Light in the Darkness
By Frederick Dixon: The winter solstice is upon us, the shortest day in the depths of the coldest, darkest, wettest time. With what dread our ancestors would have watched the slow decline of their living God, the sun. With what joy they would have welcomed his return to life and health as the days began to lengthen after the solstice! A joy breaking out in feasting, drinking, merrymaking, in the lighting of fires to reach…
Further reflections on Boris’ Britain
By Frederick Dixon: In his excellent article on this website “Tory Toffs, Cosmopolitanism and Greed” Max Musson said of Boris Johnson’s 28th November speech “Deprived of racial, religious or national identity, the truly cosmopolitan individual has no real sense of community with any of the population groups among whom they live”. Boris’ speech was a vindication of Thatcherism delivered in his very own inimitable style; rousing, spirited, amusing, persuasive, and in his remarks about immigration…
The Tragedy of the Church of England
By Frederick Dixon: “Its obscene” the vicar of Edmonton recently declared “oppressive, racist and wholly inappropriate to a multi-faith society in the 21st century”. What was the vicar railing against – the racist grooming of poor white girls by Moslem paedophile gangs, female genital mutilation, child pornography? No, none of these; the vicar’s ire was aroused by the beautiful hymn “I vow to thee my country” with its deeply patriotic interweaving of love for our…
Heroic Nationalism
By Frederick Dixon: At this season of Remembrance, and as we approach the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, we should think about the nature of the sacrifice made by our young fellow countrymen and countrywomen in the two World Wars of the last century. They gave their lives, their health, their youth to save our country from foreign invasion – “for your today we gave our tomorrow”. This is not the…
Downton Doubts
By Frederick Dixon: Alright, I confess, I’m a Downton Abbey addict. That cosy soap of life above and below stairs in the very different, but still recognisable, England of nearly a century ago is just what I need when I’m in the mood to blob out in front of the telly. Whether or not it’s a realistic portrayal of that life is another matter; no doubt my grandmothers, both of whom were in service before…
School Matters
By Frederick Dixon: A recent article on this website referred to the privileging of ethnic minorities and the disparaging and dispossession of the native population as part of the process of creating a new, ethnic minority, middle class. We can see this throughout all sectors of the economy, the professions and the public services where managers are required to achieve certain targets for “diversity” and their careers may be affected if they do not. The…
EDL – Some Critical Issues
Following on from Max Musson’s and Frederick Dixon’s recent articles I was also moved to reflect upon the present situation with the EDL and the direction it has thus far followed. What stuck out for me in Max’s article was the assertion that the EDL was “run by two people whose glaring political naivety was probably only exceeded by their deficiency in critical thinking.” It is from this perspective that I reflect. This political naivety…
Samantha Lewthwaite – Role Model?
By Frederick Dixon: We’ve all seen that photo of the “white widow”, head tightly wrapped in a light blue/grey niqab which serves to emphasise her big blue eyes, eyes further enhanced by a light application of eye shadow as her mouth is improved by a little lipstick. I don’t know whether or not Islam approves of cosmetics, nor do I know whether or not Ms Lewthwaite had anything to do with the recent atrocity in…
Building a Survival Mechanism
By Frederick Dixon: The other day my son was watching one of those American cartoon shows – I don’t know whether it was “American Dad” or “Family Guy”, and it doesn’t matter. I was in the room, but reading and not paying attention until the words “you don’t want your daughter marrying a black man” made me prick up my ears. On the screen were three white people in a car – the elderly grey…
The Rebirth of a Nation
By Frederick Dixon: Ever since the end of the baby boom, more than forty years ago, the White British element in the population of the United Kingdom has had a birth rate well below the replacement level of 2.1 children. The youngest of the baby boomers are now moving beyond their child bearing years so, unless the far smaller numbers of White British women in the succeeding generations reverse the low birth rate of recent…