There is an excellent article written by Tom Paine, who presents The Last Ditch blog, entitled The banality of tyranny.

Tom has been reading Imperium by the late Ryszard Kapuscinski. It is a collection of reportage about Kapuscinski’s journeys in the Soviet Union, and I have to say that it reminds me of the Empire that is now being built across western Europe, and the political and social changes that we all see here in the UK, but alas, some can see more clearly than others.

I begin not with the link to Tom's article, but a quote from a commenter, as this is just as poignant as the article itself.

I've wondered many a time about how such people manage to justify what they do for the state.

Although I look upon times such as these and think they should never
happen again I feel that our socialist masters look upon those times
simply as going a bit down the wrong track. Won't happen again as this
time we will do it differently.

The link to the article is here, it is well worth reading, moreso it is worth remembering. Then ask yourself, what are you doing for the state?. Can you justify it? Can you really sleep easy ?

Do we in Britain really want to be part of this larger empire called Europe, that those in the European Commission who are unelected are forcing us into, changing our lives and society beyond recognition, because we must always remember, that when peoples are coerced into alliances such as the EU without their express consent, the only way to keep the empire together will be by force.

The ONLY way to keep the EU together in the coming years will be by force.

Democracy is being snuffed out in England.

District Councils are being abolished, elections cancelled, councillors terms terminated.

The County Durham (Structural Change) Order 2008

The Cornwall (Structural Change) Order 2008

The Wiltshire (Structural Change) Order 2008

The Northumberland (Structural Change) Order 2008

The Shropshire (Structural Change) Order 2008

This is the wording found in each of the orders above, but the detail below is from the Shropshire order.

Cessation of term of office of district councillors

5.  Every
person who holds office as a councillor of one of the district councils
immediately before 1st April 2009 shall cease to hold office on that
date.

Cancellation of district council elections in 2008, etc

12.—(1) Notwithstanding section 7(8) and (9) of the 1972 Act (elections of councillors)—

(a)
elections shall not be held in 2008 for the return of councillors to any of the district councils; and

(b)
the term of office of councillors elected to any of the district councils in 2004, 2006 or 2007 shall end on 1st April 2009(9).

(2) Nothing in
section 89 of the 1972 Act (filling of casual vacancies in case of
councillors) shall authorise the holding of an election to fill a
casual vacancy in the office of councillor of any of the district
councils where that vacancy arises after 30th September 2008 and before
1st April 2009.

Cancellation of parish council elections, etc

13.—(1) Notwithstanding section 16(3) of the 1972 Act (election of parish councillors)—

(a)
elections shall not be held in 2008 for the return of councillors to the council of the following parishes—

  • Alberbury with Cardeston,

  • Ford,

  • Minsterley,

  • Pontesbury, and

  • Westbury;

(b)
elections of parish councillors
for those parishes shall be held on the ordinary day of election of
councillors in 2009 and every four years thereafter; and

(c)
the term of office of the
councillors elected for those parishes in 2004 or at any subsequent
by-election before the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2009,
shall end on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of
councillors in 2009(10).

(2) Notwithstanding section 16(3) of the 1972 Act (election of parish councillors)—

(a)
elections shall not be held in 2010 for the return of councillors to the council of the following parishes—

  • Acton Burnell/Pitchford/Frodesley/Ruckley and Langley(11),

  • All Stretton/Smethcott/Woolaston(12),

  • Buildwas,

  • Cardington,

  • Church Preen/Hughley/Kenley(13),

  • Church Pulverbatch,

  • Condover,

  • Cound,

  • Cressage/Harley/Sheinton(14),

  • Leebotwood & Longnor,

  • Leighton & Eaton Constantine, and

  • Wroxeter & Uppington;

(b)
elections of parish councillors
for those parishes shall be held on the ordinary day of election of
councillors in 2009 and every four years thereafter; and

(c)
the term of office of the
councillors elected for those parishes in 2006 or at any subsequent
by-election before the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2009,
shall end on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of
councillors in 2009(15).

(3) Notwithstanding section 16(3) of the 1972 Act (election of parish councillors)—

(a)
elections shall not be held in 2011 for the return of councillors to the council of any parish in Shropshire;

(b)
elections of parish councillors
for those parishes in which, but for sub-paragraph (a), elections would
have been held in 2011 shall be held on the ordinary day of election of
councillors in 2013 and every four years thereafter; and

(c)
the term of office of the
councillors elected for those parishes in 2007 or at any subsequent
by-election before the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2013,
shall end on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of
councillors in 2013(16).

Whilst this Government rips our nation apart, it keeps our armed services, the defenders of our freedom, tied up in unjustified wars overseas and out of the way.

Whilst this Government rips our nation apart, the Tories and Liberals sit back and do nothing. They are not fit to represent the people of England.


Your right to vote has been stolen from you.

Remember what we said about 2010.


2010 – Its coming, your freedom is going

Democracy is being snuffed out in England.

District Councils are being abolished, elections cancelled, councillors terms terminated.

The County Durham (Structural Change) Order 2008

The Cornwall (Structural Change) Order 2008

The Wiltshire (Structural Change) Order 2008

The Northumberland (Structural Change) Order 2008

The Shropshire (Structural Change) Order 2008

This is the wording found in each of the orders above, but the detail below is from the Shropshire order.

Cessation of term of office of district councillors

5.  Every
person who holds office as a councillor of one of the district councils
immediately before 1st April 2009 shall cease to hold office on that
date.

Cancellation of district council elections in 2008, etc

12.—(1) Notwithstanding section 7(8) and (9) of the 1972 Act (elections of councillors)—

(a)
elections shall not be held in 2008 for the return of councillors to any of the district councils; and

(b)
the term of office of councillors elected to any of the district councils in 2004, 2006 or 2007 shall end on 1st April 2009(9).

(2) Nothing in
section 89 of the 1972 Act (filling of casual vacancies in case of
councillors) shall authorise the holding of an election to fill a
casual vacancy in the office of councillor of any of the district
councils where that vacancy arises after 30th September 2008 and before
1st April 2009.

Cancellation of parish council elections, etc

13.—(1) Notwithstanding section 16(3) of the 1972 Act (election of parish councillors)—

(a)
elections shall not be held in 2008 for the return of councillors to the council of the following parishes—

  • Alberbury with Cardeston,

  • Ford,

  • Minsterley,

  • Pontesbury, and

  • Westbury;

(b)
elections of parish councillors
for those parishes shall be held on the ordinary day of election of
councillors in 2009 and every four years thereafter; and

(c)
the term of office of the
councillors elected for those parishes in 2004 or at any subsequent
by-election before the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2009,
shall end on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of
councillors in 2009(10).

(2) Notwithstanding section 16(3) of the 1972 Act (election of parish councillors)—

(a)
elections shall not be held in 2010 for the return of councillors to the council of the following parishes—

  • Acton Burnell/Pitchford/Frodesley/Ruckley and Langley(11),

  • All Stretton/Smethcott/Woolaston(12),

  • Buildwas,

  • Cardington,

  • Church Preen/Hughley/Kenley(13),

  • Church Pulverbatch,

  • Condover,

  • Cound,

  • Cressage/Harley/Sheinton(14),

  • Leebotwood & Longnor,

  • Leighton & Eaton Constantine, and

  • Wroxeter & Uppington;

(b)
elections of parish councillors
for those parishes shall be held on the ordinary day of election of
councillors in 2009 and every four years thereafter; and

(c)
the term of office of the
councillors elected for those parishes in 2006 or at any subsequent
by-election before the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2009,
shall end on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of
councillors in 2009(15).

(3) Notwithstanding section 16(3) of the 1972 Act (election of parish councillors)—

(a)
elections shall not be held in 2011 for the return of councillors to the council of any parish in Shropshire;

(b)
elections of parish councillors
for those parishes in which, but for sub-paragraph (a), elections would
have been held in 2011 shall be held on the ordinary day of election of
councillors in 2013 and every four years thereafter; and

(c)
the term of office of the
councillors elected for those parishes in 2007 or at any subsequent
by-election before the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2013,
shall end on the fourth day after the ordinary day of election of
councillors in 2013(16).

Whilst this Government rips our nation apart, it keeps our armed services, the defenders of our freedom, tied up in unjustified wars overseas and out of the way.

Whilst this Government rips our nation apart, the Tories and Liberals sit back and do nothing. They are not fit to represent the people of England.


Your right to vote has been stolen from you.

Remember what we said about 2010.


2010 – Its coming, your freedom is going