English Democrats ex Wiki
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The English Democrats are an English
federalist
political party, committed to the formation of a
devolved
English Parliament with at least the same powers as those granted to the
Scottish Parliament. Whilst not supporting English Independence, the English
Democrats consider themselves the English equivalent of the
Scottish National Party in Scotland and
Plaid
Cymru in Wales.[3]
Their motto is "Not left, not right, just English".[4][5]
At the
English local elections in June 2009, the party's candidate
Peter Davies won the Mayoral Election for the
Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster.
Formation
In 1998, and in response to calls for the
devolution
of power to
Scotland and
Wales, Robin Tilbrook formed the "English National Party", with the aim of
reforming the defunct
English National Party which had been founded in the 1960s, but had ceased
operating as a party by 1981. The English National Party formed by Robin
Tilbrook included members of the
Campaign for an English Parliament, a
pressure group that lobbies for a devolved English Parliament. The party was
relaunched as the "English Democrats" in September 2002, after merging with
several other smaller political parties. In October 2004, the party merged with
the Reform UK Party, which was a small splinter group from the
United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP). The
New England Party merged with the English Democrats in February 2007.The English Democrats are co-founders of the
English Constitutional Convention.[7]
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They sound like a decent bunch.
Robin Tilbrook
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Robin William Charles Tilbrook[1]
(1958,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)[2]
is a solicitor and English politician, the chairman and founder member of the
English Democrats.[3][4]
Politics
He was a member of the Conservative Student Association and a member of the
Conservative Party,
at one time a Conservative candidate for
Ongar Town council.[citation
needed] He founded the English National Party in 1997,
and then relaunched the party as the English Democrats in 2002 to campaign for
an
English Parliament.[6]
He is also the nominating officer and treasurer.[7]
He has stood as a candidate for the English Democrats in local, parliamentary[5]
and European elections. Standing in Epping Forest, he received 1.4% of the vote
in the 2005 General Election, 4.4% at 2005 County Council elections,[8]
18.2% in the 2007 District Council elections,[9]
and 11.3% in the 2009 County Council elections.[10]
He gained 2.01% of the vote as the lead candidate for the Eastern region in the
2009 European elections.[11][12]
He says of the English Democrats that "We're hoping to do what the Scottish
National Party managed to do in the 1970s and break through to being able to
influence what happens in Parliament about England".[13][14]
Tilbrook says "his party agitates for anyone living in England. His notion of
Englishness is akin to American notions of "Americanness" - that you can be from
any ethnic background and still wrap yourself in the flag."[15]
He has criticized spending on
St. Patrick's Day in London when he says too little is spent on
St. George's Day.[15]
He argues that the money given by the UK to the
EU
is given to other parts of the country at the expense of England, which makes
his party
Eurosceptic.[16]
Education and work
He was educated at
Wellington College, Berkshire,
gained a BA (Hons) in Politics and Economics from the
University of Kent at Canterbury, and then studied at the College of Law,
Chester.[citation
needed]
He was a Coldstream Guardsman, and has worked in a factory, in junior
management, and as a teacher at primary and secondary level.[citation
needed] He is a
solicitor[18]
in
Willingale, Essex.[5]
On 27 September 2011, he was awarded Honorary
Freedom of the City of London.[19]
Personal life
He is the son of Brigadier Thomas William Tilbrook (deceased) (Queen’s Royal
Irish Hussars) and Jacqueline Tilbrook (née Mackillican).[citation
needed] He is a member of the Church of England, and is
married to Claire Tilbrook with two girls named Emma and Sophie and a boy called
Oliver.[2]
Elections contested
General elections
See also
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A decent sort of background.
English Democrats Could Do Better As BNP Declines
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English Democrats could become
'electorally credible' as BNP decline
Party has already claimed some defectors, but leader Robin Tilbrook
warns new members must be 'genuine converts'
The red and white of the cross of St George was omnipresent,
merchandise for sale included t-shirts emblazoned with the demand:
'Justice for the 50 million' and the prizes at an evening raffle
included a box set of films by Shane Meadows...........
Thanks to a combination of factors, the most important of which
being the implosion of the
British National Party, serious political
commentators now suggest the door is open for the EDs to exploit the
supposedly significant gap in the electoral market for an
anti-immigration, radical right party.
A trickle of disillusioned
BNP activists have already defected to the party, which despite
its motto of "Not Left, Not Right – Just English" is significantly
more hardline on immigration than any at Westminster. They also want
to pull out of the EU, ensure that the "public culture" of England
should be that of the "indigenous English" and condemn "political
correctness" as an "evil ideology". [ Notice that
The Guardian makes a claim but does not
give reason to believe that they are telling the truth. - Editor ]
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This is an interesting admission from
The Guardian, the enemy of
England; the
Trotskyists keen on importing Third
World wasters as cheap servants and cheap labour.
The Guardian helped break the
British National Party by
suppressing comment on Nick Griffin's
nasty track record and the missing money.
Robin Tilbrook's Blog
[ 4 May 2020 ]
Mr Tilbrook has told the government that he is challenging their
Covid-19 policy using a Judicial Review.
Their response shows that they are taking him seriously. It say he
has a number of obstacles that look fairly damning. He will be
responding.