Whilst I have to accept that one must deal with the situation as
it is - and public demonstrations (in front of Buckingham Palace?) may be the
only option at present, may I add that I doubt if the Queen is LEGALLY bound to
do as she is told ("advised") but it is a very strong
"convention" because the PM can claim a "democratic
mandate". Even for treason apparently.
Heath did it, so why not Blair? Unless everyone becomes better informed WHY she
cannot act and how this came about we seem doomed to go on fighting losing
battles, with the system causing the cards to be stacked against us - and no
hope of winning.
As some lofty individual once said " The dogs bark but the caravan moves
on". May I therefore ask you all to heed my warning (below) sent out
at least a year ago, that we are our own executioners by leaving this problem
unresolved. See www.camrecon.demon.co.uk
Martin Cruttwell
IS THERE A PROBLEM WITH PARLIAMENT?
There must be, since party politicians are held in such contempt by the
general public.
UNRAVELLING THE PROBLEM
Firstly, some long-lasting malpractices (to be explained) have become the
norm. Secondly, we are often told by politicians that
Parliamentary Government, for all its faults, is the fulfillment of the English
Constitution and aren't we lucky to be free - to have a vote?
CHECK THE FACTS FOR YOURSELF
Whilst this leaflet hopes to show that it is dangerous to accept established
practice without question, we can safely agree(as Lord Hailsham states) that the
role of parliament should be that of watchdog over the Government?
However:
The notion that the House of Commons is made up of 650 MPs who individually
reach carefully considered opinions and who act as a brake on the Executive is
so far from the truth as to be ludicrous. The Whips are in absolute
command. The Executive is in total control. What the government says
goes. Dr. David (now Lord) Owen MP. Mail on Sunday 3/6/90
HOW POWER IS CENTRALISED
A constitution being the rules stating the relationship between the governors
and the governed, OUR constitutional history (in many ancient
Statutes** ) records a long struggle for power and various attempts to
divide that power between the Monarch,
the Lords and the Commons.
To excuse their illegal conventions or practices modern politicians
ignorantly or falsely claim our constitution is unwritten ** to avoid
explaining how they themselves (by becoming the government) have
evaded the sort of Statute Law which brought Monarchy under the Rule
of Law. **
How has this happened?
Whilst retaining the outward appearances of the historic English
Constitution they subtly adopted a form of political democracy based
on French Revolutionary ideology. By persuading the people to vote for a
party GOVERNMENT (with a programme of works) instead of a free
independent PARLIAMENT (with a duty to protect liberty) a government
majority is automatically installed inside Parliament. This majority
creates the elective dictatorship and the potential for tyranny
(Lord Hailsham).
With the power of the Lords curtailed by the 1911 Act, and with the Prerogative
of the Crown stolen (as we shall see) every Cabinet, headed by the Prime
Minister becomes Sovereign and the division of powers is almost destroyed.
THIS IS NO ACADEMIC DISCUSSION
but an exposure of the dangerously fraudulent democracy
which effects our daily lives and is an attempt to show you how to bring
government back under proper democratic control of Parliament at all times.
A moments thought should confirm that the problem is elective dictatorship,
not voting by PR or 1st-past-the-post!!
THE PARTY SYSTEM IS TO BLAME because only through the party do Parliament
and Government become ONE BODY. No more dangerous mechanism could be
devised, because the observer of parliamentary activity is
deceived by appearances of constitutional propriety. It
is this system which allows governments to bribe MPs with Ministerial
office, or threaten de-selection or dissolution of Parliament (and loss of seat)
to ensure obedience! These totalitarian malpractices ( plus the
30-year secrecy rule) are inherited by successive party leaders who have
more illegal**power ( to interfere with Parliament) than the monarch was
ever allowed!! All this is done in
the name of you, the people. These corrupt practices they brazenly
call democracy!!!
The Prime Minister replaced the sovereign as actual head of the Executive when
the choice of Prime Minister no longer lay with the sovereign; the sovereign
lost the choice when strongly organised, disciplined parties came into existence
and party discipline depends primarily on the degree to which the member depends
on the party for his seat Sir Lewis Namier. Historian. (1952).
Explanation: The Monarchs legal power to choose Ministers rested on the
consent of a free Parliament . When control of Parliament passed to party
managers the choice of Ministers automatically passed to them . Thereby the
Monarchs loss of power to discipline Ministers in response to public petition
under the Bill of Rights 1689 is our loss too. The Queens 1953 Coronation
Oath to govern according to the laws and customs of this Realm
(and so protect us) is destroyed by the party convention that She
must obey the advice of Her Ministers, however treasonable and
damaging that advice. (e.g Heath transfer of our government to
Brussels in 1973 !)
WE - OUR OWN EXECUTIONERS!
The unquestioning acceptance by voter and party candidate alike of
democracy as currently operated , makes us our own executioners. The
nations future is based not on individual liberty and long-term planning but on
some group grabbing the reins of power for its own purposes by
bribing the electorate . This is not Rule of Law as we know it but
lawless government ! While the voters are thus divided against each other
through the party system this alternating dictatorship (see Chesterton) is
leading
us all down a one-way street to ever-remoter government (New World Order) and a
sense of helplessness. By taxation we are forced to finance our own
destruction, for example, EU Commission propaganda.
THE SOLUTION IS VERY SIMPLE
It is called voting for a Parliament and any voter can do it. This leaflet
is dedicated to telling you why. Vote ONLY for an
Independent candidate (or become that candidate yourself)- whom you know to be
genuine- who declares publicly - in writing - for individual liberty and
choice. When enough Independent MPs replace Party MPs, appointment of
Ministers will automatically return to the Monarch. The
division of power will accompany this re- separation of
government from parliament .
Clearly then the only wasted vote would be that given to ANY party which
perpetuates the elective dictatorship. You could be helping to
create a free parliament once again, which can stop bad government before
it occurs, instead of having to wait FIVE YEARS to try to
repair the damage !
ALL PARTIES HAVE THE SAME EFFECT ON THE CONSTITUTION !
The Party System is the perpetual revolution against the constitution.
This shocking but obvious fact ought to be a warning to all promoters of
new parties (see Edmund Burke quotes on website) AT THE NEXT ELECTION what will you really achieve unless you use your vote
to kick the corrupt parties out of Parliament, by simply voting
INDEPENDENT. Obviously if the party candidate depends on the party
for his ticket on the parliamentary gravy-train, then the party depends upon YOU
to continue voting for their party game. If you do you always run the risk
that the others will win and you will be a victim.
The sooner YOU stop, the sooner their grubby little game is over and control of
affairs will return to the people, where it really belongs. Individual
liberty is the real democracy, not this collectivist sham which
gives you a vote but takes away your power after you have voted. The
tyranny is not potential (Lord Hailsham) - it is here, NOW.
Our nation is being dismantled very slowly, so that you are not too
alarmed.
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Which prompted me reply with:
Well that make two of us that agree that the loss of democracy
is due to the public supporting party politics.
I wonder when the rest of you will wake up to reality.
It's no good fighting the EU and supporting the system that supports it, the
system can be dismantled very easily, and quickly, by voting for independent
MP's.
Or is getting rid of the EU at the next election too quick for you?
A system is only as strong as the system that holds it up.
Regards
Bernard
http://www.clayson.uk.com
http://www.silentmajority.co.uk/newpoliticalsystem
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===== Comments by graham.wood1@virgin.net
(graham wood) at 10/09/00 16:42
No! It makes three. I have taken this position for years, namely
that the Party whip system and the party system per se (our elected dictatorship) has
nothing whatsoever to do with real Parliamentary democracy and must therefore be abandoned. You are right - the system does indeed support
both the EU and the farcical sister bureaucracy of the so called European
Parliament. Let's get shot of the current political parties as of yesterday! The system has the continual stench of political opportunism,
and is totally ineffective as a tool for getting rid of the EU.
To illustrate. I wrote to both Hague and my ('phile) MP Ann
McIntosh (Vale of York) in strong protest at the proposal to ban or even vet political parties in member states. I got the now notorious 'rubber wall'
letter from Philps and McIntosh had the gall to dodge the issue by
suggesting I write to my MEP. In other words, THE TORY PARTY IS NOT
INTERESTED IN THE THREAT FROM NICE TO OUR POLITICAL FREEDOMS AND IN
PARTICULAR OUR DEARLY WON RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION AND SPEECH.
Graham Wood
I like it.
Sure beats using sticks and clubs which is likely to be the
only other alternative.
But we need the press on side and we need to realise it is going to be fought tooth and nail by the hierarchy.
PW
Hi
I see one of your objectives is to reinstate democracy, but when has there been
democracy before? We have elective dictatorship. Ok we're better off than
dictatorships where no elections are held, but not much.
At national level we get to vote once every 4 or 5 years, on a whole package
of issues. (Incidentally by making a cross, the symbol of illiteracy, on a piece
of paper.) We are treated like idiots by the politicians, the special interest
groups and the media.
My beef is that I have no means to express my views on a whole range of issues.
No existing party expresses my views on more than a small minority of issues.
In Switzerland, by contrast, frequent referenda are held which contain
questions on multiple issues. The 'British
public' is now reasonably well-educated and will respond responsibly to a
devolution of decision-making power into its hands. (I do, though, fear
the power of certain organs of the media to influence those decisions.) The
technology is now available to achieve this without having to continue with the
existing system of elective dictatorship.
There are also cultural issues which need to change. In many parts of our
society, you are expected to show 'loyalty' to your social group by always
voting the same way. This is itself anti-democratic.
As a believer that we should at least try democracy, I pride myself on being
a floating voter.
With much more participation, we could explore many more types of political
structure.
John Tierney
Hi Bernard!
Yes, various initiatives must unite to achieve success.
To find independent candidates is only one of our strategies, but perhaps the most important one.
So far, we have none, but our activities have just started, so we hope to find people for this purpose eventually.
The NDDIE´s web site is http://home.t-online.de/home/nddie/home~1.htm
The worldwide movement´s chief web site is: http://www.auburn.edu/tann
We had a first conferece in 1998 and we are going to have a second in Athens, Greece, 21 - 25 June cur. Some of us want to formalize ourselves into an international NGO.
Besides, I also publish a Newsletter (quarterly). If you give me your postal address, I can send you a copy. You can, of course, contribute to it too.
With my best regards
Jiri