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Monday 18 January 2010

Correction Update...

Actually, I was right the first time!
The Free England Party disbanded at the end of 2009 following an argument between the membership and the leadership. Originally formed as a centrist party with a civic view of nationality similar to that advocated by this blog, towards the end of 2009 the party leadership advocated a move to an ethnic view of nationality.
Hearteningly, this extremist swing was rejected by the party membership, who wanted to retain the inclusive view of Englishness. The tensions caused led the party to disband.
Whilst this once again means that there is no political party (of which I'm currently aware) advocating English Independence (the English Democrats advocate only an English Parliament within a federal UK), this is actually an encouraging development.
It is a rejection of the racist, extremist view of English nationhood and an endorsement of the civic, geo-cultural expression of nationhood that is one of English Nationalism's greatest strengths.

2 comments:

Sarah said...

Disappointing that the party ended up that way.

Andrew Constantine said...
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