Thursday 17 May 2012

Great Britain

When attempting to close down debate on immigration, the Left often appeal to our national sense of fair play, our reasonable nature. And being reasonable and recognising the truth of what they say, we give in. But mass immigration undermines British culture, including the bit about 'fair play'. It is precisely because it does, that the Left encourage it.

It is true though that Britain has always stood apart from the rest of Europe in a very special way. We have, as a nation, remained calm whilst all around are losing their heads. We may well have relied on the US to save us from Germany in the last world war, but we were still resolute ourselves and didn't blame anyone else for our predicament, as did the French. For France, a nation that pretty much didn't bother during WW2, beyond a certain stiff resistance to Britain in support of their new German friends, it was Britain that grievously let them down, by not saving them.

This stoicism of spirit that exists in Britain is based on a history of people power that goes back centuries. Really, some amazing things were done in what we might otherwise think less enlightened times. The separation of powers between sovereign and the executive, the right to trial, the law being the instrument of the people; all of these things made us what we are.

Until recent times, when tyrants returned, we owned the law and governments feared us. Now all is reversed and Europe has taken its revenge on us for not being as stupid as them.

It is an important point that in the Britain we used to have, everything was legal unless we agreed to make it illegal. A policeman was a citizen in uniform and could only operate with the consent of the people. The absence of crime was an indicator of an effective police force. Their power was held in check by having limited access to weapons and by being split into many forces, all without a direct political control.

Many offences were minor and treated as such, with only more serious matters being considered criminal. A British subject of the Crown was free to a very great extent. Our predecessors paid moderate taxes to the State, but only assisted the State when they wanted to. We carried nor identification, nor were required to do so.

Today of course, nearly everything is a 'criminal' offence because the State, in the form of the supreme government of Britain in Brussels, says that everything is illegal unless they permit it. The police exist to protect the State and as such will be well armed. Whilst repeated attempts to con us into accepting identity cards (to protect us from terrorism even!) have failed, the (expensive) enforcement of regularly expiring passports as 'proof of identity' is now commonplace.

The reason Britain was a great country, with admired traditions and national character, was due to these hard won freedoms, that permeated our society. That we have allowed them to be destroyed and taken away by venal, uncomprehending politicians and petty tyrants, is to our great shame.

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