Red White and Blue 2008 Ends on High Note with Nick Griffin’s Closing Address and Constitutional Changes

The BNP’s Red, White and Blue Family Festival 2008 has come to an end, with highlights being party chairman Nick Griffin’s closing speech and an Extraordinary General Members’ meeting held to ratify several important constitutional changes.

Here is a short video clip of Nick Griffin speaking from the back of the Truth Truck, thanking Mr. and Mrs Allan Warner, the hosts upon whose land the RWB was held, the ending of his speech and an excerpt from the singing of Jerusalem by the crowd. 

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The EGM held immediately after the official end of the RWB, showed that democracy is alive and well in the party. The constitutional changes discussed during a lively debate, were, in summary form, the following:

- Elections held to the post of party leader every year. Candidates seeking to stand for the position of party leader would fulfil all the requirements as before (5 years’ unbroken membership etc.) and must be able to gather 5% of the party’s membership as of 1 July each year.

To this end the following would apply:

- only party members with an unbroken membership of more than two years would be counted as the total figure from which the 5% must be made up;

- the membership department must make available on or before 1 July each year, the total party membership as of that date, so that potential candidates are aware precisely how many signatures they must obtain.

- A strict procedure for how any election must be run, including advertising, manifestos etc. etc. has been spelled out in detail in order to remove any allegations of manipulation of the process;

- A legal requirement (required by labour law) for severance pay for an outgoing chairman has been added to the constitituion;

- The Advisory Council will now officially and legally consist of the Regional Organisers of all regions, and not just the four strongest regions as per the previous consitution;

- The proposed postal ballot amendment was dropped.

Those motions accepted (some with amendments to conform with the above changes) were passed with overwhelming majorities, far in excess of the two thirds required.

Media Liars Go into Overdrive as RWB 2008 Becomes Best Yet

The Red White and Blue Family Festival 2008 is, at the time of this report, less than an hour away from Nick Griffin’s closing address. Thousands of BNP members and supporters have passed through the gate, turning it into one of the most successful gatherings yet!

The media liars have gone into overdrive, with the disgusting “Star on Sunday” newspaper reaching a new low in lying, gutter journalism by saying that there was “a bloodbath at BNP festival” and saying specifically that “BNP members clashed with anti-fascists” - when in fact all that happened was that 40 far left Communists, dressed in black with face masks, tried to block a road and prevent BNP families from driving to the festival.

The police broke up the illegal road block and arrested six of the masked leftists. There was never any contact between BNP supporters and the extremists, but this of course did not stop the media liars trying to portray the communist-police clash as something otherwise.

In any event, by the end of proceedings today, Sunday, 17 August, thousands and thousands of BNP supporters will have gathered peacefully for nearly three days of active, fun, political speeches, fine food, camping, an amazing fireworks display, Morris Dancing, a 40s night (with music)  dining experience, a huge fun fair, and shopping at one of the largest spreads of regional stalls yet.

It has been an unqualified success which will go down in BNP records as a standard setter for all future events.

Below, a selection of photographs from events up till Sunday morning. Later on will follow a report of Nick Griffin’s closing address and the EGM called to discuss proposed constitutional changes.

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Red White and Blue Political Agenda Finalised!

Not to be missed! That is the message from the BNP’s events organiser, Michaela Mackenzie, as she announced the full political agenda for this coming weekend’s red, White and Blue festival.

“We have arranged the very finest of sessions, featuring the best speakers and interesting topics which will offer something for everyone,” Michaela said.

The RWB event, hosted by Master of Ceremonies Kevin Scott, will kick off on Saturday morning and run right through to closing on Sunday, with the following programme:

Saturday 16 August

10.30 Opening address - Simon Darby

11.00 Speech - Jonathan Bowden

12.00 Speech - Marc Abramsson, leader, National Democrats, Sweden

13.00 Question Time with panel, questions from audience, chairman Jonathan Bowden. Panel: Martin Wingfield, Pat Richardson, Tim Rait, Simon Darby.

13.35 Speech - Petra Edelmannova, Phd, Chairman of the National Party, Czech Republic.

14.00 Speech “The Mighty Oak” - Arthur Kemp

15.00 Mock hostile press Interview, Volunteers from audience, hosted by Jonathan Bowden

16.00 The Great Debate: “This house believes that the Bill to ban foxhunting should be repealed.”

For: Nick Griffin and Joan Bridge-Taylor;

Against: Arthur Kemp and Peter Mullins.

This is not policy, just a formal debate to set an example on debate levels for the BNP annual conference.

17.00 Speech “Politics in the Community” - Richard Lumby

18.00 Quiz “Weakest Link” - Kevin Scott, Quizmaster

Sunday 17 August

10.00 Sunday Service - Rev. Robert West

11.00 Speech - Richard Barnbrook

12.00 Speech - Mark Wilson, Australia - “The Impact of the BNP on nationalist politics in Australia.”

13.00 Speech - Peter Strudwick - “The EU. The BNP Fightback”

14.00 Closing Address - Nick Griffin

15.30 EGM - All members invited to attend to discuss constitutional changes outlined here.

Ticket prices are as follows;

Family ticket, Friday - Sunday: £35.00
Single ticket, Friday - Sunday: £25.00
Sunday only ticket: £10.00
After 2:30pm Sunday (EGM only): Free

NOW AVAILABLE: CHECK OUT THE BNP Internet tv Channel on this web site’s front page, for a new video of the Red White and Blue 2007!

You can find it by following these simple steps:

1. In the Mogulus window, click on the MENU tab;

2. Choose the BROWSE ON DEMAND category;

3. Select the RED WHITE AND BLUE CATEGORY. The video will then play.

EU Rule on Airline Passenger List Checks Will Open Gates on Illegal Immigration

The dangerous meddling by the EU super government in the internal affairs of member nations has been highlighted once again with the announcement that Brussels now plans to restrict the use of airline passenger lists to control illegal immigration.

The European Union’s move to “harmonise the way governments use data” represents the EU’s single biggest assault on the UK’s e-Borders programme to date.

The e-Borders scheme aims to count every traveller in and out of the country to help pinpoint illegal immigrants. Britain collects 30million passenger name records (PNR) every year, which include names, addresses, email addresses, whether a traveller had luggage, the date they reserved tickets, their route, whether they did not turn up for the flight, and whether they paid in cash.

Crucially, the records can link a name with a specific credit card and a particular journey - clues which could be vital in an investigation by police or the security services.

The EU wants all member states to collect and share the details for flights in and out of Europe, to combat terrorism and organised crime.

But it says governments should not collect information about flights within Europe - and they should not use any information to combat illegal immigration.

The document also revealed that the Government is powerless to collect PNR-style data on travellers who arrive in Britain by coach.

* The revived and renamed EU Constitution, to which Gordon Brown has already signed up and over which he refused to hold a referendum, has already blown a hole in Britain’s borders by allowing the EU to take full control over this nation’s asylum and immigration policies.

The Treaty imposes the duty upon the UK to be “fair towards third-country national.”

‘Fairness’ is, of course, subjective. This will allow the European Court of Justice to rule that steps to control illegal immigration which it does not like, are “unfair” - effectively giving the final say on UK immigration policy to an unelected judge sitting in another country.

There will also be more costs placed on the taxpayer. The asylum provisions contain a solidarity clause. Under Article 69 c there will be increased demands on the taxpayer as Britain will be expected to share the financial burden of immigration. This will lead to Britain supporting asylum seekers in EU states that have a lower GDP than the UK.

Richard Barnbrook saves £5000 per month for Londoners

If you have been following the questions that Assembly Member Richard Barnbrook has been putting to the Mayor you will remember that he pointed out that the GLA was, against it’s own constitution, funding a group which campaigned not only against Richard but in doing so also campaigned against the democratic processes of the GLA.

We are pleased to report that the Mayor has now confirmed that funding for the National Assembly Against Racism will stop, saving Londoners far more per year we actually pay Richard in wages!

Of course this is just a drop in the ocean of funding provided by the GLA (or London council tax payers) to various vested interest groups and we can be sure that Richard and his team will be keeping a watchful eye out for further areas where money can be saved.

In this short video Simon Darby discusses this victory with Richard at City Hall.

Spot the Difference: Zimbabwe or the EU?

A view from Australia — A letter writer to the London Times put his finger on it. “Can anybody explain to me,” he asked, “what is the difference between democracy in Zimbabwe and democracy in the European Union?”

In Zimbabwe, back in March, Robert Mugabe called an election which he was sure he would win. But despite widespread intimidation and vote rigging, he lost. His Zanu-PF party lost its majority in parliament, and Mugabe himself was defeated by Morgan Tsvangirai in the presidential race.

But Mugabe refused to accept the result and organised a rerun. This time he made sure the result would be the right one.

The point the letter writer was making is that something similar keeps happening in European Union referendums. Whenever voters reject a proposal put forward by Europe’s political elite, they either get ignored, or they are told to vote again until they get it right.

It happened to the Danes in 2000 when they rejected the Maastricht Treaty and a second referendum was called.

The Irish then rejected the Nice Treaty in 2001 and had to have a rerun.

And now it’s happening again after French, Dutch and Irish voters have rejected the Lisbon Treaty.

This latest democratic charade began in 2005, when the European Commission published plans for a new constitution creating the structure for a European federal superstate.

French and Dutch voters threw a spanner in the works by rejecting the proposals in national referendums. Europe’s leaders were stunned, for France and The Netherlands are normally rock-solid supporters of EU federalism.

The plan was withdrawn before Eurosceptic Britain had the chance to vote on it, and the leaders went back to the drawing board.

Two years later, they came up with the Treaty of Lisbon. In content, this was almost identical to the earlier constitution. It creates a new European president, just as the constitution tried to do. It establishes a European foreign minister (now called the high representative for foreign affairs) and it creates a European diplomatic corps.

It extends qualified majority voting to 68 new areas of policy, just as the constitution did (this prevents individual countries from blocking changes on which most other countries are agreed).

Like the constitution, the treaty anticipates a single European army and defence policy, and it recognises the euro as the common currency.

References to European “laws” have been struck from the text, but EU “regulations and directives” have exactly the same force as laws.

The treaty also stops short of making the Euro flag and anthem legally binding, but these symbols of statehood have long been established across the continent anyway. The treaty differs from the draft constitution only in form.

Rather than establishing a new, founding document, it introduces the desired changes by amending previous EU treaties. This has given Europe’s leaders the excuse to bypass any more troublesome referendums. Valery Giscard d’Estaing, who chaired the convention that drew up the constitution, happily admits: “The Treaty of Lisbon is the same as the rejected constitution. Only the format has been changed to avoid referendums.”

This time around, therefore, the French and Dutch voters have not been consulted. Their governments have ratified the Lisbon treaty despite the voters having rejected virtually all of its provisions just two years earlier.

The same is true of the Brits. Having promised a referendum on the draft constitution in 2005, the Brown Government has now ratified the treaty in 2008 without troubling the electorate for its views. Of the 27 governments that make up the Union, 26 have decided a referendum on the treaty is not needed, and 18 have already ratified it.

Only the Irish decided to ask the voters what they thought. The Irish have been major beneficiaries of Brussels’ beneficence over recent years, so a yes vote was widely anticipated, but in the event, they voted no.

Europe’s leaders are furious about this. They insist ratification in the other 26 countries will still go ahead, and they are demanding the Irish government find a way around the referendum result. They say three million Irish voters cannot be allowed to subvert the will of 450 million Europeans, conveniently overlooking the fact that the other 447 million were not actually asked their opinion.

With no apparent sense of irony, the German Foreign Minister says “we need this treaty to make Europe more democratic”.

Past experience suggests the Irish will either be told to vote again, or their government will find a pretext for signing a slightly-amended version of the treaty without calling another referendum.

Is Mugabe taking notes?

 

Gordon Brown Humiliates Our Queen!!!

HM the Queen forced to break Coronation Oath by Gordon Brown

Less than a week ago the press reported that members of Parliament will no longer have to swear allegiance to the Queen under constitutional reforms put forward by one of Gordon Brown’s closest advisers.

We were told that a report produced by the Prime Minister’s special adviser Michael Jacobs, would turn the British into “citizens,” rather than “subjects,” and could even spell the end for our national anthem.

Shock, horror all round! The Queen will be furious we were told!
(More detail here)

But before you join the chorus of outrage, realise this, all is not what it appears, and this story is little more than a red herring circulated to draw attention away from an even bigger betrayal - the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty by Gordon Brown!

You see, under the terms of this infamous ‘Treaty’ ,we will indeed be citizens not subjects. MP’s will not need to sign an oath of allegiance to the Crown, for the simple reason that their oath of allegiance will be required by the European Union, and its President (who could even , God forbid, turn out to be Tony Blair). The National Anthem will become ‘Ode to Joy’, the anthem of the EU! There will be no place for ‘God Save the Queen’ in our remote province of the EU’s 4th Reich!

Oh and as John Major foretold after signing the Maastricht Treaty, ‘our Queen’ will be no more than a EU citizen, just like you and I!!!

And make no mistake about it, this is exactly what Gordon Brown, along with his Westminster cronies did when they voted for and then ratified the treaty of Lisbon.

The ratification process itself was completed under a cloak of secrecy, and only made public 24 hours after the covert ceremony had taken place.  Mr Brown was that fearful!

Gordon Brown took the instrument of ratification to the Palace, and stood over Her as she signed the document. Because Mr Brown had signed the treaty, she was obliged to follow suit. To have done otherwise would have played into the hands of our treacherous politicians who only wait for an excuse to remove the style as well as the substance from the British Crown!

We can only imagine the humiliation the Queen must have felt as she put her signature on this document, under the cold gaze of this man.  No doubt she remembered all too well what she had promised to at Her Coronation: ‘to govern us according to our laws and customs’, and here she was, 55 years later, being forced to break that oath!

Immediately after the Prime Minister had obtained the Queen’s signature, the document was flown in a diplomatic bag to Rome and delivered to the Italian Foreign Ministry at noon on Wednesday.

We at the BNP hope that you are not only outraged at this abuse of our Queen, who surely, has done nothing to warrant this shameful treatment at the hands of political pygmies (how she must have wished for another Churchill to have turned to), but remember what has been done both to our Queen, and our beloved Britain by those entrusted with protecting both!

Come and join us, lend us your support, but please, please, do not ever vote again for any of the Westminster politicians who are party to this monumental betrayal!

The BNP is now the only national political party that promises to take us out of the EU, to restore our sovereignty, and to restore our Queen to her rightful position!

Join with us today!

Stuart Wheeler loses legal fight for Referendum

It has been announced that the efforts by the multi-millionaire, Stuart Wheeler, to secure a referendum for the British people has been rejected by the Court. In a two to one split decision, the Law Lords decided that ‘as the Lisbon Treaty is materially different from the Constitution. The Government, therefore, is considered within its rights to break its promise to hold a referendum on the new EU Treaty.’!

Given their risible decision - everyone knows all too well that their are no significant differences between the EU Constitution and the Lisbon Treaty - Lord Justice Richards and Lord Justice Mackay are clearly in the anti Britain camp. One has to wonder how such creatures sleep at night given their clear support for the treachery of the political establishment!

Further more Lord Justice Richards has refused Mr wheeler leave to appeal the judgement:

OPEN EUROPE 26.6.08

Stuart Wheeler to appeal after High Court dismisses referendum case

The court refused Mr Wheeler permission to appeal. Lord Justice Richards said: “We are satisfied that an appeal has no prospect of success. Whilst the issues raised are interesting and important, that is outweighed by the desirability of certainty and the avoidance of unnecessary delay in this matter.” Mr Wheeler said on the steps of the Law Courts that he would ask the Appeal Court to hear his case. He said: “I have high hopes of winning on appeal. We shall apply to the Court of Appeal for permission to appeal and we will see what they say.”

PA reports that Downing Street has said the Government would now proceed with the final stages of ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, which involves depositing the “instruments of ratification” in Rome. Asked whether ministers would delay the process until it is clear whether Mr Wheeler can secure an appeal, Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s spokesman said: “Judge Richards did refuse leave to appeal and made very clear that he sees no compelling reason why an appeal should be heard and referred to the desirability of certainty and the avoidance of unnecessary delay in this matter. At the moment no appeal has been lodged and therefore we will proceed with ratification. The normal process normally takes a few days or weeks.”

Source

Lisbon Treaty - a development!

In a ruling that was made known today, a high court Judge, Lord Justice Richards, said this:

“The court is very surprised that the government apparently proposes to ratify, while the claimant’s challenge to the decision not to hold a referendum on ratification is before the court.

[the claimant mentioned is Stuart Wheeler who is seeking a court ruling on the government's refusal to hold a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty]

“The court expects judgement to be handed down next week. The defendants are invited to stay their hand voluntarily until judgement.”

Furthermore he judge added that if the government did not heed this advice then Mr Wheeler would be invited by the court to seek an injunction to stop ratification going ahead!

Clearly this ruling will be an embarrassment for the prime minister and the government. Therefore much now depends on the decision of the judges hearing Mr Wheeler’s petition,due next week. If they find in his favour then a whole new ball game will arise. Even so we would be wise not to take today’s intervention as an indication that the judgement will be a favourable one!

The court statement does make one point very well: It shows how very different things could have been if only other judges had spoke out in defence of our constitution, when they must have known that the legislature was ignoring its basic tenets!

The following BBC report gives the detail:

Treaty on hold until court rules

Gordon Brown has said Britain will not ratify the EU Treaty until the High Court has ruled on a bid to force a British referendum.

A judgement on the High Court bid by tycoon Stuart Wheeler is due next week.

But a judge in the case earlier put a statement expressing “surprise” that the government had pressed ahead with the ratification process.

The prime minister responded by saying “ratification will not take place of course until we have the judgement”.

The bill that would ratify the Lisbon Treaty passed its last Parliamentary hurdle in the House of Lords on Wednesday and gained Royal Assent on Thursday.

But the process is not technically completed until the “instruments of ratification” are deposited in Rome.

Referendum case

A Foreign Office spokesman told the BBC on Thursday that it could be “several weeks” before that happened, but they hoped to have it ready before Parliament’s summer recess.

Friday’s direction from High Court judge Lord Justice Richards appears to have been prompted by a letter from Treasury lawyers.

The defendants are invited to stay their hand voluntarily until judgement
Lord Justice Richards

After the EU (Amendment) Act gained Royal Assent, they wrote to the High Court saying: “The government is now proceeding to ratify the Treaty of Lisbon.”

In a direction published on Friday, Lord Justice Richards said: “The court is very surprised that the government apparently proposes to ratify, while the claimant’s challenge to the decision not to hold a referendum on ratification is before the court.

“The court expects judgement to be handed down next week. The defendants are invited to stay their hand voluntarily until judgement.”

‘An embarrassment’

He warned that if they do not, Mr Wheeler will be invited to seek an injunction to stop ratification going ahead.

The prime minister, who is at an EU summit in Brussels, was quick to respond to the letter saying “Ratification will not take place of course until we have the judgement.”

Mr Wheeler told the BBC the government’s solicitors had been “very relaxed in casually telling the court yesterday afternoon (Thursday) that they intended to ratify without bothering to wait for the court judgement”.

He added: “The reaction from the court, not surprisingly, was very strong indeed.”

He said the government appeared to be “keen to rush it through” and said if the High Court judgement went against him next week, he would “very likely” appeal and hoped ratification would be delayed further.

Shadow Europe minister Mark Francois, for the Conservatives, told the BBC: “Clearly the court ruling is an embarrassment for the prime minister and the government.”

Mr Brown has been discussing the future of the treaty - which was thrown into question after it was rejected in an Irish referendum last week - with other EU leaders.

The treaty must be ratified by all 27 states to come into force - Ireland was the only country to hold a referendum.

Mr Wheeler had brought his own High Court case arguing that the British government had promised a referendum “and should keep its promise”.

Labour promised a referendum on the EU Constitution - but that was rejected by French and Dutch voters in 2005 and the EU Treaty was drawn up to replace it.

Ministers say it is substantially different to the EU Constitution so a referendum is not needed.

Conservative MP Bill Cash launched a separate bid for a judicial review of the ratification process - which was rejected by the High Court.

Source BBC News

Betrayal

Gordon Brown was hailed as Europe’s new star pupil last night for securing ratification of the Lisbon treaty as the Irish were set a four-month deadline to devise a plan to save it.

As the treaty gained Royal Assent, the Prime Minister shed his low European profile to give heart to EU leaders gathered in Brussels that their cherished document was still alive despite the dramatic rejection in the Irish referendum.

While President Sarkozy led the EU’s top brass in lauding Mr Brown’s “political courage”, Brian Cowen, the Irish Prime Minister, was met with forced smiles at his first summit dinner and asked to explain to the 26 leaders why the Irish people voted “no”.

Mr Cowen barely had time to start his Slovenian-style trout before being asked to give some idea as to what the EU could do for the Irish Republic to produce a “yes”. He pleaded for more time to analyse the results but insisted that the lost referendum should not stop other countries ratifying.

Mr Cowen pledged to come back to their next meeting in October to tell them if he thought that a second referendum could succeed, and what his Government would need from the EU to run a successful campaign.

Behind the expressions of solidarity and “respect” for the Irish vote, however, there was barely disguised pressure on Mr Cowen to plan a second referendum.

Attitudes around the EU table hardened during the day, with Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, urging a quick decision on reviving the treaty, while others, including José Manuel Barroso, the European Commission President, talked openly of the Irish “problem”. President Sarkozy said the Irish “no” had put the further enlargement of the EU in peril.

Mr Brown’s journey from European zero to hero was heralded with lavish words of gratitude from Mr Sarkozy, who will take over the EU presidency next month and needed British ratification to help him to pick up the pieces of the treaty. “I want to say how pleased I am . . . and thank him for demonstrating political courage by leading the ratification process of the Lisbon treaty,” Mr Sarkozy said after a working lunch with Mr Brown in Paris. “He did this with much commitment and much strength.”

Mr Barroso joined the chorus of praise for Mr Brown, declaring: “I would like to thank the Government and Parliament for the constant support for the new treaty during the negotiation and ratification process.”

In a clear sign that British ratification was being used to pile pressure on Dublin, he added: “The treaty of Lisbon has now been approved by 19 member states. I call on all of those that have not ratified the treaty to continue the ratification process.”

Hans-Gert Pöttering, President of the European Parliament, said: “This shows that the Lisbon treaty is very much alive.”

Janez Jansa, the Slovenian Prime Minister, who is chairing the summit, said that British ratification “proves that it is still a living document”. Most EU leaders are keen to save Lisbon because they have already spent eight years trying to frame a treaty that streamlines the EU machine, reducing national vetoes, creating a president of the European Council and slimming down the European Commission.

Mrs Merkel, seen as one of the architects of the treaty, showed her impatience with the Irish during a debate in the German parliament before the summit. “The European Council must take a decision as quickly as possible. Europe cannot afford any pause for reflection,” she said.

The British were keen to play down their role in applying pressure to Mr Cowen yesterday, with David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, quick to contradict Mrs Merkel and declare that a reflection period was precisely what Europe and the Irish needed.

“It is premature to talk about deadlines but I think that the Irish Government have made clear they want some time to think about their next moves and if that takes us into the autumn then so be it,” he said.

Extra pressure on the Irish came from senior European figures. Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, the former President of France, who led the writing of the failed EU constitution, said: “The Irish have a right to say no. But a country that represents 0.7 per cent of the European population cannot decide for the others.”

Silvio Berlusconi, the recently re-elected Italian Prime Minister, added to the tension with a remark that EU leaders had less personality than those attending summits when he was last in office. Contrasting the EU of Tony Blair and Jacques Chirac he said: “I see a Europe which has gone backwards compared with two years ago.”

The British attempt to rally around the Irish was undermined by Peter Mandelson, Britain’s EU Trade Commissioner, who was sharply critical of Mr Cowen’s efforts to sell the Lisbon treaty. “An appalling number of rumours, on which people’s prejudices and fears were built” had contributed to the “no” vote in Ireland, he said.

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