Thoughts in, around and on, Politics

Self Portrait as Socrates

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"None does offend—none, I say, none. I'll able 'em."
[King Lear IV vi]

Those who say "there is no such thing as absolute free speech," are disproving their own argument. For, as the subject of their statement is speech, they are living proof that free speech can even speak against itself and so must be absolutely free.

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The story of the Hemlock of Socrates, like that of the Crucifixion of Christ, reminds us that Truth is the most hated thing in this World. Those who try to grasp it will be torn down by the Establishment of Lies and their willing, zombie Executioners.

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Condemnation of both sides in a dispute = 'tacit support' of one side or the other depending on what side the person accusing you of 'tacit support' is on.[Examples of Double-think]

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Conformity is the worst form of obedience.

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Strange how we interfere in the Russia/Ukraine conflict, but can't solve our own Ukraine in Ulster.

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Generally, racial groups are happier living on the continents which spawned those racial groups. The 'right of return' is protected by law, and should be offered to all in the quest for harmony.
Let us have our own cultural, social, ethnic and religious cohesion. And let us also have the sort of territorial, racial and gender integrity that should be the right of *all* indigenous people - us included!
A cohesive government, of strong men who would watch each others backs, and all of whom descend from common ancestors and worship the same god, is far stronger than an artificially diverse motley crew of back stabbers. The family is the model for all states and all governments.

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"I've seen 'The Science'." Has 'the science' seen you?

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Real conservative values are extreme. The centre is always soft -  a soft centre.

Colin Jordan [left] being interviewed outside WDL office

Entryism, Proportional Representation, or Mass Movement?

Colin Jordan's classic article 'Party Time has Ended' still has the power to inspire. It was written in 1986, and so predates the 'internet age'. Popular culture was still dominated by the TV then, and Jordan rightly saw that this had dumbed down the masses, making them unsuitable proponents of any kind of fascist political party. Jordan espoused a complete rejection of democracy, and a withdrawal from any activity connected to the parliamentary system.
His words inspired, it is said, the formation of clandestine, underground fascist groups, using the 'cell' structure, without an overall leader and without an established organisational structure. These groups carried out disruptive operations, as well as covert propaganda, and they may continue to operate into the internet age, using social media too. They attempt to destabilise the system, but are not powerful enough to overturn it, although in a crisis they might prove more decisive, ready to force a tipping point.

Likewise, 'entryism' is another method. Activists will join various establishment institutions, from local to national, concealing their adherence to fascism. They will diligently work inside the establishment, chipping away delicately so as to avoid discovery, but doing enough to maintain that voice of opposition, even though it be so faint.

It might be said though, that in the years since Colin Jordan wrote his article, a fascist poltical breakthrough still seems far away.
This is because the British parliamentary system, with its 'first past the post' elections, stubbornly denies access to political parties which are outside the established Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrats. Essentially, anyone with serious political aims needs to join one of those three main parties if they want to get to power.

If those three parties reflected the whole gamut of possible political opinions, then the system would be seen as servicable. But they don't. The three parties seem now to coalesce around a liberal centre, an establishment consensus which was underlined during the Covid Pandemic where they all generally agreed. There is one other issue they are all agreed on, an issue vital to fascism, and that is immigration. Essentially they are all pro-immigration, and even the Tories have been unable to handle illegal immigration while in office.

Clearly the system needs to change to allow a fascist party to join allongside the other parties.

One change is Proportional Representation [PR]. However, this can only be brought in if the established parties agree to do so. Even if it was brought in, the likely result is that a fascist party would be one among many other parties ranging from left to right to single issue, and that any progress would be difficult. Coalitions are the norm with PR, and little action is achieved as contrary positions stalemate themselves. Indeed, it is suspected by some that the establishment might use PR as a 'safety valve', to allow fascists a place in the political set-up, but no more than that.

So we return once more to the only other way to change the system; that is by creating a mass movement.

A movement with thousands of members whose popularity catches on like wildfire, and with a charismatic leader, soaks up all the votes which usually go to the mainstream parties, and is elected with a large majority.
Fascism, is by defintion, a mass movement, and so this would be the natural path for fascism. Sir Oswald Mosley's career is a perfect example of the first part of this process. At first he adopts the 'if you can't beat them, join them', view, becoming a member of parliament as a candidate for the manistream parties. He found of course that the party machines do not allow innovation, and merely seek to absorb and transform the politician into 'one of their own'.
Mosley would not stand for this, and - having the means and the contacts - formed his own political party [The New Party] on the lines of the established parties, but espousing his own original doctrines. Of course, that party was trounced at the polls. The establishment was not going to allow this upstart to break through - he was now on the 'fringe'.

As we know, Sir Oswald had seen how, in the 1920s, a mass movement in Italy had swept to power. A new doctrine, not unlike his own, had been pushed through by a mass of followers. using military discipline and a charismatic leader. He would try the same thing in Britain, transforming his fringe New Party into a mass movement, called the British Union of Fascists.
Already acknowledged as a great orator, with a military background and fine oragnisational skils, Mosley was able to assemble such a movement which began to pick up an increasing follwing after being founded in 1932.
With the support of the Daily Mail newspaper, Mosley's mass movement grew and grew, with thousands of members.
The establishment tried the usual tricks - advertisers withdrew from the Daily Mail to force it to stop backing the Blackshirts. Organised gangs of thugs attacked Mosley meetings: venues that advertised BUF events were threatened and forced to cancel.
But Mosley was equal to the challenge, always finding ways to overcome these difficulties and still growing his membership.
The government then banned the Blackshirt uniform. This was a blow, but Sir Oswald carried on his mission, staging an anti-war meeting at Earl's Court in 1939 to an audience of 30,000 people!

Then, with the declaration of war in 1939, the Blackshirt movement was banned. Had Britain thrown itself into a war with Fascist Europe, a war it couldn't win, just to stop Fascism coming to power in Britain?

Certainly, the establishment did much after 1945 to make 'fascist' a swear word of abuse, using the 'Holocaust' to make any fascist mass movement in the post war period impossible.
However, in this internet age - in this post-truth age - it is no longer impossible. Because Fascism is the most Natural of all political systems, it starts to inhere into the mass of patriotic people again around the world.
The thoughts and deeds left by the great fascists of the past are a treasure trove being constantly rediscovered by millions of people who are totally disenchanted by democracy and its party game.

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Oswald Mosley tribute

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Those who want to take the credit for everything good that happened "on their watch", even if they had little to do with it, need to take the blame for everything bad too ... even if they had little to do with. Moral: don't boast about the good in the first place - give credit.

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Apartheid ['aparthood', being apart] is no more 'racist' than women only spaces is 'genderist'.