English Democrats in disintegration mode: Act 2 - High Noon

A month ago I published a post on this blog which I regard now as Act 1 in the story of the decline and fall of the English Democrats.

http://kentcommunityactivist.blogspot.com/2011/09/english-democrats-in-disintegration.html

The party has a number of policies I support:

• withdrawal from the European Union
• establishment of an English parliament within the Union
• Elected mayors
• civic nationalism

It all started to go pear-shaped when it was revealed that a National Council  (NC) member had made unauthorised approaches to Sinn Fein seeking financial support and stating that the ED shared with Sein Fein the desire to see  a united Ireland.  No mention of self-determination for the people of Ulster.  Disquiet was raised further when a link between the self-same NC member and a leading former BNP member was revealed. The NC member is Steve Uncles.

The ED lost members.  Its AGM in September had a low turnout (6o approx) compared to the previous year.  Many people were disappointed that Mr Uncles, who had resigned from the NC, was elected chairman of the South-East area and thereby became entitled to a seat on the NC.

Following the NC meeting on October there has been claim and counter-claim as to the membership of the NC and roles of individual NC members.  Whilst one expected the discontent to rumble on until the next NC meeting, the issue exploded on the ED Facebook page today as one of the page's administrators made a number of incendiary comments.  These have been deleted, but thanks to screen-capture' technology the comments have been saved for posterity. The comments may be viewed at:


http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/english-democrats/101894-strange-posts-edp-facebook-page-whats-going.html

Washing dirty linen in public?

Saddled with debts of more than £200,000, internal strife and an inability to run a whelk stall the party has shot itself in both feet, kneecaps and hands.  Unless order and stability is re-established very quickly the party either will soon be listed in the archive of failed parties or become something rather different to what it was a few months ago.  What is needed desperately is clear - headed thinking, determination and resolve by the moderate civic nationalists within the party. Time is short, it will soon be High Noon.