Veritas to merge with English Democrats.

It seems that a proposal for Veritas to merge with the English Democrats will be put to a vote in September at a joint party conference in Leicester.  As an English patriotic nationalist who supports the call for the recognition of English nationhood by the creation of an English Parliament independent of the United Kingdom, I remain to be convinced of the compatability of such a merger.

Looking at the Veritas Party website and 2005 General Election manifesto it appears to me that Veritas is a "British Unionist" party; Union Flags abound, lots of talk of "the British", policies which would facilitate the abolition of devolved parliaments and assemblies, no call for an English Parliament let alone English Independence, in fact very little mention of England and the English at all.  Having said that, I have to concede that Veritas' ideals are praiseworthy.

Now if Veritas members want to leave and join the English Democrats campaign for an independent England with an English Parliament, as does their leader, I say, "Well done chaps and chapesses!"

However, would members of a "British Unionist" party, as Veritas appears to be, happily join the English Democrats and campaign for, in effect, the breakup of the United Kingdom?  Or will the English Democrats have to compromise on their policy of English Independence in order to accommodate them?

Time, and the joint party conference, will tell.