Tag: Conservative Party

Official Portrait of Ann Widdecombe. EU Parliament, 2019.

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Ann Widdecombe is dead, and what has emerged since should unsettle anyone paying attention to the state of political discourse in the West. Her death was confirmed Friday morning by her management, after she was found dead in her isolated rural home near Haytor, on the edge of Dartmoor National Park. Police believe she was attacked around 12:30pm the previous Wednesday, having failed to appear for a scheduled TV interview that afternoon. A 28 year old man was arrested on suspicion of murder in South Yorkshire on Saturday. Initially, police said there was nothing to suggest a terrorism link. That has now changed. Counter Terrorism Policing has taken over the investigation, and the suspect has been re-arrested on suspicion of commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism. (more…)

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Explaining why he was already disappointed by the forces of modern political “conservatism” way back in 1951, the great satirical English novelist and Catholic convert Evelyn Waugh once observed that there was no point in voting Tory (as the UK Conservative Party is also often called) anymore, as, whenever returning back into office following any previous period of socialist or liberal rule, the organization had consistently “never put the clock back a single second.” (more…)

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The most memorable slogan in British electoral history was invented by a nine-year-old girl. “If You Want a Nigger For a Neighbor, Vote Labour!” was the unofficial catchphrase of the Conservative/Tory Party in the parliamentary constituency of Smethwick during the UK General Election of 1964. (more…)

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The British political landscape has shifted more in the past five years than it did over the preceding century. By the mid-19th century, the Whig Party had disbanded (as the American Whigs also did at around the same time) or transformed into the Liberal Party. The turn of the 20th century saw the creation of the Labour Party, and a political binary that would last for over 100 years. (more…)

David Lammy, the UK’s new Foreign Secretary, who made sure to mention in his very first speech in the post that he is “a descendant of enslaved people.” (Image source; UK Parliament website)

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England swings like a pendulum do.
Bobbies on bicycles two by two.
Westminster Abbey, the tower of Big Ben.
The rosy red cheeks of the little children.
— Roger Miller, “England Swings”

And so, as they say, it begins. Labour’s predicted landslide in last week’s United Kingdom general election proved to be just that, with the party winning 412 seats out of the parliamentary total of 650. It is the second-largest Labour majority in history in a general election which had the second-lowest voter turnout (a pathetic 52%) in that same history. (more…)

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Millennial Woes (official website here) and Morgoth (Substack, Odysee) were Greg Johnson‘s guests on the second half of Counter-Currents Radio‘s most recent broadcast, where they discussed the upcoming national election in the United Kingdom as well as other current events, and answered questions from the audience. The broadcast is now available for download and online listening. (more…)

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Mark Collett of Patriotic Alternative and Morgoth (Substack, Odysee) were Greg Johnson‘s guests on the first half of Counter-Currents Radio‘s most recent broadcast, where they discussed the upcoming national election in the United Kingdom. The broadcast is now available for download and online listening. (more…)

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David Zsutty of the Homeland Institute was Greg Johnson‘s guest on the latest broadcast of Counter-Currents Radio, where they discussed the Institute’s latest poll on immigration and deportation issues as well as other current things. It is now available for download and online listening. (more…)

Sir Keir Starmer, the likely next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and also the author’s former schoolmate. (Photo courtesy of the World Economic Forum’s Flickr)

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It is the run-in to a British General Election in which the Labour Party is certain to replace a Conservative Party which has been in power for almost 15 years. The charismatic Labour leader is warning his party against what he calls “triumphalism,” although he knows almost to a certainty that in half a year’s time the keys to 10 Downing Street will be in his expensively-tailored pocket. (more…)

Katharine Birbalsingh (photo from the UK government website).

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The Jesuits famously pronounced, after Aristotle, “Give me the child and I will give you the man.” This maxim, or a version of it, reappears throughout the history of education, and by the time it reaches Vladimir Illyich Lenin, it has taken on a more sinister tone, as you might expect: “Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.” The modern Western state has accepted the baton, and effectively says the same thing.

I am not a parent, but I have to feel for those who are. (more…)

Moby Dick, courtesy of ianbeverdge on Deviantart.

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There’s a meme about the upcoming election in Britain involving the simple slogan “Zero Seats.” The slogan relates to the impending wipeout of the Tory Party. It isn’t being used by British liberals, but by politically engaged people on the Right. Naturally, such a statement and goal immediately invites the counter-proposition: “Labour will be even worse.” Labour could very well be even worse than the Tory government, but the impetus to utterly ruin the Tory Party once and for all remains regardless. Similarly, given that we live under a “uni-party” system, the claim can also be made that it makes no difference which “cheek of the arse” sits in power, to quote George Galloway. (more…)

Kemi Badenoch

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This year’s run-up to the British General Election is reminiscent of 1997, when Tony Blair was so spooked by the enthusiastic backing he was getting from the media that he warned his party about “triumphalism” in the weeks leading up to the ballot. That election was a forgone conclusion, and this year’s looks much the same. (more…)

RIP Shane MacGowan

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Tice work if you can get it

Scanning the European political landscape from their north London homes, the British media are clutching one another and shrieking like minor characters in a 1950s sci-fi movie when the aliens show up. Europe’s voters, albeit at glacial speed, are finally realizing that it is not just the sovereignty and culture of their nations which are under threat via governmentally-endorsed porous borders, but their personal safety and that of their families. (more…)