REPORT ON THE ENGLISH DEMOCRATS’ 2020 AGM

REPORT ON THE ENGLISH DEMOCRATS’ 2020 AGM 

 

This year, on the 3^rd October 2020, we had a bare AGM rather than our full conference because of the Coronavirus Lockdown Regulations, which meant that the hotel could not allow us to have a meeting of more than 30. 

 

This made it impractical to do what we had planned to do, which was to takeover a country house hotel which specialises in providing conference facilities.  We now intend to use this for our Spring Conference.

 

We therefore returned to the hotel that we have used on many occasions before, the Hilton at Leicester, who were as helpful as the Regulations allowed them to be, but still the atmosphere was quite strange. 

 

Even with our much reduced numbers we still were the major contingent in the hotel, which was largely empty.  The usual buffet service in the restaurant was banned and instead we had to be served seated and also in the bar, with a maximum seating together of six. 

 

On the evening after our conference and dinner, although we spread ourselves out, we were spread out over several tables, but obviously in one group and were told by the bar manager that one of the other guests had threatened to call the police! 

 

Which draws me on to an interesting observation.  It was the few white guests apart from ourselves who were scurrying around with masks and furtive looks!   All too “timorous cowering beasties”! 

 

Still more disgracefully many of them had even got their young and often very young children masked, showing all too clearly that brave words of Rule Britannia are far too optimistic about the British, as it seems that, given half a chance, they are more than happy to be slaves and do whatever they are told, however bizarre and irrational!

 

Despite the difficulties we had a good AGM and focussed on the electoral challenges and opportunities in May next year as we are aiming, not only to stand in as many Mayoral Elections as we can manage, but also in as many Police Commissioner Elections. 

 

Both types of elections are Supplementary Vote systems, which is the voting system that enabled us to win the Mayoralty in Doncaster.  For standing in the Mayoralty Election we get a full mailshot of every registered elector in the whole Region or local authority.  We also get the opportunity to be elected for a position of real power and influence in a way that most other elections do not. 

 

Much of the same is true of the Police Commissioner Elections, although there is not a booklet in that case. 

 

With our mind on the Police Commissioner Elections we adopted some more resolutions to mandate our Police Commissioners to require Chief Constables to grant gun licenses to all suitable citizens for the purpose of defending their homes - now that most police forces have proved themselves unwilling or unable to protect homeowners! 

 

These commitments, coupled with our previous commitments on law and order, now make the English Democrats easily the foremost party in England of all parties on the issue of Law and Order. 

 

I am looking forward very much to seeing the impact on our Police Commissioner vote next year!