Cack-handed Uncles

The decision by Mr Uncles to solicit support from Sinn Fein won't go away, however hard the English Democrats might try to dismiss it.

The Chairman of the English Democrats, Robin Tilbrook e-mailed a former party member as follows:

Personally i think it is highly unlikely that most English people quite frankly care tuppence about Northern Ireland and since many Northern Ireland protestants who are politically active are now working with Sinn Fein,which is after all in Government in Northern Ireland and getting close to the point where they may get into Government in southern ireland,it would be quite bizzare if any sensible English National Party wasnt prepared to talk to them.

Nevertheless the view of the National Council of the party was that the way in which Steve Uncles had gone about it was very cack-handed and was wholly unauthorised by our party.Consequently his resignation from the National Council was accepted.There has however since been a election in the South East region of our party and he was elected as South East Chairman.
Since the BNP have been making a big issue of this non-event I can only assume that most members of the English Democrats in the South East simply did not care about the Steve Uncles and Sinn Fein issue.

The ENGLAND Facebook page had this to say recently:

ENGLAND Whether you like it or not Sinn Fein is in government in Northern Ireland, the British Queen shakes hands with Sinn Fien Mayors and the Lib-Lab-Con all have "Tea" with Gerry Adams - Grow Up.

What Tilbrook does not address is the issue of self-determination for Northern Ireland, which is not part of Uncles' agenda, nor that Sinn Fein is dedicated to a policy of a united Ireland. Uncles is off-message as far as official EDP policy is concerned, yet all Tilbrook refers to is process. His fatuous claim that Northern Ireland is of no interest to English people is not borne out by Uncles result in Dartford last May.

Those of us in Birmingham the night the IRA bombed the city will never forget.

As long as Uncles remains on the National Council of the EDP and continues to support the English Passport blog, this issue will not go away.