Quite a while since I last could be arsed to post anything here. Looks like not much has’s been happening but I’ve been fairly busy for the cause. I’ve done some work on the Campaign for an English Parliament’s website which as the site has currently vanished from the net I’ll assume is on it’s way. Designed a couple of leaflets, a poster and a couple of T-shirts for the CEP.
Today I was up in Manchester with fellow CEP members handing out leaflets to all an sundry outside the Labour party conference. Went pretty well and I say that as someone who loathes trying to sell stuff – and who detests Labour.
Any British political party is going to be hard work from an English parliament perspective. So many vested interests in the unjust status quo. Labour talk a good game on equality but equal funding or democracy for the people of England just isn’t on their agenda.
Getting people to accept a leaflet is an art form – most delegates just don’t want to know. But we got rid of a lot of leaflets over two hours, to mixed reactions. Plenty of blank looks a few “oh no’s”, one “is it something to do with the EDL”, a fair few “regionalists” and one “you’ve already got an English Parliament”.
There were eight or nine positive reactions and about three genuine interests. And that was just me. So the four of did some good I reckon.
The Tory party conference in Birmingham coming up, anyone wishing to help out should contact the CEP.
Of course the main thing the CEP should be doing is talking with people outside politics. Getting the message to the majority of English folk who are currently kept in the dark about England’s raw deal by the British press and political establishment. That’s the big challenge for the CEP and the English movement – the current crop of politicians won’t listen until they’re made to listen.
So if you live in England and care about the funding, services and representation you don’t get from the UK parliament, please do something about it. This page has a few ideas how you can help. Every effort counts, the wyrd ignores no detail.
