A Disappointment for Veritas - A Disaster for Democracy
The General Election 2005 ground to the seemingly inevitable watershed for democracy and national sovereignty that had become increasingly inevitable since the ousting of Iain Duncan Smith as leader of the Conservative Party.
Veritas at least has been spared the immediate resignation of its leader which the Conservatives thought would be deferred but which any thinking members of UKIP (if such still exist) must now desperately crave.
Restoration of Britain's democracy and independence now looks impossible to achieve within the context of British national politics, regardless of which set of leaders eventually position themselves to fight the next election now another long five years away - years no doubt of increasingly authoritarian New Labour rule.
In the debate as to the best way forward it occurs to me that Veritas is perhaps uniquely placed.
The party with its Latin name for truth being instantly understood across the Continent, its non-alignment with other European parties and charismatic and widely known leader could be the first genuine pan-european party, campaigning for the abolition of the legislating powers of the EU Commission, the right of individual countries to run their own currencies at exchange rates against the Euro either they or the markets might decide , the abolition of the European Parliament and restrictions on the European Courts. In other words a full return of sovereignty to national parliaments. A Party that principally believes that true democracy can only be guaranteed by the sovereign nation state, and that war and bloodshed can best be avoided through such genuine democracy!
One or more countries seem likely to reject the EU Constitution. The only subsequent real gain in an amended document as far as I can guess will be the apparent sop of a democratically elected EU President. Such a sop could become the key to reform.
National rivalries would seem to suggest that a federalist German nominee would then be elected. The elected leader of a pan-European party mighthowever give such a nominee a good run for his money and if succesful would be in a powerful position to decapitate and cauterize the increasingly totalitarian EU Hydra!
Veritas at least has been spared the immediate resignation of its leader which the Conservatives thought would be deferred but which any thinking members of UKIP (if such still exist) must now desperately crave.
Restoration of Britain's democracy and independence now looks impossible to achieve within the context of British national politics, regardless of which set of leaders eventually position themselves to fight the next election now another long five years away - years no doubt of increasingly authoritarian New Labour rule.
In the debate as to the best way forward it occurs to me that Veritas is perhaps uniquely placed.
The party with its Latin name for truth being instantly understood across the Continent, its non-alignment with other European parties and charismatic and widely known leader could be the first genuine pan-european party, campaigning for the abolition of the legislating powers of the EU Commission, the right of individual countries to run their own currencies at exchange rates against the Euro either they or the markets might decide , the abolition of the European Parliament and restrictions on the European Courts. In other words a full return of sovereignty to national parliaments. A Party that principally believes that true democracy can only be guaranteed by the sovereign nation state, and that war and bloodshed can best be avoided through such genuine democracy!
One or more countries seem likely to reject the EU Constitution. The only subsequent real gain in an amended document as far as I can guess will be the apparent sop of a democratically elected EU President. Such a sop could become the key to reform.
National rivalries would seem to suggest that a federalist German nominee would then be elected. The elected leader of a pan-European party mighthowever give such a nominee a good run for his money and if succesful would be in a powerful position to decapitate and cauterize the increasingly totalitarian EU Hydra!
posted by Martin at 9:15 AM
1 Comments:
You really are a Pratt Cole.
Veritas, in its only act of sence kicked you out as Chief of Staff to R K-S.
If you really do wish to help the out of EU cause 'shut up'. Your small minded attitude is doing more harm than good.
Have a nice day.
Peter Troy
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