In a recent article on his blog Robin
Tilbrook, Chairman of the English Democrats, reflects on why there was no
English Democrats candidate in the recent Lewisham East parliamentary
by-election. He notes the Lewisham East electorate’s lack of
enthusiasm to identify as “British” let alone “English”.
Here is part of Mr Tilbrook’s article:
“When I was aware that the Labour MP,
Heidi Alexander, was stepping down and causing a by-election in the Lewisham
East constituency, I was immediately very doubtful as to whether it was worth
the English Democrats standing there. Although I should say that I
would never discourage any of our members from standing even in the most
unpromising areas if they really want to do so and have the necessary resources
to do so. Even in the most discouraging constituencies there may
be some potential converts to the Cause of England!
Lewisham East is certainly such a
seat. Looking at the 2011 Census results Lewisham is a place where
relatively few people identified as being “English” and surprisingly few even
identified as being in any sense multi-cultural “British”.
Since 2011 the misleadingly named
“Conservative” Party (which actually is led by “Liberal” zealots) has continued
with the unrestricted, uncontrolled mass immigration of New Labour and so every
single year since then half a million or more immigrants have come to England,
many of them settling in places like Lewisham. That together with “white
flight” or the continuing movement of English people out of such places, has
led to a near total population displacement where the indigenous English
population is largely absent.”
Given the circumstances described in
the article I suggest there was little point in the English Democrats accepting
the almost certain loss of a £500 deposit in a valiant attempt to garner the
votes of the few English patriots who might be found in the constituency.
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