The English Democrats Party Manifesto states: "Political Correctness is incompatible with a free and democratic society."
Clive Lavelle had this letter published in the Western Daily Press on the 20th of May.
No place for this political correctness.
I listened to part of Peinaar’s Politics on BBC Radio Five, last Sunday, in which John Peinaar asked if any reference to Adolf Hitler was acceptable in political debate.
The answer lies in a separate debate; that of “reasonableness versus political correctness”.
Ken Livingstone in attempting to defend a Labour colleague, described Hitler as a “Zionist” and claimed that his statement was an historical fact. It is true that Hitler advocated sending German Jews to Palestine but as a means of getting rid of them.
More recently, Boris Johnson, who advocates that we leave the EU, made reference to historical attempts to unite Europe by military might; citing Bonaparte and Hitler as two cases. He went on to say that the EU seeks to do the same thing by different means.
Michael Heseltine, a former Conservative deputy prime minister (and Europhile) has described Mr Johnson’s remarks as “preposterous and obscene”. While Mr Livingstone’s remarks were historically inaccurate and therefore, “preposterous”. Whether they were also “obscene” is a subjective issue. Mr Johnson’s comments were both historically accurate and reasonable.
What this episode demonstrates is that “political correctness” is a self-righteous creed, the purpose of which is to stifle debate. It must be confronted and defeated.
Clive Lavelle
Weston-super-Mare English Democrats
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