Jez Turner – 2016 Jonathan Bowden Oratory Prize Nominee
I am pleased to announce the second nominee this year for the Jonathan Bowden Oratory Prize, the very popular and gregarious Jez Turner of National, the founder of the London Forum. Jez has been nominated for a speech he made on 30th January 2016, which is just one of many speeches he has made during the year and the frequent public speaking practice clearly shows in the ebullient speaking style that Jez has developed. In this speech Jez employs a number of oratorical devices: employing humour,…
Ben Raymond – 2016 Jonathan Bowden Oratory Prize Nominee
I am pleased to announce the first nominee this year for the Jonathan Bowden Oratory Prize, Ben Raymond of National Action. Ben’s nomination is for the opening speech he made on 2nd May 2015 at the National Action 2015 Annual Conference. Ben is one of the founder members of National Action and has been responsible for producing much of their propaganda material, both in terms of writing articles for the group’s website, in terms of producing and editing videos and…
2016 Jonathan Bowden Oratory Prize
As the fourth anniversary of Jonathan Bowden’s tragic death approaches, and what would have been his 54th birthday, Western Spring in co-operation with Mike Woodbridge, the executor of Jonathan’s estate, would like to announce the third occasion of an award in Jonathan’s memory, of a prize for oratory. The award of this prize has become an annual event. Members of the nationalist community and our wider audience are hereby invited to submit to this website, the name of any nationalist speaker that you feel…
2015 Jonathan Bowden Oratory Award – The Video
By Max Musson: Further to previous articles and the recent announcement of Richard Edmonds as the winner of this prize for 2015, I thought our readers would like the opportunity of seeing the announcement, which took place at the London Forum meeting on 16th of this month. This video will give our members the opportunity to hear the reasoning behind the decision of our awards committee, an opportunity to see the genuine appreciation on the part…
2015 Jonathan Bowden Oratory Award – And the Winner is ….
By Max Musson: The annual award of a prize and a trophy in honour and in memory of the late Jonathan Bowden is something that Western Spring are proud to be associated with and pleased to sponsor. Last year saw the first occasion upon which this award was made and today the second winner of the prize was be announced. Members of the nationalist community and our wider audience were invited to submit to this website, the name of any…
Peter Rushton – 2015 Jonathan Bowden Oratory Prize Nominee
By Max Musson: Nominated for the Jonathan Bowden Oratory Prize for the second year and for a speech made at the same annual event, is our sixth nominee, the ever popular nationalist activist and speaker Peter Rushton. Peter has again delivered an excellent speech in support of Greek nationalist party, Golden Dawn, under the most difficult of conditions, against a backdrop of barracking from leftist counter demonstrators, outside the Greek Embassy in London on the 29th November 2014. Peter…
Tess Culnane – 2015 Jonathan Bowden Oratory Prize Nominee
By Max Musson: When this award was first envisioned, our intention was to award the prize to the nationalist speaker who had throughout each year shown the greatest oratorical skill. The speaker who had delivered their speech fluidly, demonstrating eloquence, and artistry and a whole host of other possible oratorical devices with which to give emphasis to their message, and when began to listed to this speech by Tess Colnane of the National Front, I did…
Richard Edmonds – 2015 Jonathan Bowden Oratory Prize Nominee
By Max Musson: For the second year running our readers have nominated Richard Edmonds for the Jonathan Bowden Oratory Prize. The nomination this year is for the speech he delivered on 22nd November 2014 at a meeting of the London Forum — a speech highlighting a great many little known facts exposing the shameful behaviour of the victorious Allies at the end of the Second World War. Richard, who is now a member of the…
2015 Jonathan Bowden Oratory Prize
An announcement by Max Musson: As the third anniversary of Jonathan Bowden’s tragic death approaches, and what would have been his 53rd birthday, Western Spring in co-operation with Mike Woodbridge, the executor of Jonathan’s estate, would like to announce the second occasion of an award in Jonathan’s memory, of a prize for oratory. The award of this prize has become an annual event. Members of the nationalist community and our wider audience are hereby invited to submit to this website, the name of any…
The Love that Dare Not Speak its Name
By David Yorkshire: So, the ex-swimmer Ian Thorpe has come out. Apparently, he’s very brave. Well whoop-ee-doo. When I came out, I was told I could lose my job and career in education if I didn’t use a pseudonym. Friends looked around to see if anyone was looking when they talked to me. Members of my family said I shouldn’t get involved in the lifestyle and should steer clear of pride events in case I…