Building from the Bottom Up!
The dust has now settled following the local government elections and the European Union parliamentary elections of last month, but in Britain we are still in a state of political flux: due in part to the impending resignation of Theresa May; the consequent election of her replacement as Tory leader and prime minister, and the looming end date for the Article 50 process by which we are to ostensibly leave the EU. I say ‘ostensibly’…
Annihilation at the Polls –What Next?
Max Musson: Despite the euphoria that has accompanied UKIP’s dramatic advances during the recent local and European elections, we must not allow ourselves to be carried away by thoughts that Nigel Farage and his party are about to lead us to salvation. UKIP is a party of the political establishment. It’s members do not regard the party as such, but Farage has tailored the party’s policies so that while they appear to chime with popular…
Bonfire of the Vanities
By Max Musson: In the local and European elections later this month, it is estimated that nationalist and patriotic parties will field a total of 2,570 candidates; 289 in the European elections; and 2,281 in local elections. In many of these elections, these candidates are standing unopposed by any other nationalist or patriotic candidates, but all too often, particularly in the European elections and also in local elections in wards that have traditionally produced much…