Nations, the World Bank and others that are hindering us in our efforts to resolve our problems, and if anything they are simply making our problems worse.
Many of us have identified nationalism as the logical answer and the means by which we can as a nation protect ourselves against harmful international influences.
Nationalism has traditionally been a popular force emanating from among the most patriotic elements within a nation, who perceive a specific threat to the well-being and integrity of their nation and who react defensively to that threat. In this sense, nationalism has often tended to be … (Continued)
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