Rod’s Blog

The football may be over; well it is as far as the majority of England fans are concerned and whilst we still had a chance in the competition the country was awash with Red & White. Never before has there been such an outpouring of English pride on public display. For those of you, who are able, take a moment to cast your minds back to the heady days of the summer of ’66. The flags that were flying so proudly then, were Red, White & Blue, the flag of the union of England, Scotland, Wales & Ulster – the Union Jack or more correctly of course, the Union Flag.

Back then England had no national identity or pride in herself and the majority of English considered themselves to be British. Fast forward 44 years to 2010 and we see a totally different story. We see a country that despite more than two decades of propaganda from a whole array of British governments of different political hues, is beginning to awake. English people are beginning to realise that their country does have an identity, she does have a history and, thanks to the football, she does have pride.

Not many people, including England’s most ardent supporters, will disagree with the statement that the football was awful and that our National team have let our country down and humiliated us but, even when it was obvious that the team were heading for the showers early, followed by a quick flight home, the support from the English supporters STILL managed to drown out those dreadful, vuvuzela’s with their chorus’s of ‘God Save the Queen’ and ‘Rule Britannia’. Each and every supporter displaying a pride in their country, far beyond the requirements of supporting a football team.


Now that the team has put their tails between their legs and slunk home, is it surprising that the sea of Red & White has disappeared? No, but what is surprising is that, to a reduced extent admittedly, there are still so many flags displaying the Cross of St George still flying.

What does this tell us? It tells us that there is a pride in England that stretches beyond merely football and that ‘The Flag is for Life – Not Just Football’.

It is a pride that has almost been deliberately snuffed out over the last 20-30 years, by those treacherous British governments who have tried so hard for so many years to reduce a once proud nation, a nation that gave the Democratic Parliamentary system to the world and also of course, gave football to the world, to a NON -nation. The dear departed Gordon Brown is on record along with his former Home Secretary Jack Straw, in saying that “England, as a nation, no longer exists”.

It is a fact that every other nation in Europe has its own Parliament or Assembly. In the United Kingdom, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all have there own parliament and are responsible for the running of their own affairs without interference from the British Government. Everybody but the English. Whereas the Scots, Welsh and Irish, as well as the Catalonians in Eastern Spain, run their own countries, we do not. We are left to be governed by the British Government, because, unlike everyone else, we do not have our own! Ask any Scott whether they would like to be governed by the English but make sure you step back a pace or two before the answer is delivered to you, probably most forcibly. And rightly so. Every Nation has the right to self determination – except England.

An English Parliament is the first priority of the English Democrats. A Parliament with at least the same powers that the Scottish Parliament rightly has today. That is only Right. It is ‘Just’ and it is ‘Fair’.

However, the Lion is stirring. The people of England are beginning to hear Drakes Drums beating and they are beating louder each day. Every English flag that you still see flying proudly is as a result of the actions of a patriot.


‘Pride’, ‘Patriot’, ‘England’. Three words that have almost disappeared from the ‘English’ language, certainly three words that you have not seen in the same sentence for a very long time.

Maybe football has been the catalyst that has brought about this awakening of ‘Englishness’, I don’t know. What I do know is that my flag will still be flying for a very, very long time and nobody will ever be able to force me to remove it from my car, my house or wherever I choose to fly it high. I also know that many other people will make the same decision.

The Flag is for Life – not JUST Football.

Best Wishes

Rod Bridger

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Time to tighten our belts?

Thirteen years of lies and treachery from Tony Blair and Gordon Brown have delivered us into the caring hands of Dave & Nick. We have moved from the Lib/Lab/Con Party to the Con/Dem Party. But that transition was not an easy or a smooth one. The people of England sent a strong message to the three main parties that they are not trusted to run the country. This message was heard by the politicians - and promptly ignored! The 7th of May saw the start of an unsightly period of ‘Horse Dealing’ and scrabbling to retain or obtain political power.

First of all we saw Gordon Brown and Nick Glegg deep in secret negotiation with each other, and it looked as if we would be faced with the unthinkable – another period of Prime Minister Brown. It then appeared, at almost the last minute, that Nick could obtain more power for himself if he sided with Dave, and consequently we now have a Government that is a mishmash of ideals and policies, ‘Sellotape’d together with the hope that it will help hold this government of ‘Unity’ together for more than a few months.

The biggest party in this coalition British government is of course the Conservative Party. Whereas the last government was headed by a ‘Mafia’ of Scots MPs who had no say in the running of their own country but perversely hold total sway over all matters relating to England, the Conservative party have no mandate whatsoever to govern Scotland, with only one Conservative MP north of the border. During the ‘Mafia’ days, it was ensured that as much wealth as possible was looted from the English taxpayer and passed over that border. Now, with a Tory lead administration, the loyalty of the Scots will be purchased by the passing of as much wealth as possible being looted from the English taxpayer and passed over that border!

The Prime Minister, the Tory one – not the Lib Dem one, has told us that, after having time to study the books, the situation is much, much worse than was first thought. That I can well imagine as it was clear to anyone who bothered to look deep enough into the shenanigans of the Labour government, that the primary intention was the destruction of the United Kingdom. We are told that the national debt is now £170 billion and that the interest will add another £70 billion in five years time. Dave went on to say that the remedy is going to hurt us all and that it will affect every person in the country. As I predicted long before the election,
my grandchildren will be lucky if this debt is paid off during their life times.

But need it really take that time to clear the debt? Need it hurt, quite so much? Need it hit our vulnerable quite so hard? Need it threaten so many jobs?

I believe that the solution is relatively harmless and much, much quicker than we are being promised right now. Of course, it is always in the interests of the ‘Ruling Elite’ to portray problems as complicated as possible to convince us ‘plebs’ that they are the only one’s who are capable of solving them. We, the common people, usually tend to touch our forelocks with deference and let them get on with it. After all, they know best – don’t they? Well, don’t they? I suggest not!

The government is looking to save money wherever it can. Jobs will go and benefits will be reduced, but the single biggest drain on the UK economy will not be touched. Surely, if we could find one expenditure that costs us over £45 million per day, that would be worth considering would it not? If we could find another way of saving England another £20 billion a year, should we not give that some passing thought?

It is a fact that the costs of belonging to the European Community (EU) are £118 Billion per year. The English Democrats are calling for a referendum to be held, to determine the wishes of the people as to whether we should withdraw from the EU. Of course, Premier Dave has promised referendum on various treaties relating to the EU – but then simply reneged on that promise. He lied then, so don’t hold your breath now, but of course, do tighten your belt because it is going to hurt. Over the last twenty years you, the English taxpayer, has paid over £200 Billion to Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland under a device called ‘The Barnett Formula’. Neither the Conservatives, Lib Dems or Labour, have any plans to cancel this arrangement which sees much, more per head being spent in those three countries than is spent on the
people who pay the money.

Stopping just these two payments alone would see our National Debt wiped out in just a few years, with no pain, except to a few overpaid and unrepresentative bureaucrats. There are of course other areas where it is possible to save vast amounts of money but I will mention just these two for now to illustrate how simple this ‘huge’ problem is to resolve.

For those of you who put your faith in Dave & Nick at the election, please don’t expect any miracles from them will you? Do however expect a lot of worry and a full scale attack on your pockets. For those of you who still put your ‘X’ against your Labour candidate, despite all of the signs – pop along and see your doctor whilst it is still free!

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