Guy Parfitt, one of the organisers of a recent meeting in Wiltshire, sent us this report of the meeting. Pictured above are the speakers.
Campaigners calling for democratic reform met in Malmesbury, Wiltshire on Saturday 9th June 2018 to outline possible solutions to address the lack of current representation within England, post Brexit. The event was compèred by UKIP South West of England chairman Richard Ford, and UKIP Wiltshire chairman Martin Costello represented the party during the speeches.
In total nine speakers from different parties and organisations spoke proposing radical changes and on subjects which included PR, an English Parliament, a Wessex Parliament, Cornish Parliament, as well as freedom of speech and ancient liberties.
Said Guy Parfitt one of the event organisers: “There was almost consensus that PR should happen as soon as possible, good support for a national parliament for England and less enthusiasm for regional set-ups in Wessex and Cornwall. And there was much concern that censorship is threatening free speech – and that liberties and freedoms taken for granted not so long ago, were at risk.”
See the speaker’s comments by clicking on their names below.
An analysis of proportional representation, free speech and an English parliament was given by Jeff Taylor.
The greatest threat is the imposition of insane ideology.
We have suppression of free speech, prosecution of thought crime, de facto return of blasphemy law mainly for one religion, police who state they no longer enforce the law equally on all, and in Lewisham East the closing down of a parliamentary hustings by the baying mob of left wing extremist zombies.
The solution to these things is not more regional politicians, but organised loud reaction to that insane far left ideology which is poisoning society.
Do people understand what a constitution is. It ‘s what links constituencies and people, to the highest in the land . The Queen. and we all have to play our part. From voting, to obeying the ten commandments, to doing our duty, properly carrying out our functions. Each part of our constitution protects other parts . It exists to protect US ALL.
Unfortunately, all of this is being corrupted, and I mean corrupted. And AV etc is a good example Almost every word of our constitution ( Often unwritten but still there ) has been argued and often fought to the death over, by armies, and finally devised by infinitely cleverer men than us. It is far superior to The American thing or the one the EU invented, the Russian or chinese it should be taught in schools. It’s simple enough!
Britain needs to re fix it,, or better still, education of the people about the things that matter. ( This was done in all schools during the war) . Politicians have subverted our constitution almost to the point where it no longer protects us . And who has done it ? All of us. Ignorant and careless, gullible and foolish alike.
Our constitution is the dream of people all over the planet. And we’re too busy to look at it. We relay on “experts”. But we are happy to criticise, meddle. or ignore it.
It takes10 minutes to explain. It might even be on your phone . I could tell you where it’s in most danger. But do it youself. Work it out, it’s good for one. Guess who is the main problem. Ignore those who try to make it seem complicated. They’re probably lawyers.
Sadly the “highest in the land” including Liz, have been complicit in handing over power to the EU whilst pretending to be on our side.
I agree that we should not throw it all away, but those who subvert it need to be held to account whatever their position.
I haven’t been inclined to listen to all the presentations at this time of the evening but:
We need to be very careful about PR which could have many different shades although arguably, whichever system is used, an MPs vote should be factored by the number of voters he represents. Again there are different possibilities for how that might be calculated.
An English Parliament might be a sensible counter to the other Parliament / Assemblies but, unless we go for full independence of the four, presumably the Westminster parliament would still exist. Of course it could be even worse with many different ones.
The problem with multiple levels of government is that they all spend money which must come from taxes. I’m sure the existing ones would not be willing to give up part of their income or reduce spending whatever their reduced responsibilities might be. If we are not careful we might end up with higher taxes and no benefit from paying them.
Before any of this is considered we need the cessation of government squandering and a serious plan for a substantial reduction in taxation. That needs to start with government at all levels being restricted to do what they actually need to do and forced to keep their noses out of that which should not concern them. The creeping increase in what they are allowed to do has been going on far too long. Their interference in matters which would have been regarded as “ultra vires” many years ago must be stopped and that principle restored.
Take it from someone suffering under the Welsh Assembly Jack – it’s no better than Westminster.
The other thing I have warned of before on the pages many times and been sneered at is that an English Parliament will be a very fast route to Muslim domination. How many English towns now have Muslim Mayors? Think about it, everyone, please.
Dee,
Probably the best option is to dissolve the devolved assemblies / parliament and get back to one government for all. We have enough on our plate ensuring the UK Parliament carries out the will of the people without 3 more. Better to make that one parliament comprise of MPs perhaps with a vote proportional to the number of those they represent. It’s not difficult to do but still does not solve the problem of the invader having been given the vote. Try getting a vote in their countries and you will be on the next flight out.
I’m not sure how many Muslim mayors there are but even one is too many. Somehow we have to take back our country. There should be no Muslims in our government; even one is the thin end of a very large and dangerous wedge. I guess apathy has been an issue in local elections and the invader has taken full advantage of it.