A Statement by Richard Barnbrook

Re Report in today’s London Evening Standard

The report about me in the Standard is a wicked and defamatory smear and I am wholly innocent of any wrongdoings whatsoever. That I should find myself in a position whereby I am forced to issue a denial to allegations that are so serious and yet so untrue, is scandalous and displays a complete lack of journalistic responsibility and integrity.

I have already lodged a complaint with the Press Complaints Authority and will be consulting lawyers with the view to issuing legal proceedings for defamation of character”.

Boxing Day stabbings: the knife-crime nightmare continues while the numbers jailed for carrying a weapon plummet

By Richard Barnbrook

The London knife-crime nightmare rages unabated with a double stabbing in Oxford Street in the midst of the Boxing Day sales. A fight in Foot Locker, in full view of shoppers, tragically resulted in a murder when an 18 year-old was stabbed in the heart. A further knifing occurred less than five hours later when a 21 year-old was stabbed in the thigh at Oxford Circus, but the victim fortunately survived.

Only three weeks earlier, on 2nd December, figures released by the Ministry of Justice showed that the proportion of people jailed for carrying a knife in England and Wales had fallen to its lowest level for more than three years. Only just over a fifth- 21%- of offenders convicted of possession of a knife or offensive weapon between July and September 2011 were jailed.

The Metropolitan Police have been increasing the use of ‘stop and search’ in order to deter young people from carrying knives. However, this is clearly not enough to reverse the situation if the courts are not prepared to impose tough sentences on those who are caught, in order to force potential knife-carriers to make a double-take. If they think that they are going to get away with it, then would-be offenders, especially youngsters, will continue to arm themselves because they mistakenly see the carrying of a weapon as a form of protection. And the problem is an ever increasing one: the more people who are seen to get away with routinely carrying knives, the more others will be encouraged to adopt the practice.

In the Legal Aid and Sentencing Bill, the government proposes to introduce a mandatory minimum prison sentence of four months for teenagers aged 16 and 17 convicted of threatening people with knives and 6 months for those aged over 18 years. This may be a step in the right direction, but in my view it’s only a tiny one. For a start, the defendant (aged 16 or over) would need to be shown to have actually threatened someone, so simply carrying a knife would not qualify. Secondly, the likelihood is that the offender would only actually serve half the sentence, which means in practice just two/three months inside. We need to fight fire with fire and send out a much stronger message, with a minimum term to be actually served of at least a year for those under 18 and 3 years for adults convicted for possession of a weapon in a public place. Only when the fear of getting caught outweighs that of being stabbed will the battle even begin to appear winnable.

 Meanwhile the tragic toll of those killed and maimed continues. What will it take for the politicians of all parties to get a grip?

Richard Barnbrook’s Christmas and New Year Message

Dear Fellow Nationalists

The end of 2011 and the beginning of 2012 is a good opportunity to take stock.

It is now more than 18 months since the General Election. And some 15 months since I was expelled from the British National Party. We need to ask ourselves, what has been achieved for the nationalist cause in this country in that time?

The last year has not just been a time of stagnation but regression. Yet the dire political situation that the nation finds itself in is worse than ever. And what’s more, as the recession bites, job prospects recede and the pressure on public resources becomes ever more greater, exacerbated by the influx of some 250 000 NET incomers in the last 12 months alone, the smouldering discontent and impatience for change rumbles ever louder. What is needed is a cogent political force to represent this discontent, and it’s needed more so now than ever before.

Looking round at the various nationalist blog sites, written by leading lights in the nationalist cause, it’s patently obvious that we are all singing from the same hymn sheet. What can’t be agreed upon is which church we should all be singing in! Broadly speaking, there is a general agreement on the problems which beset our country: a loud lament about our loss of national identity and cultural heritage, the surrender of sovereignty, deprivation of free speech, social injustice, appalling remoteness of the parasitic politicians, increasing islamification… we all know what we think. What we lack however, is a cohesive political mechanism that enables us to present these views to the electorate, packaged as a viable realistic, electable alternative to vote for at the ballot box. All in all, the public are sympathetic to the policies that we roundly subscribe to. What we need to present to them is ONE united and positive front that can demonstrate a plausible and responsible organisation to implement them.

At the beginning of the year, I personally wrote to Nigel Farage of UKIP, Nick Griffin of the BNP, and Robin Tilbrook of the English Democrats, as well as Tommy Robinson of the English Defence League, inviting them to a meeting to discuss a way forward in which the nationalist parties can co-operate in order to become this united political force, a force that the media can no longer ignore. Now a year has gone by and there’s been no movement in this respect. It’s been another year wasted, for what have we achieved?

How many more years are we going to let pass until we get our act together? 2012 will see the GLA elections in London. I don’t wish to sound like a prophet of doom, but I tell you here and now that on present showings there will be NO nationalist representation on the Greater London Assembly next summer. No nationalist from any of the parties! By each going it alone, instead of co-operating, we are allowing ourselves to be pushed out of the political picture- for good. And meanwhile, our historic. cultural and national heritage is slowly but steadily being annihilated.

Many of you have left one party and joined another; some have come together and started new ones, but this is not the answer. You can have as many new parties as there are stars in the sky and it won’t change the situation in this country one jot. The only answer open to us now is to co-operate and ultimately to unite, painful as this may be to some. There is bound to be resistance by those in the parties’ leadership. So it’s up to the grass roots to force through change.

The greatest victories have always been attained by great sacrifice and so it is today. We have to look at how we can make the best with what we have and struggle to build solutions instead of criticising those who have made mistakes. What’s been said and done has been said and done. We will never move forward with negativity. Now we have to look forward and see what can be rescued from the debris.

The Romans were able to subdue Britain because the Celtic tribes were unable to put their own petty interests before those of the country as a whole and present a united front. We simply cannot afford to make the same mistake again! Because if we do, there will be no future for our children. Britain will soon be changed irrevocably forever unless we work together now to resist it!

With grand hopes for the unity of all nationalist entities and right thinking Britons in the coming year, and wishing you each and all, a peaceful Christmas and a prosperous and successful 2012,

Yours sincerely

Richard Barnbrook

Immigration- now it’s the elderly who are expected to pay the price!

By Richard Barnbrook

An shock report issued by the newly formed, left-wing pressure group the Intergenerational Foundation, is out to make war on one of society’s softest targets: the elderly.

In their unashamedly ageist attack on senior citizens, whom they consider to be fair game, the Foundation, launched by Labour’s Tessa Jowell, has issued a report that is blatantly draconian and hostile to the interests and well-being of the elderly- all in the name of ’fairness’, of course. The proposal is that because of the current housing shortage, older people should be taxed out of their family homes in order to make room for younger families.

On the surface this might seem to be a sensible suggestion, but when seen in the light of the fact of the net figure of over a quarter of a million immigrants entering the country last year, the implications become far more sinister.

As I have been saying for a long time, large numbers of newcomers need to be both serviced and accommodated somewhere- because it’s a fact of life that you can’t squeeze a quart into a pint pot. (And I make no apologies for using imperial measurement!) So, where shall we put them all? Where indeed! According to the Intergenerational Foundation, the answer’s quite simple- turf out all those lonely oldies living in three bedroom houses and push them into accommodation that is ‘more suited to their needs,’ to make way for younger families! So much for the age-old saying ‘an Englishman’s home is his castle’!

When, oh when will the British public wake up? How much longer will they be prepared to sit back and watch their birthright being stolen before their eyes? Our national sovereignty has been hijacked by Brussels so that we can’t even make our own laws any more. Our politicians ignore our wishes, even though we elected them to represent our interests. Our children are being sold short in the education system, health tourists from abroad exploit our already over-stretched NHS, and our own people can’t get jobs, which are being given to foreign nationals. And now, senior members of society, who deserve respect and the dignity of some space in their declining years, having worked all their lives to earn it, are blatantly being told to move over because they are in the way! Even to make such a pointed and offensive suggestion is indicative of how far some politicians are prepared to go in this full-scale attack on the interests of the people of this country.

The only comfort that I can draw from this disgusting and shameful attack on the elderly is the fact that Tessa Jowell herself is clearly no spring-chicken! In the not too distant future, she may live to rue the day that she affiliated herself with such a barbarous bunch of ageist bigots!

The forthcoming Panorama documentary- why I have refused to give an interview

By Richard Barnbrook

From what I hear, the documentary about the BNP is going to be damning, with the emphasis being on the financial irregularities that have been going on at Head Office.

I understand that a number of high-ranking ex-personnel have given interviews. I myself have been approached by the BBC on several occasions, but I have declined to comment.

The reason for this is two-fold. Firstly, any issues arising specifically from the unpaid printing bills in Barking are ‘sub judice.’ I made my position wholly clear when I submitted my application to the High Court earlier this year. My statement fully outlining the circumstances has been well-documented on the web and I have nothing further to add.

Secondly, regardless of the rights and wrongs committed by the current leadership, (and make no mistake, the wrongs if they are as alleged, can never be justified), the end result of the programme can only be bad in the long term, in so far as the overall impression gained by the public will be a negative one. As far as the casual viewer is concerned, we will all be tarred with the same brush.

Given what would seem to have been a deliberate and indefensible and attempt to bankrupt me, I have no regard left for the current Chairman. On the other hand, I do not wish to actively cause anyone affiliated with the nationalist cause harm. If the Chairman is as culpable as they say, then it is only a question of time. Those who live by the sword shall die by the sword.

I hope that eventually, nationalists will each come to realise that all this negativity and feuding, however justified it may seem in the current circumstances, is only causing harm in the public’s perception and will make the come back, when it happens, that much harder. And I certainly don’t wish to be a part of anything that could hinder that.

But there is no knife-crime in Bexley!

By Richard Barnbrook

But there is no knife-crime in Bexley!

…..at least so says the politically correct mantra from the powers-that-be! Instead of pooling their efforts into stamping down on knife-crime, it would seem that some London politicians are more concerned with brow-beating those of us who make a stand against it.

Following reports made to me by three independent members of the public about a stabbing incident that was said to have taken place in Dansom Park, but which could not subsequently be verified, I have had to bow to the inevitable and make an apology, which has been posted on my blog. Or, face the possibility of a formal complaint and another Standards Board hearing, with the unwelcome inconvenience to myself and pointless expense to the taxpayer.

So please note that from henceforth, as a result of relentless pressure from the ‘P C’ brigade at City Hall, I will endeavour to be a good boy and reprogram myself politically correctly, as follows:

1) The problem of knife-crime does not exist- in Bexley, in Barking and Dagenham, in London, or indeed anywhere else.

2) All members of the public have a tendency to lie, or at least to gild the lily when it comes to knife-crime and should therefore be ignored.

3) Consequently I will not listen to, nor believe the concerns expressed to me by bona fide members of the public about alleged knife-crime incidents.

4) Unless an incident has been formally reported to the police, it never happened. Therefore I should dismiss any such information supplied to me by members of the public from my mind and should certainly not dare to repeat it, let alone bring it to the attention of the politicians in case it disturbs their karma.

5) If the problem of knife-crime does not exist, people cannot be concerned about it! Therefore their anxieties should also be ignored… after making the necessary polite noises of course.

6) Despite the fact that ten youngsters have been stabbed to death in London this year, the problem, such as it is, is under control, so don’t panic!

7) Reassurance is the name of the game. I must never say anything that might possibly cause upset or alarm. Besides, The Mayor has implemented schemes especially designed to address the (non-existent) ‘problem’ to keep youngsters busy. Therefore the ‘problem’, which of course never existed anyway, is solved. End of story.

8) What the politicians tell me is far, far more important than what you, the people tell me. So I should believe them and not you. Even though you elected me to represent you!

So, to all you good citizens of London out there, who come up to me in the street to express your concerns about knife-crime, please, take it from the new, re-programmed, politically correct me, (or rather from the authorities)-it’s all in capable hands. (Well, that’s their story). So, as everything in the garden’s absolutely blooming rosy, in future I’ll just carry on politically correctly like everyone else, by shaking hands, patting babies and turning a deaf ear- as I was elected to do! NOT!

 

Richard Barnbrook: “If only they’d listened ….”

By Richard Barnbrook

From what was once a total of over 100 councillors, the BNP now only has a meagre 9. And from having been in credit to the sum of some £2.3 million, the Party is said have debts of £700 000. Sad to say, back as far as the autumn of 2006, I saw that there were problems which eventually led to the difficulties that are now besetting the Party and that have resulted in its regression.

But be warned, this is not just a brief write-up but a good 30-minute read! I’m putting it up, because we need to look at what went wrong for the good of our country, so that we can hopefully put things right. But above all, we need to forge a new way forward involving all nationalist/patriotic groups. Because there are so many like-thinkers out there, from all colours of the political spectrum- disaffected Labour supporters, Conservatives and others- nationalists who need to find a voice.

In 1999 when I first joined the Party it was due to Nick Griffin winning the leadership challenge. At the time he had the charisma, the flair and the vision.

I had left the Labour Party in 1986 because under Kinnock, the values that I then adhered to were saying nothing to a new Britain, a Britain where education had become worthless, a Britain where the health system was overloaded and already showing signs of cracking and inability to cope with an increased population. At the same time, there was a decline in Britain’s economic and fiscal soundness. It was a nation that not even Enoch Powell could have predicted would have emerged with such velocity and speed. This was the mid 1980s when Margaret Thatcher had started to bring the incompetence of the unions, with their lack of vision, under control which I give her credit for. But she widened the doors to the immigration crisis and sealed our fate with the cheap gimmick of clawing back pennies from Europe, rather than expelling the Brussells bureaucrats from our shores. She should have kicked the EEC out of Britain when she had the chance. Because the majority of the problems we face today, together with the inability to do anything to counteract them, stem from our accursed membership of the EU.

Having left the Labour Party, I then decided to go about the continuation of my career both in the arts and education. While in the secondary education system of London, working on short-term contracts in failing schools, I was brought into schools across London as a trouble-fixer prior to OFSTED inspections, in such areas as Greenwich, Lewisham, Bexleyheath, Newham, Neasden and Tower Hamlets amongst others.

It wasn’t until 1997 and the election of a Labour government that I saw within the following three years a total desperation and despondency amongst the communities in London that felt dejected and let down by seeing their desires and aspirations being dashed once again. I thus felt I had to take up the political cudgel. It took me three years to determine where best my voice could be heard by representation through a political party. After several attempts and deep deliberation, I finally got in contact with the BNP of the nearest branch and group to where I lived in Lewisham, which was the Bexley branch. The reason I finally decided to go to the BNP meeting was that Nick Griffin had won the leadership challenge. Marching through the streets of London was not the way forward at that time.

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New Vision, New Party: What Nick Griffin needs to do next

By Richard Barnbrook

With the leadership contest at last behind us, this is a time for taking stock and at last moving forward. I say this, even though I am no longer a member of the Party; as I have said many times, my politics remain the same and I wish the nationalist cause well.

The 2 most important priorities right now are for reconciliation and making sure that lessons have been learned. The Party has been held back by poor management and accounting decisions, unnecessary and confrontational law suits and lack of democratic consultation. If we don’t take on board where mistakes have been made, we will be condemned to repeat them. These are the points that the Nick Griffin should address immediately:

The BNP has become so discredited over the past year that it is time to mark the beginning of a new era with a new name. The name needs to have some connection with the old one in order to capitalise on continuity. ‘British Party’ would seem to be a good choice- the ‘National’ doesn’t really add anything anyway.

One of the biggest problems facing the Party over the past year or so has been over the Party’s accounting. It would seem essential therefore to ensure:

• The Chairman has no personal contact with the finances.
• A body of independent auditors, not connected with the Advisory Council or the Cabinet or any other paid post within the Party, would have full scrutiny of the accounts down to all expenditure of £500 or more.
• The books should be available to be inspected by a Regional Organiser or above at any time.
• An outside auditor should verify the books annually.
• The returns should be made in good time the Electoral Commission to avoid the unnecessary payment of fines for late submission.

The Party has been plagued by infiltrators at all levels. It is vitally important that anyone holding the position of paid employment or officer of the Party at regional or sub-regional level undergoes a polygraph lie detector test. These tests are expensive, but given the incalculable harm an infiltrator can bring about, it would be money well spent.

Democratic accountability on the part of the leadership is fundamental to sound government and therefore, the Advisory Council needs to be enlarged to include 3 serving councillors elected by their fellow councillors, all Regional Organisers and leading employed party officers. The Advisory Council would then democratically select 6 of its members to sit in a Cabinet, consisting of these 6 members as well as the Chairman. The Chairman would have the casting vote. It would be for the Cabinet to decide on policy, in close consultation with the Advisory Council. In practice, this would mean that the Chairman could not act without the approval of the Cabinet. The Cabinet in order to work efficiently would need to be small, with no more than 7 members in total so that decisions could be made quickly. Each Cabinet member would only be eligible to stand for a year at a time and for no more than 4 years consecutively. This would ensure the accountability of Cabinet members to the Advisory Council. The Chairman would not have the power to sack the Cabinet; only the Advisory Council could deselect a Cabinet member by a majority vote and with good reason. The Chairman could not be dismissed by either the Cabinet or the Advisory Council but only by the membership of the Party through a democratic leadership process.

The Chairman would have the right to choose the Deputy Chairman who would automatically be one of the 7 Cabinet members.

Regional Organisers would have to be elected by the voting members of their region. All Regional Organisers would be given a salary and expenses (as soon as funds permit).

The Party Fundraiser would be on a fixed salary, with a productivity based commission.

It has to be understood that the Party does not exist to make money; rather, money should be raised with the intention of funding our prime purpose, which is making converts and thereby winning elections. If we raise the number of paid-up members, the income will increase correspondingly. The overriding priority therefore needs to be to get back on the streets. We also need to ensure our councillors and elected members are adequately supported with a priority of at least 40-50% of the finances going to building up their support and functions within their wards/boroughs/councils.

It should be also realised that not everyone can afford to contribute financially and there are many other ways of assisting the Party effort. In order to counteract ‘donor fatigue’ as well as benefiting the Party in a broader sense, requests for money need to be interspersed with requests for practical help and activism, which should lead to more individuals becoming involved as well as having a broader appeal that more people may feel able to respond to.

As well as reforming to move forward, re-engaging with those who are disaffected, disappointed or have been inappropriately excommunicated, we need to look at our role and the Party’s role in nationalism more broadly. We need to open avenues and explore ways in which we can negotiate and create an alliance with other nationalist parties with a view to bringing about eventual unity, with at least an aim of reaching an electoral pact so that no 2 nationalist candidates ever again find themselves standing against each other on the same electoral platform. Such a travesty is a total waste of time and effort and a betrayal of all nationalist voters who find their votes completely wasted as a split vote leads to no victory.

It is my sincere wish that Nick Griffin gives some serious thought to the implementation of these suggestions as these have been issues that I have raised with the Chairman and members of Head Office, going back as far as the Red White and Blue of 2006.  They have to be addressed for nationalism to move forward.

Richard Barnbrook responds to Readers comments

In response to readers comments both here and at the British Resistance site following his article entitled "If Only" published 18th July 2011 GLC member Richard Barnbrook has issued the following responses:

If only…

My answers to readers’ comments

Thank you each and all for reading my letter. I’ve read all your comments, negative and positive, and I would like to make some general points by way of reply:

1) I felt that my proposal for reconciliation was all the more appropriate following the revelations made by Arthur Kemp, because I wanted to make a point by way of example. I have been aware for some time of the allegations that Nick wanted to get me made bankrupt and when I did find out, I was absolutely devastated. But I knew that my lambasting Nick wouldn’t solve anything and only make things worse.

2) My letter of proposal was addressed to the persons named because each of them has helped me in the past, so I’ve had positive dealings with them personally. They all have so much to offer, are profoundly able and have a proven, successful track record, at least prior to the recent difficulties. Personal likes and dislikes don’t and shouldn’t come into it. We have to look at the broader picture for the overall good of the Cause.

3) One person raised the concern about expulsions and stated that there could be no reconciliation when so many had been expelled. This is my very point! I have been expelled and am still determined to wish the Party well, even though I’m not a part of it any more. If we can change the climate, we can look to welcoming back those who have left, been expelled or are disaffected. I want to see the nationalist Cause prosper. If we all took this approach, and everyone made a real effort to work together, in spite of their grievances, the wounds could and would be healed. But of course, I accept that it’s not going to happen overnight, and it’s going to demand that some people make a huge sacrifice of personal pride. We have to build on the positive. There will be no progress without a complete change of attitude and a positive new vision. And to do this, we have to meet people where they are, and make sure we hone in on and bring out the best in each individual and try to get as many as we can back on board. There is no such thing as a perfect nationalist, or a perfect anyone.

4) As I said at the end of my article, I have no ulterior motive, and I do not intend to attend the meeting if one could be arranged, unless invited to do so by a majority of those who’ve agreed to sit down at the table. Also, I will not be re-contesting the GLA seat. To those of you who say I should resign now, I would like to say this: rightly or wrongly, I do feel some sense of grievance because I was expelled from the Party for speaking out. As I’ve said on numerous occasions, yes, I resigned the whip, but I was then expelled- I never left. What’s more, I was denied any opportunity of an appeal hearing even though I repeatedly asked for one! In addition, I feel that I have had enough difficulties of a different kind to contend with arising from the matters recently referred to by Arthur Kemp, which were not of, and never were of my making. Not to mention my having to stand aside in Barking. In short, looking at the picture as a whole, I feel that I have been treated rather shoddily by the Party, but it’s water under the bridge now. I can understand why people say I should stand down, but I am still a passionate nationalist and my politics haven’t changed from what they were on the day I was elected.

5) With the level and intensity of constant political attack at the GLA, there is no one on the list who could endure the degree of persistent sniping by the other parties without overreacting.

But to start throwing slings and arrows inside a chamber when you are only one and they have all the authority makes you a casualty of their rotten system. I have proved that by stoically sitting there and raising unwelcome issues you become a thorn in their side and thereby humiliate them to the extent that they actually do pick up in subsequent Question Times on nationalist issues such as knife crime, the elderly and law and order.

6) Regarding the comment that the BNP did nothing for the people of Barking and Dagenham, I can only say that to state that we were seriously under-resourced would be the under-statement of the century! At well as being a member of the council, and Leader of the BNP opposition, I was the party organiser for the whole of London, and from 2008 on the GLA, as well as being Deputy Leader of the Barking and Dagenham opposition. There was no back-up or support from anyone, except the few local die-hards - they know who they are, and I’ll always be grateful to them. But as for support from HQ or outside after we had been elected, there was absolutely none. The main parties have retinues of assistants and workers. The BNP just couldn’t stretch that far. We were just left to get on with it and it was a huge learning curve. We were all totally new to the game. And on top of the crippling work load- council bureaucracy has to be seen to be believed- there was constant opposition and attacks from virtually all directions. I’m not saying this in order to moan, but simply to put the record straight. There just weren’t enough hours in the day. It was an almost impossible task trying to keep the ship afloat. It’s always easy to criticise, but things aren’t so straightforward as they seem when you look behind the scenes.

7) Someone made the point about our cities being taken over by Islam while we squabble. Alas, too true! That’s why we have to work out exactly where our priorities lie. Because if we don’t get our act together very, very soon, it will most certainly be too late. Demographic change will see to that. You only need to look at the statistics! Where will that leave us in 10 years time? When will people get the message? Ask yourself, what is it that really matters? I don’t give a toss about who becomes leader, or what paragraph xxx.xx or whatever, of the  constitution says. When we look back in 10, 20, 50 years time, it’s all ivory tower nonsense. What is important is for each of us to fight the battle within ourselves- that of personal pride and vindictiveness and try and see the good and the potential in our fellow nationalists. Because it’s the only way!

8) I feel that it is important to raise the point that our reconciliation is the very last thing that our enemies want to see! Notice how their articles tend to focus on the EDL not on the BNP anymore! Because they’ve got us exactly where they want us- all at each others’ throats, and they desperately want us to stay that way! Rest assured, they’re loving every minute of it, wallowing in our doubts, recriminations and in-fighting. What’s more, you can also be sure that they are actively fuelling the flames. After all, it’s so easy.. just sign up as ‘Anonymous’ and leave a negative and spiteful comment, or worse still, a downright lie, and then sit back and watch the ants’ nest being stirred up all over again with factions, arguments, witch hunts and blame apportioning. I’ve had so many outright lies and smears put out about me, I could fill a book! But so what? And a year has gone by already… a whole year wasted! If we carry on like this, we will still be arguing amongst ourselves when the pinnacle of St Paul’s Cathedral resonates with the wail of the muezzin’s call to prayer! By which time, of course it will be too late. And then we’ll be arguing about whose fault that is! But at least then I will have the satisfaction of being able to say, ‘I told you so…’ Not that it will do a damn bit of good under the circumstances.

9) My apologies to Simon Darby for misspelling his surname, but then you all know that spelling isn’t my strong point. Besides, the spell chequer said it were ok!!

If Only .............. By Richard Barnbrook

To:  (strictly in alphabetical order)

Lee Barnes

Andrew Brons

Eddy Butler

Simon Derby

Nick Griffin

Patrick Harrington

Arthur Kemp

Gentlemen,

If only we could turn the clock back to the heady days at the beginning of 2008….Remember how well we esteemed each other then?

So many tragic incidents have occurred since, so much negativity, hurt feelings and blame apportioned. Personal differences have prevailed to the ruination of all.

Look at where we are now! We are getting nowhere, and struggle as we might, there is no permanent solution in the offing. Meanwhile, our country suffers and our personal and collective ability to fight for what we really believe in diminishes with every negative comment, every new revelation.

Isn’t it time to call a truce?

We could turn the clock back overnight, if only we could muster the will! We are supposedly defenders of our Christian heritage… isn’t the Christian message founded on forgiveness? Basically, despite our differences, are we not all brothers, bound to one nationalist ideology? Can we not each find it in our hearts to extend to one another the hand of genuine friendship once again, and try to work together in unity and brotherhood once more?

It is undeniable that there is more that unites us than divides us!

And there is more to be gained by forgiving each other than by denouncing each other.

We all have to accept we are human.

And because we are human, we are flawed, and therefore we may have made mistakes.

The solution lies within our grasp. We all have to find it in our hearts to forgive, AND NOT TO CONDEMN OR RECRIMINATE. Because RECRIMINATIONS ARE GETTING US NOWHERE!

Surely it’s time to change direction, and join forces once again? It’s our only real chance of success in our lifetime. What we once were to each other, we can be again, if we can each find the will.

We need to start focussing on the good in one other and not the imperfections. We all have enormous strengths and talents as well as weaknesses and imperfections.

And then having accepted that mistakes have been made, we have to help one other to move forward, rather than apportioning blame, and put our heads together to look at how we can repair the damage. And then rejoin the fray to make war against the true enemy…those who have sold our people out.

For this high and special purpose, I would like to propose a Meeting of Reconciliation, to which you are each invited, with the specific proviso that all who attend are prepared to shake hands, try to put hostility aside and  forgive one other wholeheartedly in order to try to work together once again.

What we were once, we can be again!

The task may seem hard, but the stakes are high, and they have never been higher. So many have given their lives defending this country. Is this one minor sacrifice of personal pride so very much to ask?

Please, for the love of Britain and our Cause, which we each and all believe in let’s, give hope and brotherhood a chance…

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely and with all good will

Richard Barnbrook

Yes, of course Richard Barnbrook is a nationalist!

By Richard Barnbrook

The posting which has just been put up on the internet, ‘Richard Barnbrook a nationalist?’ raises some interesting points, but basically, it’s simply an attempt to avoid discussing the crucial issue that I am trying to get all genuine, concerned nationalist sympathisers to focus on. The question is, how can we best move forward to become a force to be reckoned with in British politics? The answer is, by joining forces and burying our differences.

It’s because I’m a sincere nationalist that I care about the country’s future. We can’t carry on as we are any longer. We have to look upwards and outwards, and for some, especially our leaders, think the unthinkable. We have to formulate a way to harness the talents, support, activism and goodwill of every man and woman in the land that can already see just what a con the Con-Lib/Lab conspiracy really is!

I realise that I may have upset some activists last year resigning the BNP whip. I did it because I felt I had to make a stand on a question of principal, and it was the only way I could think of to get the concerns across. Since then, I have been expelled from the Party. And I have been denied the opportunity to appeal against my expulsion. I don’t see why I should resign my seat because I never resigned from the Party; my political views remain the same. Unfortunately, I was chucked out just for speaking out. And that’s why I’m where I am.

I have been the victim of many smears, and there is far more that I could say on the matter but to do so would embarrass individual fellow nationalists and not help the cause. There are always two sides to every story, and unfortunately I have been sadly let down by a number of people who perhaps should have known better. However, far too much mud has been slung already and to throw yet more would simply be doing our enemies’ work for them.

What is important to me now, is the issue of unity. I cannot stress it enough, ‘unity, unity, unity!’ The biggest problem we face today comes from within. We have to find a way to resolve our differences. To build on what we all agree on. To nurture what we hold in common.

If any nationalist party is to succeed in London at the GLA next year, there has to be action now, and there has to be unity. We need to let the opposition and the media know we mean business. If we could formulate a unified nationalist party during the summer, I would be only too glad to return the seat to the nationalist fold under a united banner.

If the campaign for London does not start in September, with the BNP, the English Democrats, UKIP and all nationalist political parties, along with other supporters united, there will be NO nationalist representative on the London Assembly in 2012, for certain. It will be a repeat of the Welsh Assembly result this month- NO seats for any nationalists.

I’m trying to get the ball rolling. We need to get everyone who shares the same values to work together. We need to be strong and united.

Yes, of course I’m a nationalist! I always have been and I always will be. Because I care about the future of our nation. If we, who say we care, can’t unite and resolve our differences for the good of all, then the future of our nation is doomed!

It really makes no difference who makes a suggestion if it’s a good one. And I’m sure that this one really is a winner, if only we have the strength and largess of heart to work together to make it work.