July 2022 edition
When Mr. Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson was first elected leader of the British Conservative Party – and thereby UK Prime Minister – we were initially filled with great hope and optimism. He after all had spearheaded the “Vote Leave” campaign which enabled Britain to escape from EU entanglement and was viewed by many as “Britain’s Donald Trump”. He was charismatic, humorous and an Old Etonian with a common touch. In short he seemed to be a true and ideal British patriot of the type which Britain sorely needed in these current troubled times.
Alas the first signs that he was not all which he seemed emerged immediately when he announced his first cabinet, as it was full of non-White foreigners – those whom Kipling accurately termed “the lesser breeds”. These people of course have no moral right to be in the country, let alone in the government! Johnson had evidently expressed the desire whilst a small child to become “King of the World”. He therefore perhaps thought that he was holding this hypothetical position when he formed his first cabinet, but alas the only result of this stupidity was to squander all the goodwill which he initially held from his natural support-base of British conservative patriots!
As his premiership progressed, however, he made two further fundamental errors which only confirmed that he was not suitable for the job. Firstly he went along with all the international hysteria regarding the so-called “Covid-19” pandemic, imposing lunatic “lockdowns” and insisting that people go around wearing ridiculous facemasks, instead of taking a far more measured and sane reaction to this new flu strain as the leaders of Sweden and Belarus did. The unnecessary economic and social disruptions to the country have been catastrophic of course – not only through the immediate cost-of-living crisis, but more significantly through all the long-term loans which were necessary in order to pay for all the astronomically high “furlough” payments and other unbudgeted benefits. These loans will of course take generations to pay back, and will mean that a decades-long economic depression faces the British people.
Johnson’s other fundamental error has been his biased and one-sided attitude towards the Russian/Ukrainian conflict, with seemingly no attempt being made to consider both sides of the story. Post-Brexit Russia was of course Britain’s most natural and beneficial ally on the European continent, but now alas this opportunity for a strong economic and security alliance has been destroyed. Britain’s energy and food supplies have therefore been severely restricted, and this of course only adds to country’s economic woes – both short-term and long-term. Mr. Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson will undoubtedly now go down into history as a tragic character of Shakespearian proportions.
But it is the resulting Conservative leadership election which is now of greatest concern. It seems as if every astonishing non-White Conservative MP has been infected with delusions of grandeur and has put their names forward to be next Conservative leader. This of course has made the Conservative Party a laughing-stock among the electorate as a whole, and as a result whoever emerges as leader – be they British or foreign – stands no chance of winning the next General Election. One is left wondering of course how these unqualified foreign nonentities were ever chosen as Conservative candidates in the first place, and were then elected by the Conservative-supporting electorate? All it means is that unless something is done fast to change the Party then the same fate will befall it as befell the Italian Christian Democrats and the French Gaullist RPR/UMP!
Although we are of course totally opposed to socialism and realise that the Labour Party is almost as badly infected with foreign MPs as the current Conservative Party, we even so believe that it is in Britain’s best interests that a General Election is held soon, and that the only viable alternative government, Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party, is elected with a massive majority. This will give a five-year breathing space for either the Conservative Party to reform itself and to return to being a genuine British patriotic party as it was up until the premiership of Margaret Thatcher, or alternatively – perhaps preferably – for the various component parties which emerged from the collapse of UKIP to get their act together and to form a united and genuinely patriotic alternative party. ------------------------------------------------------------------
SPRINGBOK CLUB NEWS
The Springbok Club staged a most enjoyable and enthralling trip to the London Canal Museum last month. After viewing all the fascinating exhibits at the museum the Springbok Club party were treated to an enlightening tour of the nearby locality, where the organisation’s treasurer, Susan Gordon, described and explained some of the artistic sights of the area, before the party adjourned to a historic hostelry for a convivial ending to the day.
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Alas the planned guest speaker for the Springbok Club’s annual Rhodes & Founders Day buffet-meeting will not be able to attend on the scheduled date after all, so the event has therefore had to be postponed, probably until August. The Springbok Club will still be celebrating Rhodes & Founders this year however, with an informal gathering to be held in the downstairs “Snug Room” of The Antelope, 22 Eaton Terrace, Belgravia, London SW1W 8EZ, during the evening of Thursday 21st July, at which a couple of members of the organisation with strong Rhodesian connections will be recounting something of their experiences of that great country.
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If the Springbok Club’s buffet-meeting cannot be re-scheduled in August then the organisation will be staging a trip to the Hythe Venetian Fete in Kent later during that month. In September the organisation will be staging the annual “Raising of the Flag” ceremony, this time at a site associated with Lieut. E.C. “Teddy” Tindale-Biscoe RN, who of course first raised the Union Flag at the site which subsequently became Salisbury on 13th September 1890. It is believed that he is probably buried in a family plot in Oxfordshire, and if his grave can be located there then this is where this year’s ceremony will take place. If not then the ceremony will be held at Swanage in Dorset where he spent the final few years of his life and died. Further details about both these events will of course be given in next month’s SCN.
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PATRIOTIC FORUM NEWS
The Patriotic Forum is planning to hold a meeting to be addressed by a recently retired British Army officer during August. The organisation is also organising a meeting to be addressed by an eminent EuroSceptic activist during October. Details about both these events will of course be announced in future editions of the SCN once finalised.
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HUMAN/LION CONFLICT MITIGATION PROJECT
We have recently been informed about an estimable initiative being mounted in Merrueshi, Kenya (pronounced ‘Keen-ya’) called the “Human/Lion Conflict Mitigation Project” which seeks to end the needless slaughter of Lions in Kenya by controlling the encroachment of human settlements onto the natural environment of the Lions. Inevitably this initiative has met with criticism from the egalitarian “politically correct” brigade who claim that it advocates population control in Kenya, but we believe that the protection of wild Lions in Africa is in the interests of all mankind, and therefore encourage full support for this campaign. Their “change.org” web-site can be accessed at :-
https://click.e.change.org/f/a/CpUo6jl5WQIJcIKww06Izw~~/AANj1QA~/RgRkJxLCP4QVAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmNoYW5nZS5vcmcvcC9iYW4tbGlvbi10cm9waHktaHVudGluZy1pbXBvcnRzLWludG8tdGhlLXVrL3UvMzAzOTA1MTk_Y3NfdGs9QXZXWWVYaU9LNzg3QVVISVRXSUFBWGljeXl2TnlRRUFCRjhCdkItRzdSX0hfNzZhQVdINkx1ZzE5TEklM0QmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPTg1NDhjNDEwOTJhNzQzMDE4MDU5M2E1MmMwNzJmNTRiJnV0bV9jb250ZW50PWluaXRpYWxfdjBfNV8wJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1wZXRpdGlvbl91cGRhdGUmdXRtX3Rlcm09Y3NXA3NwY0IKYj7DjURiEvSaSFIXYWRoYXJ2ZXlAbmV0Y29tdWsuY28udWtYBAAAAAI~
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MORE E.C.B. WITCH-HUNT MADNESS
Following the well-reported witch-hunt against Yorkshire C.C.C. by the trouble-making Pakistani cricketer with a chip on his shoulder, Azeem Rafiq, the England & Wales Cricket Board have now kow-towed to another bout of “politically correct” madness by suspending Mr. Chris Kelly, their Professional Umpires’ Manager.
So what was Chris Kelly’s “crime”? He evidently made the humorous remark that he could only see Devon Malcolm, a Negro former player, when he smiled. Although this was a rather feeble joke, the reaction to it by all normal and rational people would be to laugh – but to Devon Malcolm, rather like to Azeen Rafiq, any reference to his race seems to be regarded as an insult!
Devon Malcolm then went on to complain that no non-White professional umpires had been appointed to the ECB’s first-class panel since 1992, without seeming to comprehend that being a professional umpire is a very rigorous and intellectually challenging occupation which very few people – especially non-Whites – have the intellectual capacity and stamina to perform. Most bizarrely of all, however, Devon Malcolm complained that whilst taking his young son around the country to play in youth matches he never saw any other Black players. Does Mr. Malcolm not realise, we wonder, that Britain is a White man’s country, and that outside a few inner-city ghetto areas to view any Negro is a rarity?
We believe that both Azeem Rafiq and Devon Malcolm should stop trying to make martyrs of themselves and should shut up, and that Chris Kelly should be immediately reinstated to his former position and paid suitable compensation for his unjustified suspension.
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THE U.K. THEME PATRIOTIC MEDLEY
A subscriber from Surrey has recently reminded us about the UK Theme Patriotic Medley which used to be played every morning before the start of the BBC’s Today radio programme. The UK Theme was a fantasia arranged by Fritz Spiegel of traditional tunes representing the four home countries of the United Kingdom, as well as the national maritime tradition. Alas the daily playing of this theme ceased in 2007 at the height of the “politically correct” era, but now is surely the time to mount a campaign to have it re-instated. The entire medley can be listened to at :-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48YxyR-PSi8
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LATEST FALKLANDS NEWS
We have recently been informed about a circular released by the Falklands Island Association regarding a most interesting book which has been published about the Falklands Island War of 1982. Their information reads as follows :-
“You may be interested in a new book published to mark 40 years since the Falklands Conflict - Fight for Falklands Freedom: Reporting Live from Argentina and the Islands by Harold Briley, the journalist who broke the story on the BBC World Service and brought the Falklands saga to life.
“Fight for Falklands Freedom both recounts events and explains the attitude of the Falklands before and since the conflict, and the activities of the Argentine dictatorship intent on getting sovereignty. Harold himself was a BBC political, defence and foreign correspondent for 30 years, making 12,000 broadcasts, and filing the Falklands conflict for the US, Canada and South Africa.
“Harold was also Editor of the FIA's Newsletter for many years and is a long-standing member of the Association.”
This book can be obtained from: www.thehistorypress.co.uk (ISBN: 9780750999533)
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SEARCH SERVICES FOR THOSE SEEKING LOST RELATIVES
Find any South African, even those who have emigrated. We also search Botswana, Namibia and ex-Rhodesia/Zimbabwe.
Please use the search request form at :-
http://www.bellemodel.biz/emails/emails.php?id=emails_from_SCN
Also check the list of South African expatriates/emigrants web-sites, which can be found at :-
http://www.bellemodel.biz/uruguay/uruguay.php?id=uruguay_from_springbk
and
http://www.bellemodel.biz/emails/expatriates/toplist_expatriates.php?id=toplist_expatriates_from_springbk
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BOOK OFFERS
“LIEUTENANT COLONEL ALFRED JAMES TOMLINSON: MEMOIRS OF AN AFRICAN PIONEER AND BSAP OFFICER" is now available at Amazon.com, and can be shipped to anywhere in the world. This book contains excerpts from Lieut. Tomlinson's writings detailing his experiences as a member of the BSAP in Southern Rhodesia, where he rose from the rank of an ordinary trooper to retire as the commanding officer. It also includes the personal story of Majaqaba Ncube, a man who was enslaved by Lobengula when his entire village was massacred by the chief's soldiers. After he escaped, Lieut. Tomlinson saved him from certain death and gave him a job. They lost contact and were reunited after 45 years, when Majaqaba presented Lieut. Tomlinson with an earthenware jar.
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CREST PUBLISHING BOOKS
The latest book published by Crest Publishing is entitled: “BOWLS - QUIRKS, CHIRPS AND ANECDOTES". This is not an instruction manual but rather a cheerful, humourous and sometimes controversial chronicle about the game and its history worldwide. Written to celebrate 40 years in the sport by the author, Glenn MacAskill, it should be of interest to all bowlers and other sports enthusiasts.
For more information about all books published, or to make an order, please contact Crest Publishing at: P.O.Box, 4178, Honeydew, Johannesburg, 2040, South Africa, e-mail: glennallanmacaskill@gmail.com, or visit the Crest Publishing web-site at: www.crestpublishing.co.za. Special discounts are available to ex-servicemen, Rhodies and Springboks!
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"THE SAINTS" – a unique documentary in support of the book on the brief history of the RLI.
DVD available along with other premium titles of historical interest from Msasa Enterprises. Visit www.rhodesianvideos.co.za or write to msasasa@mweb.co.za for more information. UK contact telephone: 07415 753 340.
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.284: Snr. ALEX CEJNAR of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Alex Cejnar was a most interesting character who was an early subscriber to S.A.Patriot magazine. Although he lived in Brazil he was evidently of Hungarian origin, and took great interest in the South African struggle – as well as other patriotic struggles around the world - publishing regular contact information in all his circulars. Alas his recent copy of The Imperial Patriot has been returned to us as he is evidently no longer resident at his last known address, but it would be very interesting to learn what has happened to him.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
A supporter from Devon has recently informed us about a very accurate and currently extremely important YouTube video entitled “Britain slips inexorably from the control of British people”, which we believe should be circulated as widely as possible. It can be accessed at :-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAORuWXUQ-Q
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
CIVIL WAR PRELUDES
Sir,
As for Biden-Harris: I think they will go down in American history as one of the worst administrations we ever had. They may even wind up being worse than President Buchanan. [...at least President Buchanan, despite all his mistakes, was a good and dignified man who ran a respectable White House.], Sad.
Yours etc.,
Prof. Jason Jellison, Bangkok, Thailand
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HOW SWEET TO BE AN IDIOT
Sir,
What a stinking nation of idiot kaffirs who can not even run a sweet shop without stealing the roof after they eat all the sweets South Africa has become. “Azania” is doomed, and we as ex-pats are laughing and dance with glee and delight. They do not value real education, just fake university documents makes them feel important. Not long now before the bridges and dams will fall down, as the terrorist state has no concept of maintenance in the last 28 years. Crime, aids, murder and looting are the only real qualifications which these hateful communist scum can muster.
Yours etc.,
Richard Windsor, Canterbury, Kent, U.K.
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REAPING AS WAS SOWN
Sir,
I was thinking that Rhodesia/Zimbabwe would be the bread-basket of Africa if ZANU/PF (Mugabe) had let the White farmers prosper and produce non-GMO corn and other exportable crops. Same applies to White South African farmers. Now Zimbabweans will pay for costly imports, if they are available, due to their racist removal of White farmers from the land.
https://off-guardian.org/2022/03/17/ukraine-war-hurricane-of-hunger-transforming-food-systems/
Ukraine is the world’s largest exporter of sunflower oil, the fourth largest exporter of corn and the fifth largest exporter of wheat. Together, Russia and Ukraine produce more than half of the world’s supply of sunflower oil and 30% of the world’s wheat.
Some 45 African and least-developed countries import at least a third of their wheat from Ukraine or Russia, with 18 of them importing at least 50%.
Prior to the current crisis, prices for fuel and fertilizer had been rising. It was clear before COVID and the war in Ukraine that long global supply chains and dependency on (imported) inputs and fossil fuels made the prevailing food system vulnerable to regional and global shocks.
Yours etc.,
S. Gassaway, Virginia, U.S.A.
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FACT CHECK
Sir,
The article "The End of an Attempted Rebellion" [April SCN – Ed.] was excellent. Factual and very reasonable considering the gross betrayal of the rebels and damage they caused to our movement. Well done!
Yours etc.,
David Kendrick, Camberley, Surrey, U.K.
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FRUITY COMMENTS
Sir,
Well I have news for you. South Africa’s fruit industry is loosing billions of dollars. No export of fruit to Russia, one of the biggest tax-cows for the ANC terrorists All the farm kaffirs will be out of work. I smile in glee as the fruit will rot or be sold-off half-price Millions will smile and wait as the ANC terrorists create their failed state It was just 3 years ago that Ramaphosa, the leader of the ANC, said South Africa will build 20 new mega cities of the future! Natal today has been flooded. I watched videos of bridges and roads destroyed like toys under a boot. The best Natal video was of a kaffir taxi swept off a bridge. Packed Hi-Ace taxi full of screaming munts sailing down the river as it submerged, oooh the glee and wonder! South Africa is heading for no harvests, seeing as the farmers have no money for fuel for their tractors for the planting season..
Yours etc.,
Benny Sparrow, Durban, Natal, South Africa.
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CASH INJECTIONS
Sir,
You accurately state: “The severity of the Covid-19 virus has been exaggerated – indeed we have been totally lied to about its danger”. [April SCN – Ed.]..
A money making racket from the Medicrats.
Yours etc.,
H.K.H., Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa.
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OBITUARIES
PHIL BENNETT
Philip “Phil” Bennett, who sadly died last month, was one of the greatest fly-halfs which the game of Rugby Union has ever produced.
He played 414 times for Llanelli (he was a “one-club man” at senior level), scoring 2.535 points, and played 29 times for Wales, scoring 181 points and captaining his country to three 5-nations championship titles. He also made 8 international appearances for the British Lions, captaining the team on their 1977 tour of New Zealand.
He had the unenviable task as succeeding the great Barry John as Wales and British Lions fly-half following Barry John’s unexpected – and many believe far too premature – retirement, but it is testament to the man’s talent that he eventually equaled the great man’s reputation, and indeed surpassed many of his achievements.
Phil Bennett played in two of the most famous games of all time, Llanelli’s 9-3 victory over the awesome New Zealand All Blacks in 1972, and the “greatest try of the century” Barbarians’ match against the same opposition in 1973, when he actually started the move which led to Gareth Edwards’ iconic try. But perhaps Phil Bennett’s greatest achievement was being part of the British Lions’ 1974 touring party to South Africa, “The Invincibles” when he played in all four Internationals. It should never be forgotten that all players selected for this touring party had to endure massive intimidate from far-Left quasi-terrorists if they agreed to show solidarity with their South African kith-and-kin by touring the country, and so all tour members therefore deserve to be remembered as noble heroes.
Probably the only stain on Phil Bennett’s Rugby career was the hysterical anti-English “motivational” speech which he gave as Welsh captain to his fellow team-members prior to the Wales v. England international in 1977. For a man who had played with such pride and distinction for the pro-Union British Lions such a rant was particularly unexpected, though to be fair he subsequently admitted that this diatribe was far too far “over the top”!
After his playing career was over he became a popular and respected media-man, both writing regular newspaper columns and working as a pundit for BBC Wales. He also proved to be a dedicated family man, and our sincere condolences are extended to his widow Pat and his two sons.
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ANDY GORAM
It was with great sadness that we learnt of the recent death of Andy Goram, the highly-talented Rangers and Scotland goalkeeper, at the tragically early age of only 58.
Although Andrew Lewis “Andy” Goram was born at Bury in Lancashire, and played for several soccer clubs in both England and Scotland, he gained international recognition for Scotland as a result of his Scottish parental roots. It was as a Rangers player that he is most famed however, playing for the club between 1991 and 1998 and fully embracing the club’s Loyalist ethos. He loved Northern Ireland and was a regular visitor to Belfast, where he expressed his full support for the Unionist cause. .
In total Andy Goram played 260 games for Rangers, being part of the Rangers squad which won five Scottish League titles, three Scottish Cups and two Scottish League Cups. He also played 43 international games for Scotland, being a member of the Scotland squad at two World Cups. The true worth of the man and his playing skills is demonstrated by the fact that he gained the nickname of simply “The Goalie” and by the fact that he was once voted Rangers’ greatest ever goalkeeper.
Andy Goram was also a gifted cricketer, being a fine left-hand batter and a useful right-arm medium pace bowler. He played for several clubs in both the Lancashire and Scottish leagues, and was also capped five times for Scotland, including against the 1989 touring Australians. He is the last person to have gained international honours for Scotland at both Association Football and Cricket.
Andy Goram was a great sportsman and a great British patriot, and deserves to be remembered with honour.
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