English Democrats Harassed by Police for Flying the Flag

From the desk of A. Millar on Fri, 2008-06-27 17:10

Threats of prosecution or fines for flying the England flag in England is not new, and perhaps it should come as no surprise, then, that the English Democrats party – which uses the flag in its promotional material – is reporting that it has become a target of such intimidation. Yet it is different for one very significant reason: that there has been a longstanding, unspoken rule that political parties in Britain should not be harassed by the police, particularly when campaigning. We accustom such behavior with dictatorship, not democracy.
 
The incident occurred when candidate Derek Allpass and his team were out campaigning on June 21, for the Henley by-election (held June 26). They had set up a table with promotional material, and strung bunting sporting the red cross of St. George around it. However, the team was soon approached by the police and the Town Clerk, the latter of whom allegedly told Allpass, “we don't want that flag here in Henley.” Darren Riley, the Party's Kent Chairman, responded by pointing a church that was close by, and likewise flying the England flag (because it was under the denomination of the Church of England), and remarked, “if you don't want England's flag flying in Henley you had better take this up with the Vicar too.”
 
Nevertheless, the authorities claimed that the display of the flag by the English Democrats breached a by-law, and instructed them to remove both the table and bunting. The by-law in question has yet to be shown to the party, though as the town was also strewn with red, white, and blue bunting (signifying the United Kingdom, as opposed to England), one can only wonder how peculiarly specific it must be. There were several witnesses, and the party intends to issue the Town Clerk with a Section 65 Race Relations Act Questionnaire if the by-law does not state what was claimed.
 
The English Democrats team complied with the request – though not before taking photographs of the display – and continuing their campaigning. Henley is a Conservative safe seat, and was held by Boris Johnson until recently, who prompted the election when he resigned to concentrate on his position as London Mayor.

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Police puppy (2)

Submitted by Atlanticist911 on Wed, 2008-07-02 19:22.

Meet Rebel, the 29-week-old black alsatian, featured on postcards promoting a new non-emergency phone number.
 
http://www.tayside.police.uk/dog_section_diary.php
 
 

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Police sorry for puppy ad that upset Muslims

Submitted by Atlanticist911 on Wed, 2008-07-02 19:01.

Quote from British newspaper:
 
"A POLICE force has apologised to Muslims after a crime-fighting campaign featuring a puppy sparked an outcry...".
 
A force spokesman said, "We did not seek advice from the force's diversity adviser prior to publishing and distributing the postcards. That was an oversight and we apologise for any offence caused". 

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Why them?

Submitted by anglicus on Mon, 2008-06-30 13:00.

The BNP still cariied on, so why just the English Dimicrits?
http://www.bnptv.org.uk/news3.php?go=fullnews&newsid=448

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@Ovalteen

Submitted by Amsterdamsky on Sat, 2008-06-28 18:07.

My conclusion exactly. Not a perfectly coordinated effort but that is our post WWII reward for winning.

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Never again

Submitted by ovalteen on Sat, 2008-06-28 16:39.

It's perfectly simple:

Any attempt by a white (and historically) Christian majority to pursue its own interests will lead directly to a new Holocaust. The white majority must be therefore chained down with "hate" laws and police harassment while mass immigration by non-white non-Christians swamps it and for ever removes its ability to express its innate genocidalism. See evil antisemite Ezra Levant discuss one aspect of this process in the presently white majority nation of Canada:

http://ezralevant.com/2008/06/jews-and-censorship.html

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From Cool Britannia to Badger Carcass

Submitted by Akira on Sat, 2008-06-28 06:58.

Vanity Fair, 1997

http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/archive/1997/03/london199703?currentPage=5

"Blair is, to use the ancient parlance, kind of switched-on, as politicians go: he doesn't exactly exude J.F.K. charisma, but he has an informality and shiny nowness about him that seem at odds with his dingy brown-green office in the House of Commons. His speeches are laced with buzz terms like "the young country" and "New Britain," and he describes himself as part of "a new generation breaking through." He is surrounded by Stephanopouloid young operatives..."

*****

Vanity Fair, 2008

http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2007/03/postscript200703 

""All the things that we thought were cool—the bars, the artists, the obsession with youth, the thrill of buying pointless tat, the politicians, the music, the drugs … the whole sorry lot has blown up in a stench, like the swollen roadside carcass of a badger.""   

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Which is worse, UK or Canada? 6 of 1, 1/2 a dozen of the other

Submitted by Akira on Sat, 2008-06-28 06:37.

Re: "there has been a longstanding, unspoken rule that political parties in Britain should not be harassed by the police, particularly when campaigning. We accustom such behavior with dictatorship, not democracy."

Canada then is clearly a dictatorship.

Former MP Jim Pankiw campaigned  to overturn a racist law. [Which legislates that non-Natives must serve more jail-time than Natives, for the same crime.]

"Former Sask. MP Pankiw loses appeal against the Canadian Human Rights Commission"

http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/story.html?id=19cef337-6f30-4e3e-ab89-aae0e1de1ea5

..."The pamphlets, bearing slogans such as "Stop Indian Crime" and "It's Clear Who the Racists Are," called for a halt to "race-based hiring quotas for Indians" and criticized special sentencing provisions for offenders with aboriginal backgrounds.

"The human rights complaints alleged Pankiw abused his power as an MP to perpetuate hatred and discrimination.

"The House of Commons joined Pankiw in his appeal of the commission's decision to order a tribunal, arguing a government agency such as the commission should not be allowed to judge the content of MPs' messages to their constituents.

"Last January, a Federal Court judge ruled parliamentary privilege -- which protects politicians from lawsuits over remarks they make in the House of Commons -- does not extend to
handouts distributed by MPs.

"Thursday's decision from the highest court in the country clears the way for a human rights tribunal against Pankiw to proceed. No date has been set for the hearing, which is expected to take place in Saskatoon later this year.

...

"An RCMP investigation five years ago determined Pankiw's mailouts did not constitute hate literature under Criminal Code provisions against the wilful promotion of hatred.

"A report from the Canadian Human Rights Commission found Pankiw had used actual crime statistics in the pamphlets, but took them out of their original context and "added his own conclusions."

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 Wow! He dared to draw his own conclusions! 

  

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What's new.......

Submitted by onecent on Fri, 2008-06-27 18:02.

........it's been apparent for some time in Britain that the police have become the enforcers of all of the Nanny State's fascist edicts. Criminals are no longer the sociopath mugger, burglar or rapist, they are those citizens that dare violate the socialist agenda where nationalism is evil.
 
Brown will be jettisoned at the next election. I don't envy the Brits in what will take decades to remove the entrenched Blair parasites and rebuild their country.

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