SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER
December 2014 edition
Over the past few decades many people around the Western world have become increasing depressed about the future, as Western civilization seemingly goes further and further into decline.
The root cause for this decline, we would argue, has not been the triumph of the Third World minions, but rather the ascendancy of the post-WWII liberal mindset in the West itself. This tragic state of affairs seemed to reach its zenith when even civilized-ruled South Africa succumbed to the liberal worldview and meekly surrendered to the forces of darkness during the early 1990s – though it could be argued that Obama’s victory in the US in 2008 was an even worse low-point.
We believe, however, that the tide of world history turned with the change of the millennium – the election of Obama eight years later notwithstanding. Changes in world dynamics are rather like turns in the tide: they don’t mean that everything suddenly becomes rosy or suddenly becomes pear-shaped, but rather that the direction of the waves changes slowly and gradually.
Recently two major electoral shifts in the West have increased confidence and optimism considerably. Firstly in the United States the GOP made tremendous electoral gains at the mid-term elections, capturing both Houses of Congress. What makes this achievement even more significant is that the changing ethnic demographics of the United States means that the Donkey Party has an increasing advantage – so for the GOP to triumph so emphatically means that more and more Americans from traditional ethnic backgrounds are rejecting liberalism. It is hoped therefore that this dynamic can continue through to the 2016 Presidential election. For the GOP to regain the White House, however, it is essential for them to choose a candidate who is clearly electable, rather than one who is ideologically ideal. This candidate, however, must deep-down we aware of the real challenges facing the US and the West in general, and once in office must therefore be prepared to restrict immigration and initiate a repatriation programme at home, and to take all necessary steps to confront and eliminate the global threat of expansionist Islam abroad. We wish the American people every success in choosing the right candidate.
In the UK recent electoral triumphs by UKIP have similarly been the source of great optimism for the future. To be sure, UKIP is not an ideal party, and some of the more recent statements made by its leader Nigel Farage have left a lot to be desired – to say the least! The important thing is the public’s perception of UKIP however, and this is clearly that it is a patriotic party which will withdraw the UK from the EU, halt immigration and restore Britain’s greatness. Furthermore we know as a fact that most grassroots UKIP supporters are far less liberal in outlook than the party’s current leadership! The UK is not the only Western European nation where the old liberal established parties are suffering electorally however, for in France now that they have jettisoned their Vichy-like image the Front Nationale has firmly established itself as an acceptable and increasingly successful electoral force, and similar advances have been made by patriotic parties in the Netherlands, Denmark and some of the Mediterranean countries so badly effected by EU-initiated economic problems. The possibility of the EU imploding completely is therefore an increasing possibility, and that can only be good news for the West as a whole.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB NEWS
Unfortunately, as many of the Springbok Club’s Kent Branch stalwarts were unwell or had other commitments on the day of last month’s branch get-together, this event therefore turned out to be a very low-key affair. A further branch get-together is being planned for the near future however.
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The Springbok Club’s December event will take the form of a trip to the “Gardens and War Exhibition” at the Garden Museum, 9 Lambeth Palace Road, Lambeth, London. All those interested in attending should meet in the Café at the Garden Museum at 12.30 hrs on Saturday 13 December. The museum is housed in the converted St Mary’s Church adjacent to Lambeth Palace and a pleasant walk away from Vauxhall, Westminster, Waterloo or Lambeth North Underground Stations.
The main focus of this trip will be to see the “Gardens and War Exhibition” which reveals the tenacity of those British residents in Germany at the outbreak of WWI who were rounded up by the German authorities and interned on the Ruhleben Racetrack west of Berlin, which was chosen as a convenient spot for an internment camp. Gardening for ornamental pleasure and eating necessity became the internees’ serious pursuit.
Also currently exhibited are pictures showing the interplay of gardening in more recent wars, and Captain Blythe’s grave may also be of interest.
The entrance fees are: £7.50 Adults; £6.50 Senior Citizens; £3.00 Students/Concessions and £3.00 Art Fund Members.
Later in the day the party will proceed to an adjacent pub or to the near-by Thames Boat for a convivial ending to the day’s visit.
Please make every effort to attend, and e-mail springbk@netcomuk.co.uk if more details are required.
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In January the Springbok Club will be holding its 2015 AGM. Full details about this event, which will be followed by a “report-back” on this year’s “Raising of the Flag” ceremony in Norfolk, will be circulated to all fully paid-up members of the Springbok Club in due course.
Saracens RFC have given the organization a most generous discount offer for a party to attend their match against the Northern Transvaal Blue Bulls on Sunday 31st January 2015. In order to take advantage of this offer we need to know all those interested in attending as soon as possible, so if you would like to join the party please e-mail springbk@netcomuk.co.uk with your details.
Later during 2015 the Springbok Club plans to hold meetings to be addressed by a prominent ex-Rhodesian and by a visiting South African personality.
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SWINTON CIRCLE NEWS
The Swinton Circle was most honoured to be able to welcome Mr. Ian Paisley MP (DUP, North Antrim) as guest speaker last month. Mr. Paisley gave a highly informative and articulate speech, starting with a number of amusing anecdotes about his late father, and then explaining how the Troubles in Northern Ireland had been ended whilst ensuring the maintenance of the Union. He also relayed some most interesting facts about the methods of the Blair Labour Government, and how both they and SF/IRA had been forced to lessen their demands by the unity, strength and steadfastness of the DUP majority at Stormont. Prior to the start of this meeting a short moment’s silence was observed in memory of Owen Parvess (see Obituary).
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Details of the Swinton Circle's December meeting are as follows :-
Date : Tuesday 9th December 2014
Time : 18.30 hrs for 19.00 hrs.
Venue : The East India Club (the Card Room), 16 St.James’s Square, London SW1Y 4LN (nearest underground stations: Piccadilly Circus and Green Park) *
Guest Speaker : Mr. Marko Gasic B.A. (Hons)
Marko Gasic was born in Britain of Serbian descent, and is a renowned broadcaster and talented writer. He studied and graduated in Modern European History at the University of Sussex.
He has appeared on television and radio worldwide some six hundred times, including on BBC Newsnight, BBC News, Radio 4 Today, BBC World Service, ITV, Channel 4, CNN, NBC, ABC, CBC, Sky, Al-Etejah, Al-Jazeera, MBC, Bloomberg and Reuters, etc.. He has commentated on and has analysed international affairs, both past and present, especially those concerning the former Yugoslavia. During the 1990s he founded the London-based Serbian Information Centre, and has liased with, interpreted and guided the Western media, particularly from the UK, around the relevant war zones.
Despite a history of support for the “politically incorrect” side, the media has grudgingly given him its praise as a voice of choice :-
“Polished and plausible performer … fresh-faced and energetic … the style of a top-flight defence lawyer firmly in control of his brief .” (The Times 3/4/99)
“I could not help but warm to him as he ran rings around James Naughtie on Radio 4″ (Sion Simon, MP, Daily Telegraph, 19/4/99)
“The perfect pundit, having something new and relevant to say and an engaging way of doing so.” (Daily Telegraph, 19/4/99).
In his talk, which will be entitled “Serbia – a nation betrayed?”, he will tell something about modern-day Serbia, and the struggles which the Serbian nation and people have been confronted with over the past 100 years.
* The East India Club is a private members club, and seats will be limited. We would therefore ask all those intending to attend to inform us in advance, either by e-mailing: swinton@netcomuk.co.uk or by ‘phoning: 07711188430. When entering the club you will be asked your purpose, to which you should answer “To attend a Swinton Circle meeting to be addressed by Mr. Marko Gasic”. You will then be asked to sign the register. There is a strict dress code at the club: gentlemen are required to wear jackets, collars and ties, and ladies are asked to dress smartly.
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PHILLIP HUGHES R.I.P.
Like all sports fans around the Commonwealth we were shocked and saddened by the tragic death of Phillip Hughes.
Phillip Hughes was a great cricketer and, by all accounts, a great human being. He was a credit to Australia both on and off the pitch.
Since his death calls have been made to make the game safer. Certainly improvements to protective equipment should be devised, but we hope that there will not be any fundamental alterations to the laws of cricket as a result of this tragedy. All physical sports – not just cricket – are not for wimps. There must always be a certain degree of danger, as that it what makes sport enjoyable, exhilarating and entertaining. Without risks and dangers in this world then life would simply not be worth living.
Our sincere sympathies are extended to the entire Australian nation. We feel your pain.
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REPORT FROM THE ZIMBABWE CONSERVATION TASK FORCE
We have recently received the following most informative report from the ZCTF :-
“MINING IN PRESIDENTIAL ELEPHANT AREAS
“In July 2012, after becoming aware of mining pegs in the ground, Sharon Pincott wrote and spoke on numerous occasions to the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment with a plea to halt all mining within the key home-range of the Presidential Elephants. Sharon requested, on behalf of the Presidential Elephants of Zimbabwe, to declare a no mining zone within a sensible radius of the Hwange National Park Main Camp. In 2011, President Mugabe had reaffirmed his commitment to protect Zimbabwe's flagship herd of elephants by way of a Presidential Elephant Decree Reaffirmation certificate. To date, this has still not happened. Now, agreements have been signed in China to commence coal and methane gas mining.
“GWANGO LODGE
“I was recently in Hwange National Park and I saw the state of Kanondo pan in the grabbed Gwango Elephant Lodge area. With the water now being diverted to this new private and highly controversial lodge - built now under separate ownership on land only a mere couple of kilometres from Hwange Safari Lodge - the animals and elephants are suffering even more now than in past years with the pan looking worse than ever. Water for people and business is taking precedence over water for the wildlife.
“We are also hearing endless complaints from tourists about no longer being able to get on Presidential Elephant game drives as they used to and there would certainly appear to be good reasons why this land claimant, Elisabeth Pasalk-Freeman does not want people seeing this disaster. In addition, talk of hunting in this area persists in the township despite Pasalk-Freeman purporting to be the one chasing off the hunters.
“If Minister Kasukwere refuses to intervene for the wildlife in this ongoing and concerning problem, then we implore the tourism Minister Mzembi to do so urgently. A petition with over 8000 signatures called for the eviction of Elisabeth Pasalk-Freeman and for tourist traffic to be able to return to help keep a close eye on this once important area. That dedicated Presidential Elephant Conservation efforts were halted by this land claimant is also very telling of the calibre and motives of this person who is holding an ‘inherited’ offer letter from government for this land, in an area where an offer letter should never have been issued. This all occured following the correction and withdrawal of Cabinet Minister Orbert Mpofu's offer letter for the same piece of land in 2005. Yet Pasalk-Freeman, defying a 2013 Cabinet Directive to remove her, has so far been allowed to stay put.
“2 POACHERS SHOT DEAD
“Two poachers were shot dead by National Parks and the police in Zambezi National Park in Victoria Falls on Monday. The commanding police officer confirmed the shooting adding that they were still hunting for the other poachers who had fled.
“The dead poachers have been identified as Christopher Muleya and Isaiah Sibanda.
“On 23rd August, Zimparks rangers found an elephant carcass around Liungu Spring. At 2am the following morning, the rangers and the police were patrolling Liungu Springs and encountered the gang of poachers which ended in a shootout.
“TWO MEN FINED FOR SELLING CYANIDE TO POISON ELEPHANTS
“Two Victoria Falls men appeared in court yesterday facing allegations of selling cyanide to kill elephants. Namatani Ndlovu, a hunter and former National Parks ranger and Calvin Murapata, a commuter omnibus driver pleaded not guilty to ‘selling to any person any pesticide or toxic substance that one knows is not registered’. The court was told that the two made a deal to sell cyanide granules weighing 340 grams to Norest Makuyana.
“POACHER GETS 10 YEARS FOR POSSESSION OF 37 ELEPHANT TUSKS
A Zambian poacher who was shot by National Parks rangers in Siamungu, Binga in March was sentenced to 10 years in prison. The poacher, Siamungu Makina admitted to unlawful possession of elephant tusks and to illegally entering and hunting in Zimbabwe. He, however, denied that he was armed, saying that it was his accomplice who was shot down by the rangers who was armed. He claimed that they did not shoot the elephants in Zimbabwe. He said they shot them in Botswana and were just passing through Zimbabwe. When the rangers searched the area, they found 37 tusks valued at $174,000 as well as a rifle, knives and ammunition.
“HELICOPTER AND LANDROVER AUCTIONED FOR PAY
“We have had a report of a helicopter and a Land Rover being auctioned to pay a National Parks Director his termination package. The helicopter was confiscated from a game capture unit and we can't understand why it wasn't used for anti-poaching. It has been reported that the National Parks staff haven't received their salaries for several month so we wonder why the money raised from the auction wasn't used to pay them instead.“
The ZCTF web-site can be accessed at: www.zctfofficialsite.org
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"BLUE WATCH" by Gwyn Fford-Osborne
Rhodesia, in 1975 and a bloody vicious civil war is at its height. A war between the White minority supported by the Black majority and the ZAPU and ZANU terrorist groups, supported by Zambia and Mozambique. Kensington, a small town in the farming belt has been the subject of several terrorist attacks but with only a small police force for defence, the local T.A. unit having been called up for service on the Zambia border the situation appears grim. Until Iffor Meredith turns up on a pilgrimage to meet up with his wife and son of his old army buddy, recently murdered by terrorists. A deadly ambush on the "Dix" family and his escape from a land mine attack makes Iffor determined to offer resistance of some form or other to the terrorists. His application to join the Rhodesian Army has been accepted and he sets about forming a small militia. With all the fit men already on call up, who can he recruit from. Then he's invited to a darts match at the Moth Club and meets up with the remnants of the town's Fire Brigade, the men considered too old for call up. Blue Watch.
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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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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.193 : Mr. BILLY HARVEY of Natal.
Billy Harvey was a leading jockey on the Natal racing circuit during the 1970s and 1980s. Perhaps not as successful as he might have been, he was even so a most friendly and engaging fellow. It would be very interesting to learn what became of him.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
Unfortunately no videos seem to exist on-line at the moment of the effigies of Alex “pie-eater” Salmond which were burnt by both the Commercial Square BS and the Waterloo BS at the Lewes Bonfire festivities this year, which so upset the tender sensitivities of the poor little nationalists. The Sussex Express does carry an interesting report on their web-site about this controversy however, and also carries a slide-show of images from the Commercial Square BS procession this year. This can be accessed at :-
www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/county-news/slideshow-commercial-square-spark-controversy-at-lewes-bonfire-1-6408246
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
HOWARD’S WAY
Sir,
John Howard was merely stating a fact - if the rights of self-government and self-determination mean anything, they must include the right to say who can enter or remain in one's country after entering and under what circumstances. Every country has the right to base its immigration policy on whatever criteria it sees fit, regardless of any Treaty; that is one reason why Britain should leave the EU.
She should then restrict immigration to those who can read, write and speak fluent English and who have something to offer us. Refugees to be admitted only if it's life or death and there's nowhere else for them to go. Illegal immigrants should be found and removed regardless of what it took, and labour shortages filled by temporary contract workers rather than permanent immigrants. If this means short-term labour shortages, so be it.
Yours etc.,
Mark Taylor, London, U.K.
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RUSSIAN SPIRIT
Sir,
Accept my sincere congratulations. Today [the day of the Scottish Referendum result] is a great day. We are victorious. Mother Britannia is united.
God bless the Union Jack!
Hurrah! I have drunk liquor for the British nation and for your prosperity.
Yours etc.,
Boris Grig, Kaliningrad, Russia
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HANCOCK’S HALF HOUR IN THE NICK
Sir,
I have some more information for you about Anthony “Tony” Hancock who was mentioned in last month’s “Rogues Gallery” section.
Not long before his self-inflicted death Tony Hancock was arrested by the Sussex Police for indecent exposure (“flashing”). He received a police caution for this, but mysteriously was never charged. His wife evidently got to hear about this incident however and left him. This then led to his period of self-neglect and decline, as he started living in his print factory, sleeping on the floor.
Yours etc.,
“Sussex Patriot”, Shoreham, Sussex, U.K.
[ The fact that Hancock committed such an obscene act just goes to demonstrate the extreme hypocrisy of the man, as he was someone who was prepared to libel a political opponent by constructing fake pornographic photographs. Ed.]
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EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY
Sir,
Labour Party leader Ed Miliband spoke at a New Statesman meeting in Manchester on Saturday 21st September 2014 in front of a backdrop of portraits of Stalin and Lenin. Red Ed's father, Ralph Miliband, was a Marxist immigrant who hated Britain.
See the photo here::-
www.order-order.com/2014/09/22/miliband-speaks-alongside-stalin-at-labour-conference/
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2435751/Red-Eds-pledge-bring-socialism-homage-Marxist-father-Ralph-Miliband-says-GEOFFREY-LEVY.html
Yours etc.,
John Walker, Horsham, Sussex, U.K.
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SINGING PRAISE
Sir,
What a wonderful voice the lady singer at New Britain's 'Keep the U.K. United Rally' had. I wish I was there.
Reg Watson, Lindisfarne, Tasmania, Australia
[ The YouTube video of this performance can be accessed at:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/tXE0bdBy6mo ]
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OBITUARY
OWEN PARVESS
It was with great sorrow that we recently learnt of the death of Owen Parvess at the age of only 71. We knew Owen well in Durban during the early 1980s, and formed a strong admiration for the man and his family.
Owen Parvess was born at Port Elizabeth, but moved to Rhodesia with his parents when he was four. He became a true and proud Rhodesian, and was educated first at Fort Victoria Junior School and then at Guinea Fowl School near Gwelo. He excelled both academically and on the sports field, becoming a leading school prefect and being awarded the victor ludorum at the age of 11. He proved an outstanding sprinter on the athletics track and represented the Rhodesian Midlands at junior level in Lawn Tennis and Matabeland at under-20 level in both Rugby and Cricket.
After school he immediately joined the Rhodesia Army in which he served for 13 years, firstly in the RLI and subsequently in the RAR, rising to the rank of Major. It was whilst serving in the Rhodesian Army that he married his first love, Phyllis, who was to prove a rock and loyal companion to him throughout the rest of his life. His sporting prowess led naturally to him excelling as an army marksman, and he captained the Rhodesian shooting team which beat their South African counterparts at the Bloemfontein “Bisley” championship.
As soon as he left the army Owen entered the Rhodesian political arena. He strongly opposed what he saw as the weakness of the Rhodesian Front government (though of course this was later revealed as being entirely due to behind-the-scenes pressure by the NP South African government) and joined the Rhodesian Action Party, standing as their candidate in the Bulawayo Hillside Constituency at the 1977 Rhodesian General Election, and came very close to winning the seat. When the total surrender of Rhodesia loomed on the horizon he joined the Rhodesia Movement, a pressure group which campaigned for a federal solution to prevent the complete obliteration of the nation. This present writer first met him in Bulawayo during late 1978 whilst touring Rhodesia on behalf of the Save Rhodesia Campaign in order to campaign for a “No” vote at the forthcoming constitutional referendum, and was immediately impressed by the man.
After the fall of Rhodesia Owen immediately moved to South Africa, settling at Pinetown in Natal. Sensing that South Africa was also on the slippery slope towards sell-out he soon re-entered the political fray in South Africa itself by joining the HNP – a brave decision to make, for at that time the HNP was perceived to be an Afrikaans-only party. As in Rhodesia, he proved to be highly charismatic, popular and politically astute, and quickly made his way up the HNP’s Natal hierarchy. He stood for the party in the Umhlatuzana Constituency (Queensburgh and part of Pinetown) at the 1981 General Election, obtaining a far higher vote for the HNP in southern Natal than most political pundits thought possible. During this campaign he generated considerable press publicity by telegramming Enoch Powell in London asking him to fly out to speak at one of his campaign rallies, and when unsuccessful extended the same invitation to Dr. Ian Paisley. At this time Owen gave a masterful speech to the Durban Point Branch of the HNP, which proved not only extremely well analysed but also greatly inspiring for all who heard it.
Following the foundation of the Conservative Party of S.A. in 1982 Owen was one of the first people in patriotic circles in Natal to realise that it was this party with its wider appeal, not the HNP, which offered the best hope for salvation for South Africa at this most perilous juncture in South African history. (This present writer now freely admits that he made a great mistake at this time by not following Owen’s lead). Alas the factionalism and resulting bitterness which divided HNP and CP supporters in Natal took its toll on Owen’s enthusiasm, and he withdrew from political activism shortly thereafter, devoting his life and many talents to his family, establishing his own highly successful financial services business and – being a staunch Christian – his local Presbyterian Church. He also revealed himself as a fine choral singer, joining the Durban Men’s Choir and touring Europe with them. He also had a lifelong love for animals and wildlife.
Surprisingly Owen did not leave South Africa after the ANC were handed power, even though other members managed to escape to the UK and United States. In 2003 he moved to Jo’burg in order to be nearer to other family members, and once ensconced in his new home resumed his political activism by joining the Democratic Alliance. This was of course a rather surprising move to make in view of his previous political affiliations, but when considering the radically changed political environment it was probably an understandable pragmatic choice to make. To his dying day, however, he did not lose his love of sport, and even on his deathbed was asking about the latest Cricket scores.
Owen Parvess perhaps did not achieve his true destiny, but in his children Cindy, Mike and Stuart his spirit and undoubted talents clearly live on. Our sincerest condolences are extended to them, Phyllis his widow, and to all his grandchildren and other family members.
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SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER
November 2014 edition
The recent hideous beheadings of captured Westerners by militant Muslim terrorists supporting the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) has demonstrated vividly to the world the primeval savage nature of these Islamists.
Whether such savagery is inherent among all adherents to the Mohammedan religion, or just among the more fundamental extremists, is a matter of debate - but one thing is for certain, and that is that Islamic expansionism is a threat to us all. Their quest to establish a “Caliphate” where cruelty is the norm, freedom suppressed and women subjected to the most inhumane oppression, will not end at the borders of Iraq and Syria. Their long-term quest is to conquer the entire world and then to impose their tyrannical religion upon everyone.
We warned at the time of Western withdrawal from Iraq, after earlier having liberated that country from a previous expansionist Islamic dictatorship, that it was a mistake. We have been proven right. We advocated that the West should intervene in the Syrian civil war in order to prevent the emergence of another fundamentalist Islamic regime. Again we have been proven right. We now therefore advocate that three important steps be taken immediately by the West in order not only to halt the advance of ISIS/ISIL, but to defeat the entire spectre of Islamic expansionism :-
1) Western air-strikes should be carried out wherever ISIS/ISIL are located – regardless of international borders.
2) There must be Western “boots on the ground”. It is pure lunacy to rely upon the newly-formed and basically incompetent Iraqi forces (who are themselves Muslim) and the armed forces of Syria, a nation currently racked by internal civil war.
3) All Islamists currently residing in the West must be repatriated.
The third of these proposals will undoubtedly be the most controversial – but we ask everyone to consider the facts. Prior to WWII there were practically no Muslims living anywhere in the West, yet now there are estimated to be over one million living in the UK, over 2 million living in the United States – and over four million living in France! In spite of these astonishing figures and the fact that most are now second or even third generation immigrants, they have not identified with their new countries of residence, nor have they accepted Western standards of civilization in any way (with only very, very few exceptions). They have been like “fish out of water”, and in the main have been as unhappy living in the West as the host populations have been unhappy about their presence. This is born out by the fact that with the exception of the 9/11 atrocity itself all Islamic terrorist attacks on Western soil have been carried out by “home-grown” Muslims – Madrid, 7/7, the killing of Lee Rigby, the killing of Cédric Cordier in Paris and the Fort Hood atrocity etc., etc., etc.. The fact that they continue to identify far more with their ancestral culture rather than with the culture of their countries of residence is further born out by the fact that so many young Muslims from the West have been so willing to travel to Syria and Iraq to fight for ISIS/ISIL .It has been stated that Muslim populations in the West are potential fifth-columnists. This is not the case. They are fifth-columnists.
It was that great Conservative thinker and visionary Enoch Powell who warned accurately during the late 1960s about the threat to Western civilization and national identity posed by uncontrolled and unwelcome third world immigration. Enoch Powell received massive support from the British people at the time, and as a result immigration into the UK was tightened up significantly for a while, thus preventing an immediate fulfillment of his prophecy, but alas under the John Major and the New Labour governments immigration restrictions were lifted again, so that we are now witnessing the most terrible problems which Enoch Powell warned about – and with a vengeance!
Just as the cry “Enoch was right” went out in the late 1960s – with considerable effect - so also must it again now. Every effort must be made therefore to encourage the authorities to repatriate all Muslims currently residing in the West to their lands of ethnic origin. This will be good for them as they will no longer be “fish out of water”, it will be good for their home countries as they will receive the benefits of the skills which they have learnt in the West – and it will be good for us!
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SPRINGBOK CLUB NEWS
The Springbok Club staged a most pleasant meeting last month which was addressed by Mr. Alan Williamson, who had recently returned from a nine-month contract in South Africa. In his most informative and fascinating talk Mr. Williamson explained vividly with the aid of illustrations the problems which had been faced in the construction of the Kusile Power Station, and also told of the general deteriorating situation in the “new” South Africa. We would like to thank Mr. Williamson for relaying such interesting and helpful information to us at this meeting.
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Alas the Springbok Club’s planned guest speaker for its annual UDI Day celebration meeting has had to withdraw at the last moment because of personal reasons – though he has assured the organization that he will still be prepared to give a talk about his Rhodesian experiences sometime during 2015. Instead the Springbok Club will simply be staging a Kent Branch gathering in order to celebrate UDI Day this year. This will be held on Saturday 22nd November in Canterbury, and the precise details will be circulated to all Springbok Club members and all supporters in Kent later this week.
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Unfortunately the Springbok Club was not able to raise sufficient numbers to take advantage of the generous discount offer which was received from Saracens RFC to attend their friendly match against the Western Province Stormers earlier this month. This was mainly because this match clashed with Remembrance Sunday commemorations in Whitehall, which of course many Springbok Club members and supporters attended. Saracens have however given the organization a similar generous discount offer for a party to attend their match against the Northern Transvaal Blue Bulls on Sunday 31st January 2015. In order to take advantage of this offer we would like to know all those interested in attending as soon as possible, so if you would like to join the party please e-mail springbok@netcomuk.co.uk with your details.
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In December the Springbok Club will be staging a trip to the “Gardens and War” exhibition at the Gardens Museum near Lambeth Palace in south London. Full details of this event will be given in next month’s SCN.
In January the Springbok Club will be holding its 2015 AGM. Full details about this event will be circulated to all fully paid-up members of the Springbok Club in due course.
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The full text of the speech given by Springbok Club organizer/secretary Alan Harvey at this year’s “Raising of the Flag” ceremony in Norfolk can now be accessed at :-
http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~springbk/speech12.htm
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SWINTON CIRCLE NEWS
The Swinton Circle held a most successful 2014 AGM last month. Reports from both the Organiser and the Treasurer were read and accepted unanimously, and the current Executive Committee were re-elected en bloc for 2014/15. After the business side of proceedings was concluded Mr. Paul Griffin gave a riveting PowerPoint presentation about recent events which have occurred in the Ukraine, which demonstrated not only the odious nature of some of the Kiev parties involved in the overthrow of the Ukrainian Government, but also showed the hypocrisy demonstrated by many Western leaders. We would like to thank Mr. Griffin for giving such a captivating and informative presentation.
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Details of the Swinton Circle's November meeting are as follows :-
Date : Tuesday 18th November 2014
Time : 19.00 hrs for 19.15 hrs. (In view of potentially tight security checks we would however recommend that everyone tries to arrive at least half an hour earlier)
Venue : Room W1 of Westminster Hall in the Houses of Parliament
(The Houses of Parliament should be entered via the main St.Stephen’s Gate entrance, from where you will be directed through the Security enclosure. From there you will be automatically directed through Westminster Hall, halfway along which on the right-hand side there is a small entrance which leads to a passageway, where the Westminster Hall Committee Rooms are situated.)
Guest Speaker : Mr. IAN R.K. PAISLEY MSc, MP (DUP N. Antrim)
Ian Paisley has been the Member of Parliament for North Antrim since 2010, winning the seat by the largest majority and vote in Northern Ireland for his party. He is the DUP spokesman for Agriculture in the House of Commons and sits on the Northern Ireland Select Affairs Committee.
For 13 years prior to becoming a Member of Parliament he was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly. He was a Junior Minister in the Office of the First and Deputy First Minister and also one of the longest serving members of the Northern Ireland Policing Board. He played a key role in negotiating Northern Ireland’s new political arrangements, in particular pushing Sinn Fein to accept the legitimacy of the British security services.
North Antrim has 22% of all of Northern Ireland’s manufacturing industry, and is one of the largest producers of the United Kingdom’s food, including poultry and milk production. It is also renowned for its tourism and beautiful scenery, especially along the North Antrim coast where the Giant’s Causeway is situated. It is the home of the oldest whiskey distillery in the world – established in 1608 by Royal Charter – the Bushmills distillery, and the iconic London double-decker bus is also now manufactured in the constituency’s biggest town of Ballymena.
The son of the late Lord Bannside (Dr. Ian R.K. Paisley) who sadly died in September, Ian will talk at length about his father’s life, career and political ideals, and the influence which he has been to him. He was the author of the acclaimed books “Reasonable Doubt – The Case for the UDR Four” and “Ian Paisley – a Life in Photographs”. He is married to Fiona and has four children.
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Membership fees and donations to the Swinton Circle can be made via PayPal on the organisation’s web-site home page at www.swintoncircle.co.uk - simply 'click' on the line "PayPal = the safer, easier way to pay online" at the bottom of the home page; if the error message "This content cannot be displayed in a Frame" appears then simply 'click' on the line "Open this Content in a New Window".
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NEW BRITAIN NEWS
New Britain attended the annual Trafalgar Day wreath-laying ceremony at St.Paul’s Cathedral last month, after which they staged a reception at Chatham during the evening. The organization also subsequently laid a wreath at the official Remembrance Sunday ceremony at the Chatham War Memorial
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On St.Andrew’s Day, Sunday 30th November, New Britain will be holding a reception, and on Saturday 6th December will be participating in the annual Falkland Islands Battle Day ceremony in Whitehall. For more details about these events please either ‘phone: 020-72472524 or e-mail: CLDT@btinternet.com
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LATEST MESSAGE FROM SANWILD
We have recently received the following important message from the SanWild Wildlife Sanctuary :-
“Lions are an inspiration to so many people and these majestic cats have been admired for centuries. They are known as the King of Beasts and have served as icons to draw visitors to Africa when they have been depicted as the soul of our continent on glossy tourism brochures. Unfortunately as human populations continue to grow and man claims more and more lions are finding it increasingly difficult to survive. Their habitats are destroyed and the animals themselves are pushed into smaller and smaller pockets of land to continue their desperate fight for survival. Lions in Africa are under serious threat of extinction and their numbers continue to dwindle.
“On the most southern tip of Africa some private landowners have found even more ways in which to exploit their majestic cats and South Africa has a growing captive lion breeding industry where at least 6000 lions are held and bred in camps pretty much like cattle in feeding lots or broiler chickens.
“Known as the ‘canned lion industry’ this method of farming wild animals; in particular lions and other predators, supply large male and females lions to the ‘trophy hunting’ industry. But what exactly is canned lion hunting. Click this link to learn more, but please beware it is not for sensitive viewers.
“In addition to allowing the hunting of lions; this factory farming industry also supplies the bones of hunted or unwanted lions to the east Asian market for the manufacture of lion wine which in recent years have become a replacement product for tiger wine. South African lion breeders also supply lion bones and claws to traditional African ‘sangomas’ or witch doctors. Small lion cubs are forcefully removed off their mothers within days of being born and are used to draw paying volunteers to South Africa to actively take part in what has become known as animal pimping. Quite a few projects posed as wildlife rehabilitation centres are involved in a growing industry to provide so-called ‘conservation’ volunteering opportunities for young people believing it their right to add to the abuse and exploitation of lion cubs forcefully removed from their mothers.
Africa is no longer the Kingdom of Lions; it has become a dangerous place where lions are in a daily battle for their very survival and South Africa sadly has devised cruel ways in which to take the exploitation of the King of the Beasts to a new level.”
The SanWild Wildlife Sanctuary web-site can be accessed at: www.sanwild.org
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“LETTER FROM DURBAN”
A short while ago we were contacted by someone who was seeking more information about the notorious Brendan Willmer, the trouble-making individual who caused considerable problems for our movement whilst we were still based in Durban during the mid-1980s. Whilst searching through our files to find more information to help this enquirer we discovered a copy of a document entitled “Letter from Durban” which we had previously forgotten about. This had been written by a journalist from a leading Durban newspaper around 1983/84 which he intended to send to the satirical magazine Private Eye, though we believe that unfortunately in the end they never published it. This journalist, knowing of the problems which we had suffered at the hands of Willmer, asked us to run-through the article which he had written, and to provide any further information – hence the reason that we obtained a copy. Although the sorry saga of this wretched man is now history (he died of AIDS in December 1999) we thought even so that it was a very interesting historical document which warranted wider availability. We have therefore placed it on the Web, so it can now be accessed at:-
http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~springbk/lfd.htm
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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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"P.K. VAN DER BYL - AFRICAN STATESMAN" by Hannes Wessels
ISBN: 978-1-920143-49-7 / paperback / illustrated
Retail price: R250.00, Web-site price: R200.00 + postage
The narrative gives the reader an overview of the history of the White man in southern Africa with detailed emphasis on the Rhodesian story through the life and times of PK van der Byl, one of the major players in a political drama that ended in the accession to power of Robert Mugabe under the auspices of the British government. By his very nature PK was controversial and confrontational. This account is likely to give offence to some because it portrays him as bluntly as he was in real life. Much can be contested about PK van der Byl but few will dispute he was an extremely colourful character with a devilish sense of humour. This memoir covers his life with a full flourish while doing nothing to detract from the seriousness of the international political and military conflict in which he was engaged. The reader will glean new information on a highly controversial subject and emerge with a more sympathetic understanding of what PK van der Byl and his colleagues did and strove for. The human tragedy that has followed the removal from power of Ian Smith and his Rhodesian Front party will almost certainly force the reader to deal with some uncomfortable conclusions, of value to anyone sincere about grappling with the volatile and deeply troubling challenges that confront all Africans today.
This book and others of interest can be purchased from 30 Degrees South via their web-site: www.30degreessouth.co.za
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"BLUE WATCH" by Gwyn Fford-Osborne
Rhodesia, in 1975 and a bloody vicious civil war is at its height. A war between the White minority supported by the Black majority and the ZAPU and ZANU terrorist groups, supported by Zambia and Mozambique. Kensington, a small town in the farming belt has been the subject of several terrorist attacks but with only a small police force for defence, the local T.A. unit having been called up for service on the Zambia border the situation appears grim. Until Iffor Meredith turns up on a pilgrimage to meet up with his wife and son of his old army buddy, recently murdered by terrorists. A deadly ambush on the "Dix" family and his escape from a land mine attack makes Iffor determined to offer resistance of some form or other to the terrorists. His application to join the Rhodesian Army has been accepted and he sets about forming a small militia. With all the fit men already on call up, who can he recruit from. Then he's invited to a darts match at the Moth Club and meets up with the remnants of the town's Fire Brigade, the men considered too old for call up. Blue Watch.
Available from: www.diadembooks.com
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CREST PUBLISHING BOOKS
Crest Publishing retails books by Glenn MacAskill (ex-BSAP Special Branch) entitled "King's Gold", "Crime Lords", "Kill Victoria!", "Hunt the Assassin" and "MacKinnon's Diamond", and by the late Michael Bowery including "Canham's Run", "The Sligo Piper" "Kill the President", "Al Qaeda Armageddon" and his autobiography "Shred when Read", as well as novels by David Ruppert entitled "The Seven Watchmen" and "The Greater Glory" - all of which will be of great interest to South Africans and ex-Rhodesians.
For more information, 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" - DVD versions of the book about the history of the RLI
Now available from Msasa Enterprises. Contact: msasasa@iafrica.com or UK tel.: 07732 685400.
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.192 : Mr. JOHN JEWELL of Canada.
John Jewell, who came from Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada, was a good long-distance friend of South Africa and of S.A.Patriot magazine during the 1980s. He shared much the same ideology of global racial-patriotism as we did, and indeed contributed many excellently-researched articles for our magazine at the time. He had studied and researched the situations in both the Middle East and the then Soviet Union (as well as Southern Africa) and issued many pamphlets and essays explaining the histories and current political state-of-affairs in these parts of the globe. We learnt a tremendous amount from him, and indeed he influenced the ideological position of our movement greatly. Alas contact with him was lost at about the time that we were forced to re-locate to the UK, and surprisingly he doesn’t seem to have any Internet presence. It would however be very interesting to learn what happened to him.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
An excellent YouTube video has been produced recording the massive parade staged by the Orange Order through the streets of Edinburgh in the run-up to the Scottish constitutional referendum, advocating a “No” vote. This proved a most emotional and inspiring spectacle – so is it any wonder therefore that the Unionist cause won the referendum so decisively! The video can be viewed at :-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJqdCeSVyJ0
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
DEFENCE MECHANISM
Sir,
The people to blame for conflict, killing and other troubles in foreign countries are the people who are doing these things. Politicians stirred up people into demanding independence they weren't ready for, assisted in this by naive liberals, Marxists, and defeatists in the West. It is not our fault that they made a hash of things. Offer the Americans our expertise, yes - but any further intervention should only be after we've restored our defences to Thatcher-era levels. They have been continually cut to the bone by penny-pinching politicians who put saving money before saving their country.
Yours etc.,
Mark Taylor, London, U.K.
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AFFIRMATIVE REACTION
Sir,
Having worked for the SAR during the 1960's, my heart goes out to those who committed suicide as a way out. Then in the 1970's I worked for Telkom in Natal, I have been told that a number of my passed workmates have also taken that course of action. Very sad.
Yours etc.,
Ray Absalom, Auckland, New Zealand
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OLD FIRM TO THE RESCUE
Sir,
Scottish independence will not be dead until you start merging national pride together, like in sports teams and leagues – and with Rangers and Celtic joining the [English] Premier League.
Yours etc.,
Peter Ward, New York, U.S.A.
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ROGUES GALLERY
Long-standing readers will probably remember the name of Mr. Francis Andrew, a strange and enigmatic character who was born a Scottish Catholic but who has lived for – now – some 30 odd years in Arab lands where he earns a living by teaching Arab boys to speak English. We first made contact with Mr. Andrew during the mid-1990s when he gave every appearance of sharing our own patriotic neo-Imperialist views. He indeed spoke at a Springbok Club meeting during the late 1990s when, inter alia, he assured us that in spite of his place of residence he didn’t particularly like the Muslim Arabs. This turned out to be a lie however, for when the War against Islamic Terror began he openly sided with the lands of his residence rather than the country of his birth. When we queried his unbelievable stance on this matter he responded simply by bombarding us with obscene and childish smears and insults. Many of his deranged lies, moreover, were so easily disprovable that he obtained the nickname of “Fruitcake” as a result.
We thought that we had heard the last of this demented fellow, but alas a few weeks ago we received an unsolicited e-mail from him in which he included copies of the fabricated pornographic smear pictures which were circulated a few years ago by a known “asset” of the ANC security services, claiming to be pictures of a leading official of the Springbok Club - a resistance organization which the ANC regime of course fears. (In actual fact these fake pornographic pictures featured a headless figure who was quite clearly far thinner than the person which they were claimed to portray!). If Mr. Andrew honestly believes that these perverted pictures were genuine then it only confirms that his nickname of “Fruitcake” is very appropriate!
The factor which interested us the most about this unsolicited e-mail from Mr. Andrew, however, was the source from which he evidently received these disgusting pictures. Like the fool which he is Mr. Andrew foolishly included the source e-mail that he received with them when he forwarded these revolting photos to us. This source was extremely unexpected to us however, for he had evidently not received them directly from an ANC source in South Africa as we had believed – but rather from a certain Mr. Anthony “Tony” Hancock!
So who was this Mr. “Tony” Hancock (not to be confused with the gifted post-WWII comedian of the same name)? Mr. Hancock had been known to us even before we were forced to relocate to the UK in 1990. A Sussex-based printer by trade, he was recommended to us as a good and potentially supportive printer to approach to produce copies of S.A.Patriot-in-Exile. The quality of his printing indeed proved good, but alas when we visited his print-works we were extremely disturbed to see a placard there expressing support for the Iraqi tyrant Saddam Hussein! Quite clearly therefore Mr. Hancock was not the patriotic Britisher who we were led to believe! More disturbing revelations about Mr. Hancock followed however, for we subsequently learnt that he was a notorious Holocaust Denier (idiots who try to whitewash the Nazi era by pretending that the Holocaust of Jews and Gypsies never happened!) – and even worse than this he was evidently one of the leading publishers of Holocaust-denying material in the entire world! When Mr. Hancock tried to off-load some of this ludicrous material which he had printed on this subject we told him that we simply weren’t interested, as our knowledge of history showed us that it was complete nonsense. Following this we of course set about trying to find a new printer.
In his covering e-mail to Mr. Andrew Mr. Hancock condemned us for “disparaging” Holocaust denial and the BNP (an overtly neo-fascist fringe political party, which Mr. Andrew was bizarrely also a member of). If rejecting Holocaust denial and neo-fascism was a crime in Mr. Hancock’s eyes then we of course plead guilty to the charge – as so also would probably 99% of the population! So why therefore did Mr. Hancock centre upon us for his hatred? Probably only because we had taken our trade elsewhere. But there was another important factor at play here – Mr. Hancock was also a well-known PhotoShop expert through his printing business. We had previously believed that the perverted smear pictures had been concocted by ANC experts, as the Police had informed us that the photos had originally been circulated by a known ANC “asset” from South Africa itself. Perhaps therefore they were not fabricated in South Africa, but by the PhotoShop expert Hancock? A link between the ANC and the BNP-supporters Andrew and Hancock isn’t perhaps as unlikely as it may seem, for the ANC leadership is of course notorious for its anti-Semitic sympathies.
But why do we use the past tense when referring to Mr. Hancock? Well this is because he died on 11th June 2012, aged only 65. Officially he died from a stroke, but we have discovered that his death was actually described as “slow-motion suicide” following a period of prolonged self-neglect. A miserable end to a miserable life.
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November 2014 edition
The recent hideous beheadings of captured Westerners by militant Muslim terrorists supporting the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) has demonstrated vividly to the world the primeval savage nature of these Islamists.
Whether such savagery is inherent among all adherents to the Mohammedan religion, or just among the more fundamental extremists, is a matter of debate - but one thing is for certain, and that is that Islamic expansionism is a threat to us all. Their quest to establish a “Caliphate” where cruelty is the norm, freedom suppressed and women subjected to the most inhumane oppression, will not end at the borders of Iraq and Syria. Their long-term quest is to conquer the entire world and then to impose their tyrannical religion upon everyone.
We warned at the time of Western withdrawal from Iraq, after earlier having liberated that country from a previous expansionist Islamic dictatorship, that it was a mistake. We have been proven right. We advocated that the West should intervene in the Syrian civil war in order to prevent the emergence of another fundamentalist Islamic regime. Again we have been proven right. We now therefore advocate that three important steps be taken immediately by the West in order not only to halt the advance of ISIS/ISIL, but to defeat the entire spectre of Islamic expansionism :-
1) Western air-strikes should be carried out wherever ISIS/ISIL are located – regardless of international borders.
2) There must be Western “boots on the ground”. It is pure lunacy to rely upon the newly-formed and basically incompetent Iraqi forces (who are themselves Muslim) and the armed forces of Syria, a nation currently racked by internal civil war.
3) All Islamists currently residing in the West must be repatriated.
The third of these proposals will undoubtedly be the most controversial – but we ask everyone to consider the facts. Prior to WWII there were practically no Muslims living anywhere in the West, yet now there are estimated to be over one million living in the UK, over 2 million living in the United States – and over four million living in France! In spite of these astonishing figures and the fact that most are now second or even third generation immigrants, they have not identified with their new countries of residence, nor have they accepted Western standards of civilization in any way (with only very, very few exceptions). They have been like “fish out of water”, and in the main have been as unhappy living in the West as the host populations have been unhappy about their presence. This is born out by the fact that with the exception of the 9/11 atrocity itself all Islamic terrorist attacks on Western soil have been carried out by “home-grown” Muslims – Madrid, 7/7, the killing of Lee Rigby, the killing of Cédric Cordier in Paris and the Fort Hood atrocity etc., etc., etc.. The fact that they continue to identify far more with their ancestral culture rather than with the culture of their countries of residence is further born out by the fact that so many young Muslims from the West have been so willing to travel to Syria and Iraq to fight for ISIS/ISIL .It has been stated that Muslim populations in the West are potential fifth-columnists. This is not the case. They are fifth-columnists.
It was that great Conservative thinker and visionary Enoch Powell who warned accurately during the late 1960s about the threat to Western civilization and national identity posed by uncontrolled and unwelcome third world immigration. Enoch Powell received massive support from the British people at the time, and as a result immigration into the UK was tightened up significantly for a while, thus preventing an immediate fulfillment of his prophecy, but alas under the John Major and the New Labour governments immigration restrictions were lifted again, so that we are now witnessing the most terrible problems which Enoch Powell warned about – and with a vengeance!
Just as the cry “Enoch was right” went out in the late 1960s – with considerable effect - so also must it again now. Every effort must be made therefore to encourage the authorities to repatriate all Muslims currently residing in the West to their lands of ethnic origin. This will be good for them as they will no longer be “fish out of water”, it will be good for their home countries as they will receive the benefits of the skills which they have learnt in the West – and it will be good for us!
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SPRINGBOK CLUB NEWS
The Springbok Club staged a most pleasant meeting last month which was addressed by Mr. Alan Williamson, who had recently returned from a nine-month contract in South Africa. In his most informative and fascinating talk Mr. Williamson explained vividly with the aid of illustrations the problems which had been faced in the construction of the Kusile Power Station, and also told of the general deteriorating situation in the “new” South Africa. We would like to thank Mr. Williamson for relaying such interesting and helpful information to us at this meeting.
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Alas the Springbok Club’s planned guest speaker for its annual UDI Day celebration meeting has had to withdraw at the last moment because of personal reasons – though he has assured the organization that he will still be prepared to give a talk about his Rhodesian experiences sometime during 2015. Instead the Springbok Club will simply be staging a Kent Branch gathering in order to celebrate UDI Day this year. This will be held on Saturday 22nd November in Canterbury, and the precise details will be circulated to all Springbok Club members and all supporters in Kent later this week.
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Unfortunately the Springbok Club was not able to raise sufficient numbers to take advantage of the generous discount offer which was received from Saracens RFC to attend their friendly match against the Western Province Stormers earlier this month. This was mainly because this match clashed with Remembrance Sunday commemorations in Whitehall, which of course many Springbok Club members and supporters attended. Saracens have however given the organization a similar generous discount offer for a party to attend their match against the Northern Transvaal Blue Bulls on Sunday 31st January 2015. In order to take advantage of this offer we would like to know all those interested in attending as soon as possible, so if you would like to join the party please e-mail springbok@netcomuk.co.uk with your details.
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In December the Springbok Club will be staging a trip to the “Gardens and War” exhibition at the Gardens Museum near Lambeth Palace in south London. Full details of this event will be given in next month’s SCN.
In January the Springbok Club will be holding its 2015 AGM. Full details about this event will be circulated to all fully paid-up members of the Springbok Club in due course.
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The full text of the speech given by Springbok Club organizer/secretary Alan Harvey at this year’s “Raising of the Flag” ceremony in Norfolk can now be accessed at :-
http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~springbk/speech12.htm
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SWINTON CIRCLE NEWS
The Swinton Circle held a most successful 2014 AGM last month. Reports from both the Organiser and the Treasurer were read and accepted unanimously, and the current Executive Committee were re-elected en bloc for 2014/15. After the business side of proceedings was concluded Mr. Paul Griffin gave a riveting PowerPoint presentation about recent events which have occurred in the Ukraine, which demonstrated not only the odious nature of some of the Kiev parties involved in the overthrow of the Ukrainian Government, but also showed the hypocrisy demonstrated by many Western leaders. We would like to thank Mr. Griffin for giving such a captivating and informative presentation.
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Details of the Swinton Circle's November meeting are as follows :-
Date : Tuesday 18th November 2014
Time : 19.00 hrs for 19.15 hrs. (In view of potentially tight security checks we would however recommend that everyone tries to arrive at least half an hour earlier)
Venue : Room W1 of Westminster Hall in the Houses of Parliament
(The Houses of Parliament should be entered via the main St.Stephen’s Gate entrance, from where you will be directed through the Security enclosure. From there you will be automatically directed through Westminster Hall, halfway along which on the right-hand side there is a small entrance which leads to a passageway, where the Westminster Hall Committee Rooms are situated.)
Guest Speaker : Mr. IAN R.K. PAISLEY MSc, MP (DUP N. Antrim)
Ian Paisley has been the Member of Parliament for North Antrim since 2010, winning the seat by the largest majority and vote in Northern Ireland for his party. He is the DUP spokesman for Agriculture in the House of Commons and sits on the Northern Ireland Select Affairs Committee.
For 13 years prior to becoming a Member of Parliament he was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly. He was a Junior Minister in the Office of the First and Deputy First Minister and also one of the longest serving members of the Northern Ireland Policing Board. He played a key role in negotiating Northern Ireland’s new political arrangements, in particular pushing Sinn Fein to accept the legitimacy of the British security services.
North Antrim has 22% of all of Northern Ireland’s manufacturing industry, and is one of the largest producers of the United Kingdom’s food, including poultry and milk production. It is also renowned for its tourism and beautiful scenery, especially along the North Antrim coast where the Giant’s Causeway is situated. It is the home of the oldest whiskey distillery in the world – established in 1608 by Royal Charter – the Bushmills distillery, and the iconic London double-decker bus is also now manufactured in the constituency’s biggest town of Ballymena.
The son of the late Lord Bannside (Dr. Ian R.K. Paisley) who sadly died in September, Ian will talk at length about his father’s life, career and political ideals, and the influence which he has been to him. He was the author of the acclaimed books “Reasonable Doubt – The Case for the UDR Four” and “Ian Paisley – a Life in Photographs”. He is married to Fiona and has four children.
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NEW BRITAIN NEWS
New Britain attended the annual Trafalgar Day wreath-laying ceremony at St.Paul’s Cathedral last month, after which they staged a reception at Chatham during the evening. The organization also subsequently laid a wreath at the official Remembrance Sunday ceremony at the Chatham War Memorial
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On St.Andrew’s Day, Sunday 30th November, New Britain will be holding a reception, and on Saturday 6th December will be participating in the annual Falkland Islands Battle Day ceremony in Whitehall. For more details about these events please either ‘phone: 020-72472524 or e-mail: CLDT@btinternet.com
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LATEST MESSAGE FROM SANWILD
We have recently received the following important message from the SanWild Wildlife Sanctuary :-
“Lions are an inspiration to so many people and these majestic cats have been admired for centuries. They are known as the King of Beasts and have served as icons to draw visitors to Africa when they have been depicted as the soul of our continent on glossy tourism brochures. Unfortunately as human populations continue to grow and man claims more and more lions are finding it increasingly difficult to survive. Their habitats are destroyed and the animals themselves are pushed into smaller and smaller pockets of land to continue their desperate fight for survival. Lions in Africa are under serious threat of extinction and their numbers continue to dwindle.
“On the most southern tip of Africa some private landowners have found even more ways in which to exploit their majestic cats and South Africa has a growing captive lion breeding industry where at least 6000 lions are held and bred in camps pretty much like cattle in feeding lots or broiler chickens.
“Known as the ‘canned lion industry’ this method of farming wild animals; in particular lions and other predators, supply large male and females lions to the ‘trophy hunting’ industry. But what exactly is canned lion hunting. Click this link to learn more, but please beware it is not for sensitive viewers.
“In addition to allowing the hunting of lions; this factory farming industry also supplies the bones of hunted or unwanted lions to the east Asian market for the manufacture of lion wine which in recent years have become a replacement product for tiger wine. South African lion breeders also supply lion bones and claws to traditional African ‘sangomas’ or witch doctors. Small lion cubs are forcefully removed off their mothers within days of being born and are used to draw paying volunteers to South Africa to actively take part in what has become known as animal pimping. Quite a few projects posed as wildlife rehabilitation centres are involved in a growing industry to provide so-called ‘conservation’ volunteering opportunities for young people believing it their right to add to the abuse and exploitation of lion cubs forcefully removed from their mothers.
Africa is no longer the Kingdom of Lions; it has become a dangerous place where lions are in a daily battle for their very survival and South Africa sadly has devised cruel ways in which to take the exploitation of the King of the Beasts to a new level.”
The SanWild Wildlife Sanctuary web-site can be accessed at: www.sanwild.org
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“LETTER FROM DURBAN”
A short while ago we were contacted by someone who was seeking more information about the notorious Brendan Willmer, the trouble-making individual who caused considerable problems for our movement whilst we were still based in Durban during the mid-1980s. Whilst searching through our files to find more information to help this enquirer we discovered a copy of a document entitled “Letter from Durban” which we had previously forgotten about. This had been written by a journalist from a leading Durban newspaper around 1983/84 which he intended to send to the satirical magazine Private Eye, though we believe that unfortunately in the end they never published it. This journalist, knowing of the problems which we had suffered at the hands of Willmer, asked us to run-through the article which he had written, and to provide any further information – hence the reason that we obtained a copy. Although the sorry saga of this wretched man is now history (he died of AIDS in December 1999) we thought even so that it was a very interesting historical document which warranted wider availability. We have therefore placed it on the Web, so it can now be accessed at:-
http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~springbk/lfd.htm
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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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"P.K. VAN DER BYL - AFRICAN STATESMAN" by Hannes Wessels
ISBN: 978-1-920143-49-7 / paperback / illustrated
Retail price: R250.00, Web-site price: R200.00 + postage
The narrative gives the reader an overview of the history of the White man in southern Africa with detailed emphasis on the Rhodesian story through the life and times of PK van der Byl, one of the major players in a political drama that ended in the accession to power of Robert Mugabe under the auspices of the British government. By his very nature PK was controversial and confrontational. This account is likely to give offence to some because it portrays him as bluntly as he was in real life. Much can be contested about PK van der Byl but few will dispute he was an extremely colourful character with a devilish sense of humour. This memoir covers his life with a full flourish while doing nothing to detract from the seriousness of the international political and military conflict in which he was engaged. The reader will glean new information on a highly controversial subject and emerge with a more sympathetic understanding of what PK van der Byl and his colleagues did and strove for. The human tragedy that has followed the removal from power of Ian Smith and his Rhodesian Front party will almost certainly force the reader to deal with some uncomfortable conclusions, of value to anyone sincere about grappling with the volatile and deeply troubling challenges that confront all Africans today.
This book and others of interest can be purchased from 30 Degrees South via their web-site: www.30degreessouth.co.za
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"BLUE WATCH" by Gwyn Fford-Osborne
Rhodesia, in 1975 and a bloody vicious civil war is at its height. A war between the White minority supported by the Black majority and the ZAPU and ZANU terrorist groups, supported by Zambia and Mozambique. Kensington, a small town in the farming belt has been the subject of several terrorist attacks but with only a small police force for defence, the local T.A. unit having been called up for service on the Zambia border the situation appears grim. Until Iffor Meredith turns up on a pilgrimage to meet up with his wife and son of his old army buddy, recently murdered by terrorists. A deadly ambush on the "Dix" family and his escape from a land mine attack makes Iffor determined to offer resistance of some form or other to the terrorists. His application to join the Rhodesian Army has been accepted and he sets about forming a small militia. With all the fit men already on call up, who can he recruit from. Then he's invited to a darts match at the Moth Club and meets up with the remnants of the town's Fire Brigade, the men considered too old for call up. Blue Watch.
Available from: www.diadembooks.com
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CREST PUBLISHING BOOKS
Crest Publishing retails books by Glenn MacAskill (ex-BSAP Special Branch) entitled "King's Gold", "Crime Lords", "Kill Victoria!", "Hunt the Assassin" and "MacKinnon's Diamond", and by the late Michael Bowery including "Canham's Run", "The Sligo Piper" "Kill the President", "Al Qaeda Armageddon" and his autobiography "Shred when Read", as well as novels by David Ruppert entitled "The Seven Watchmen" and "The Greater Glory" - all of which will be of great interest to South Africans and ex-Rhodesians.
For more information, 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" - DVD versions of the book about the history of the RLI
Now available from Msasa Enterprises. Contact: msasasa@iafrica.com or UK tel.: 07732 685400.
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.192 : Mr. JOHN JEWELL of Canada.
John Jewell, who came from Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada, was a good long-distance friend of South Africa and of S.A.Patriot magazine during the 1980s. He shared much the same ideology of global racial-patriotism as we did, and indeed contributed many excellently-researched articles for our magazine at the time. He had studied and researched the situations in both the Middle East and the then Soviet Union (as well as Southern Africa) and issued many pamphlets and essays explaining the histories and current political state-of-affairs in these parts of the globe. We learnt a tremendous amount from him, and indeed he influenced the ideological position of our movement greatly. Alas contact with him was lost at about the time that we were forced to re-locate to the UK, and surprisingly he doesn’t seem to have any Internet presence. It would however be very interesting to learn what happened to him.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
An excellent YouTube video has been produced recording the massive parade staged by the Orange Order through the streets of Edinburgh in the run-up to the Scottish constitutional referendum, advocating a “No” vote. This proved a most emotional and inspiring spectacle – so is it any wonder therefore that the Unionist cause won the referendum so decisively! The video can be viewed at :-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJqdCeSVyJ0
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
DEFENCE MECHANISM
Sir,
The people to blame for conflict, killing and other troubles in foreign countries are the people who are doing these things. Politicians stirred up people into demanding independence they weren't ready for, assisted in this by naive liberals, Marxists, and defeatists in the West. It is not our fault that they made a hash of things. Offer the Americans our expertise, yes - but any further intervention should only be after we've restored our defences to Thatcher-era levels. They have been continually cut to the bone by penny-pinching politicians who put saving money before saving their country.
Yours etc.,
Mark Taylor, London, U.K.
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AFFIRMATIVE REACTION
Sir,
Having worked for the SAR during the 1960's, my heart goes out to those who committed suicide as a way out. Then in the 1970's I worked for Telkom in Natal, I have been told that a number of my passed workmates have also taken that course of action. Very sad.
Yours etc.,
Ray Absalom, Auckland, New Zealand
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OLD FIRM TO THE RESCUE
Sir,
Scottish independence will not be dead until you start merging national pride together, like in sports teams and leagues – and with Rangers and Celtic joining the [English] Premier League.
Yours etc.,
Peter Ward, New York, U.S.A.
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ROGUES GALLERY
Long-standing readers will probably remember the name of Mr. Francis Andrew, a strange and enigmatic character who was born a Scottish Catholic but who has lived for – now – some 30 odd years in Arab lands where he earns a living by teaching Arab boys to speak English. We first made contact with Mr. Andrew during the mid-1990s when he gave every appearance of sharing our own patriotic neo-Imperialist views. He indeed spoke at a Springbok Club meeting during the late 1990s when, inter alia, he assured us that in spite of his place of residence he didn’t particularly like the Muslim Arabs. This turned out to be a lie however, for when the War against Islamic Terror began he openly sided with the lands of his residence rather than the country of his birth. When we queried his unbelievable stance on this matter he responded simply by bombarding us with obscene and childish smears and insults. Many of his deranged lies, moreover, were so easily disprovable that he obtained the nickname of “Fruitcake” as a result.
We thought that we had heard the last of this demented fellow, but alas a few weeks ago we received an unsolicited e-mail from him in which he included copies of the fabricated pornographic smear pictures which were circulated a few years ago by a known “asset” of the ANC security services, claiming to be pictures of a leading official of the Springbok Club - a resistance organization which the ANC regime of course fears. (In actual fact these fake pornographic pictures featured a headless figure who was quite clearly far thinner than the person which they were claimed to portray!). If Mr. Andrew honestly believes that these perverted pictures were genuine then it only confirms that his nickname of “Fruitcake” is very appropriate!
The factor which interested us the most about this unsolicited e-mail from Mr. Andrew, however, was the source from which he evidently received these disgusting pictures. Like the fool which he is Mr. Andrew foolishly included the source e-mail that he received with them when he forwarded these revolting photos to us. This source was extremely unexpected to us however, for he had evidently not received them directly from an ANC source in South Africa as we had believed – but rather from a certain Mr. Anthony “Tony” Hancock!
So who was this Mr. “Tony” Hancock (not to be confused with the gifted post-WWII comedian of the same name)? Mr. Hancock had been known to us even before we were forced to relocate to the UK in 1990. A Sussex-based printer by trade, he was recommended to us as a good and potentially supportive printer to approach to produce copies of S.A.Patriot-in-Exile. The quality of his printing indeed proved good, but alas when we visited his print-works we were extremely disturbed to see a placard there expressing support for the Iraqi tyrant Saddam Hussein! Quite clearly therefore Mr. Hancock was not the patriotic Britisher who we were led to believe! More disturbing revelations about Mr. Hancock followed however, for we subsequently learnt that he was a notorious Holocaust Denier (idiots who try to whitewash the Nazi era by pretending that the Holocaust of Jews and Gypsies never happened!) – and even worse than this he was evidently one of the leading publishers of Holocaust-denying material in the entire world! When Mr. Hancock tried to off-load some of this ludicrous material which he had printed on this subject we told him that we simply weren’t interested, as our knowledge of history showed us that it was complete nonsense. Following this we of course set about trying to find a new printer.
In his covering e-mail to Mr. Andrew Mr. Hancock condemned us for “disparaging” Holocaust denial and the BNP (an overtly neo-fascist fringe political party, which Mr. Andrew was bizarrely also a member of). If rejecting Holocaust denial and neo-fascism was a crime in Mr. Hancock’s eyes then we of course plead guilty to the charge – as so also would probably 99% of the population! So why therefore did Mr. Hancock centre upon us for his hatred? Probably only because we had taken our trade elsewhere. But there was another important factor at play here – Mr. Hancock was also a well-known PhotoShop expert through his printing business. We had previously believed that the perverted smear pictures had been concocted by ANC experts, as the Police had informed us that the photos had originally been circulated by a known ANC “asset” from South Africa itself. Perhaps therefore they were not fabricated in South Africa, but by the PhotoShop expert Hancock? A link between the ANC and the BNP-supporters Andrew and Hancock isn’t perhaps as unlikely as it may seem, for the ANC leadership is of course notorious for its anti-Semitic sympathies.
But why do we use the past tense when referring to Mr. Hancock? Well this is because he died on 11th June 2012, aged only 65. Officially he died from a stroke, but we have discovered that his death was actually described as “slow-motion suicide” following a period of prolonged self-neglect. A miserable end to a miserable life.
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Monday, 20 October 2014
October 2014 Edition.
SPRINGBOK CYBER NEWSLETTER
October 2014 edition
In spite of some very worrying developments for the West in other parts of the globe, one event last month shone out like a beacon to encourage us all, namely the result of the Scottish Constitutional Referendum.
In spite of the fact that David Cameron gave way in practically every way to the demands of the subversive SNP and their sinister internationalist backers, the majority of Scottish people had the common-sense not vote for the destruction of the natural unity of the British nation. Although the vote was not as overwhelming as we would have liked it to be, it was even so – with a margin of over 10% in favour of the Union - decisive.
Alas the official “Better Together” campaign under the woeful leadership of Alistair Darling, who seemed obsessed with the economic arguments rather than with the far more emotional patriotic arguments, cannot receive any high accolades for the eventual happy outcome of this plebiscite. There were however a number of individuals and organizations who warrant the highest praise for securing the triumph of the Unionist cause, among whom we would single out :-
1) Dan Snow and Tom Holland and their “Let’s Stay Together” Campaign, which procured the backing of hundreds of leading British personalities from throughout the United Kingdom in support of the Union. Although a number of these signatories were highly surprising (to say the least!), the vast majority, regardless of their somewhat “trendy” backgrounds, proved that when the crunch came they were true patriots. Their names must always be remembered and respected therefore.
2) Those leading Scottish celebrities such as Sir Chris Hoy, J.K.Rowling and Alan Hansen who were prepared openly to support the “No Thanks” Campaign in spite of vile intimidation from the SNP-supporting hate-filled “cyber-nats”.
3) The Grand Orange Lodge of Scotland, who by organizing a massive demonstration in favour of a “No” vote in Edinburgh shortly before the Referendum brought much needed colour and patriotic fervour to the debate – so sadly lacking from the official “Better Together” Campaign.
4) The Rt.Hon. Gordon Brown: not exactly our favourite politician we admit, but someone who unlike Alistair Darling was able to mobilize pro-Union Labour voters effectively.
Even though the Referendum was won decisively, the struggle for the Union is alas still not necessarily over. The SNP splittists and their internationalist backers (who of course advocate the break-up of other great European nation states such as Belgium, Spain, France and Italy) may have suffered a severe set-back to their devious plans, but they have not gone away. Whilst the SNP is at a low ebb, especially with the departure of the odious Alex Salmond and the consequent leadership handover, now is the time for pro-Unionist forces to act decisively. We therefore advocate that three main long-term policy campaigns should be initiated in order to try to influence the powers that be, namely :-
1) Advocating that the Holyrood “Parliament” (together with those at Cardiff Bay and Stormont, in its present form) should be abolished, with their powers devolved downwards to either traditional regional or county levels. If such devolution to a lower level is also enacted in England then the West Lothian Question will at last be solved.
2) Pressing for the elimination of all manifestations of Scottish separateness. Why for instance should there be separate NHS, heritage and environmental bodies for Scotland, and why do all major political parties have to suffix their title with the word “Scottish” in Scotland? This is most important in the sporting context of course, where British Lions style teams should be established to play in international competitions for all team sports, particularly in Soccer. The England Cricket Test side (though not necessarily limited overs sides) should be re-branded Great Britain, and the British Lions Rugby side should start to play regular internationals at home.
3) Encouragement should be extended to the Republic of Ireland to re-join the United Kingdom. This will not be accomplished overnight of course, and undoubtedly will take at least another generation to come to fruition, but a start should be made now by making it clear to the citizens of the 26 lost counties that if they ever wish to return they will be welcomed. More specifically, the RoI should be encouraged to leave the disastrous Euro currency and re-join the Sterling Zone.
If immediate steps are taken to enact these proposals then the frightening nightmare of the disintegration of the United Kingdom which we endured in 2014 will never happen again.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB NEWS
The Springbok Club was most honoured to be invited to participate in the annual “Raising of the Flag” Ceremony in Norfolk last month, and a goodly contingent of Springbok Club members were able to make the journey to attend. This event, which commemorates the foundation of Rhodesia on 13th September 1890, consisted of the actual raising of Union Flag ceremony (which re-enacts the flag-raising at what became Cecil Square, Salisbury in 1890), a short religious ceremony conducted by the Rev. Jonathan Boston (the Chaplain to the Moanor of Southrepps), speeches given by Alan Harvey (current Organiser/Secretary of the Springbok Club) and by Lt.Col. Bertram Cubitt (ex-BSAP), the singing of the Rhodesian and British National Anthems accompanied by the Cromer and Sheringham Brass Band and the firing of a 21-gun salute. Our hearty congratulations are extended to Peter Sladden, Michael Thorburn and Capt. Anthony Aldridge upon organizing such a spectacular and uplifting event.
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The details of the Springbok Club’s October meeting are as follows :-
Date : Thursday 23rd October 2014
Time : Assemble from 18.30 hrs, meeting to commence at 19.00 hrs.
Venue : The GOLDEN FLEECE (the downstairs Cellar Bar), 8/9 Queen Street, City of London, EC4N 1SP (nearest tube stations: Bank, St.Paul’s and Mansion House).
Guest Speaker : Mr. ALAN WILLIAMSON MRICS, MInstCES, MBIDP
Alan Williamson commenced his career by qualifying as a chartered quantity surveyor in 1985 and working in this country for major civil engineering contractors, until departing for Southern Africa for the first time in 1988. Living in Botswana for most of the time until 1994, he acted as Chief Quantity Surveyor for Wade Adams having responsibility for central/southern Africa, including Botswana, Angola, Mozambique and Bophuthatswana. This period included time in both Angola and Mozambique during the civil wars in those countries, working for clients such as UNDP. He also travelled extensively around both South Africa and Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) during that time. Upon returning to Great Britain he concentrated upon the construction law side of the business, being based at a practice in Temple Chambers in the City of London since 2000, and having had many construction law articles published in a number of publications since that time. He returned to South Africa several times between 2007 and 2010, travelling around the country extensively over that period, before returning to live there from September 2013 to August 2014. During this time he was site claims manager for Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Africa upon the 4,800 MW coal-fired power station at Kusile between Pretoria and Witbank. His talk will include a summary of his role on this largest coal-fired power station in the world, and some of the immense problems encountered, and his general experiences of life in present day South Africa.
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The Springbok Club has received an invitation from Saracens RFC to attend their friendly match against the Western Province Stormers on Sunday 9th November at Allianz Park, when they will be offering £25.00 tickets to all members and supporters for only £20.00. Would all those interested please either e-mail springbk@netcomuk.co.uk or ‘phone: us on: 07711188430.
Later during November the Springbok Club plans to stage its annual UDI Day celebration buffet, at which the organisation will be welcoming a special Rhodesian guest speaker. Fuller details will be included in next month’s SCN.
In December the Springbok Club will be holding their annual Day of the Vow commemorations, and fuller details will be given in future editions of the SCN.
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The Kent Branch of the Springbok Club will be organising a pub-gathering in Canterbury, and a trip to see some of the historical sites of the Medway Towns during the next few months. Fuller details will again be given in future editions of the SCN.
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SWINTON CIRCLE NEWS
The Swinton Circle gave its full support to New Britain’s “Keep the United Kingdom United” procession and rally in London last month, and full details about this event are given in the New Britain News section below.
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Details regarding the Swinton Circle’s forthcoming 2014 AGM are as follows :-
Date : Tuesday 14th October 2014
Time : assemble from 18.30 hrs., meeting to commence at 18.45 hrs.
Venue : The GOLDEN FLEECE (the downstairs cellar bar), 8/9 Queen Street, City of London, EC4N 1SP (nearest tube stations: Bank, St.Paul’s and Mansion House).
ITINERARY
1. Opening of meeting.
2. Apologies for absence.
3. Approval of 2013 AGM Minutes.
4. Organiser’s Report for 2013/2014.
5. Treasurer’s Report for 2013/2014
6. Election of Officers for 2014/2015 (nominations to be submitted by post or e-mail by 13th October).
7. Motions for debate (to be submitted and seconded by post or e-mail prior to 13th October).
8. Any other business.
Only valid and fully paid-up members of the Swinton Circle will be entitled to attend and participate in this business side of this meeting, though membership fees may be renewed on the day. The membership rate still stands at £12.00 per year.
After the business side of this meeting has been concluded (at approximately 19.45 hrs.) we will be most honoured to welcome Mr. Paul Griffin as guest speaker, and all supporters of the Swinton Circle, whether or not actual members, will be welcome to attend this section of the evening's activities. Mr. Griffin will be giving a short talk and presentation about the current situation in the Ukraine, and the hypocrisy which he perceives on both the Western and Russian sides.
Paul Griffin was born at Ottawa, Canada, and studied at the University of Durham where he gained an MSci degree in Geoscience. He currently works in London as an IT Technical Support Analyst, specializing primarily in databases. He has made an extensive study of European history and associated philosophy, which he will expand upon in the course of his talk.
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It is anticipated that the Swinton Circle’s November meeting will feature a very high-profile guest speaker, and will take place on Tuesday 4th November. All members and supporters of the Swinton Circle will be notified of the precise details of this meeting in due course.
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Membership fees and donations to the Swinton Circle can be made via PayPal on the organisation’s web-site home page at www.swintoncircle.co.uk - simply 'click' on the line "PayPal = the safer, easier way to pay online" at the bottom of the home page; if the error message "This content cannot be displayed in a Frame" appears then simply 'click' on the line "Open this Content in a New Window".
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NEW BRITAIN NEWS
New Britain’s staged a “Keep the United Kingdom United” procession and rally in the City of London last month, in order to support the “No Thanks” campaign at the Scottish Constitutional Referendum. Starting from Paternoster Square next to St. Paul’s Cathedral, the procession, led by a bagpiper and a flag-holder bearing the Union Flag, and including other flag-bearers carrying the flags of the four main component parts of the United Kingdom, proceeded through the streets of the City of London to St. Sepulchre’s Church where the Rally took place. At the Rally, which was presided over by Mr. Dennis Delderfield, the National Chairman of New Britain, patriotic songs from all parts of the United Kingdom were sung as the five flag-bearers paraded to the front of the church. This was followed by a spectacular display of traditional Scottish dancing and bagpipe playing, interspaced with rousing speeches from Mick McGough and Rory Broomfield of The Freedom Association. A video recording of part of the rally can be viewed at :-
https://www.youtube.com/embed/tXE0bdBy6mo
and the speech given by Rory Broomfield can be viewed at :-
https://www.youtube.com/embed/biemMSpZKM8
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LATEST MESSAGE FROM THE ZIMBABWE CONSERVATION TASK FORCE
The latest report which we have received from the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force reads as follows :-
“ELEPHANTS POISONED
“We have recently heard about 4 elephants that were poisoned with cyanide. The dead elephants were found on the old mine road off the main Kazangula/Victoria Falls Road. Apparently the cyanide was mixed with salt and sprinkled in an area where the elephants eat the salt. We believe National Parks have now burnt the carcasses.
“PETITION
“A petition has been circulated regarding the take-over of Kanondo by Elisabeth Freeman/Pasalk. The concern is for the Presidential Herd that frequent the area. The petition was signed by 8,000 people, 2,000 of whom were Zimbabweans and handed to Minister Saviour Kasukwere. We believe the petition was ignored due to the fact that a very wealthy tycoon and minister is involved.
“FAREWELL TO MAC BAILEY
“It is with great sadness and regret that we announce the death of Mac Bailey. For those who were not fortunate enough to know him, he was, amongst other things a great conservationist. It was ironical therefore that he was killed by a crocodile in Kariba. We wish his wife Jenny and his children our sincere condolences on the loss of a very special man.”
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EASY RYDER SOLUTION
The Ryder Cup is the world’s most famous match-play golf competition. Founded in 1927, it was originally a contest between teams of golfers from the British Isles and the United States of America. In 1979, however, following a period of perceived US dominance, it was decided to expand the geographic area from which their opponents could be drawn to include the whole of the continent of Europe. Although this decision was made on purely golfing grounds, it was quickly seized upon by the godfathers of the European Union in order to engender none-too-subtle propaganda for their internationalist institution and to popularise the otherwise much-hated 12-star EU flag – in spite of the fact that European golfers could be drawn from throughout the European continent, and not just from member countries of the EU! As a result, therefore, many patriotic British golf-fans have been uncertain which side to support at recent competitions.
Ideally of course, following a period of overwhelming European dominance in the Ryder Cup, and the fact that for the past decade or so it has been British golfers such as Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose and Graeme McDowell who have been dominant on the world stage rather than US golfers, the competition should revert to its original British Isles v. USA format. This however would be unfair on the continental European golfers who have had the glory of competing in this event for the past few years – after all they can’t be blamed for the manner in which the EU politicians have tried to hi-jack the competition!
To us the solution seems obvious however. The Ryder Cup should evolve into a structure similar to the Davis Cup in Lawn Tennis, with teams from all nation states around the world being allowed to compete, and with a world group of the 8 top teams competing on knock-out basis and being fed by four regional groupings. The only difference to the Davis Cup would be that the competition would be spread over a 2-year cycle rather than competed annually. We hope that PGAs on both sides of the Atlantic will be prepared to consider this proposal carefully.
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MESSAGE FROM THE ZIMBABWE PENSIONER SUPPORT FUND
We have recently received the following quite worrying report from the Zimbabwe Pensioner Support Fund :-
“We have been supporting pensioners in Zimbabwe for the past 12 years and are hoping you could possibly do a story about us and how this all came about. Helping us to celebrate this small milestone. Over the years the Zimbabwe Pensioner Support Fund has gone from supporting 1 pensioner to currently supporting just over 1600 pensioners with an apple box filled with non-perishable food in 28 old age homes / organizations throughout Zimbabwe. This is only about 45% or so of the pensioners that need help. We also assist similar organizations called ‘S.O.A.P’ (Support Old Age Pensioners)as well as various kitchens. One of the kitchens we support is the Verity Amm Kitchen in Bulawayo, they supply between 80-100 pensioners with 2 meals a day 4 days a week. As far as we are aware we are the largest Non-Government organization supporting pensioners still in Zimbabwe who lost everything when the Zimbabwe dollar ceased to exist.
“As such we would like to inform interested persons of the true situation regarding the pensioners in Zimbabwe. Many people are under the impression that since the so-called dollarization of their currency the situation for the pensioners has improved. Wrong! In fact, Zimbabwean pensioners are now worse off than ever before. Overnight in January 2010 the reserve bank removed another 12 zeroes and people who had billions of Zimbabwe dollars were paupers the next day. No matter whether they had Zimbabwean dollars in the bank or at home they lost everything and were left with useless pieces of paper. They have never been compensated for the loss and never will be. So even though the currency changed to US dollars what they had in Zimbabwean dollars no longer existed. Pensioners are now at the mercy of Good Samaritans that reach out to them. That is where the Zimbabwe Pensioners Support Fund comes in. The fund was established in 2002 to help a few needy people in an old age home.
“The first thing one needs to understand is that almost 75% of the pensioners do not have a pension or income and those that do receive between US$13 and US$40 . They did make adequate provision for their old age and originally retired comfortably. However, as Zimbabwe's inflation went up into the ‘billions’ of percent, the government kept taking off zeroes in an attempt to stabilize the economy. I was recently speaking to a pensioner in Kadoma Ann who was crying and I asked her what the problem was. This is what she had to say. “I get a pension of US$40 a month from Old Mutual. The bank takes US$2, my rent is US$35 so that leaves me with US$3 for food”. This is a fairly common situation that I come across. There is of cause the very small percentage of pensioners that are well supported by their children.
“With two large trucks we shift around 18-22 tons of non-perishable food, good second hand clothes and medical aides such as wheelchairs, crutches, walking aids, spectacles and non-scheduled medicines every 8 weeks to our Golden Oldies. Over the past year funds have trickled down and we are battling to make ends meet in our continued goal to support our pensioners. We firmly believe that had it not been for the tenacious and ‘Bull Terrier’ like spirit of Hannes Botha (the ZPSF Director), this year’s ‘roadblocks and curved balls’ would have ended this project. Yet as he has said many times to us, ‘these people are my life and nothing will stop me from serving them with payback’.
“We are an officially registered Non-Profit Organization and Section 21A in South Africa and are registered with SARS as a Public Benefit Organization in terms of section 18A the Income Tax Act (Which means all donations are issued with a Tax Certificate and can be claimed back). We rely totally on the generosity of the public to keep our wheels turning.
“Please if you have any queries do not hesitate to contact us.”
The ZPSF can be contacted at: www.zpsf.co.za or by e-mailing: pensupzim@vodamail.co.za
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The narrative gives the reader an overview of the history of the White man in southern Africa with detailed emphasis on the Rhodesian story through the life and times of PK van der Byl, one of the major players in a political drama that ended in the accession to power of Robert Mugabe under the auspices of the British government. By his very nature PK was controversial and confrontational. This account is likely to give offence to some because it portrays him as bluntly as he was in real life. Much can be contested about PK van der Byl but few will dispute he was an extremely colourful character with a devilish sense of humour. This memoir covers his life with a full flourish while doing nothing to detract from the seriousness of the international political and military conflict in which he was engaged. The reader will glean new information on a highly controversial subject and emerge with a more sympathetic understanding of what PK van der Byl and his colleagues did and strove for. The human tragedy that has followed the removal from power of Ian Smith and his Rhodesian Front party will almost certainly force the reader to deal with some uncomfortable conclusions, of value to anyone sincere about grappling with the volatile and deeply troubling challenges that confront all Africans today.
This book and others of interest can be purchased from 30 Degrees South via their web-site: www.30degreessouth.co.za
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"BLUE WATCH" by Gwyn Fford-Osborne
Rhodesia, in 1975 and a bloody vicious civil war is at its height. A war between the White minority supported by the Black majority and the ZAPU and ZANU terrorist groups, supported by Zambia and Mozambique. Kensington, a small town in the farming belt has been the subject of several terrorist attacks but with only a small police force for defence, the local T.A. unit having been called up for service on the Zambia border the situation appears grim. Until Iffor Meredith turns up on a pilgrimage to meet up with his wife and son of his old army buddy, recently murdered by terrorists. A deadly ambush on the "Dix" family and his escape from a land mine attack makes Iffor determined to offer resistance of some form or other to the terrorists. His application to join the Rhodesian Army has been accepted and he sets about forming a small militia. With all the fit men already on call up, who can he recruit from. Then he's invited to a darts match at the Moth Club and meets up with the remnants of the town's Fire Brigade, the men considered too old for call up. Blue Watch.
Available from: www.diadembooks.com
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For more information, 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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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.191 : Mr. DAVID WILLIAMS of Durban.
David Williams was born on the Copper Belt of the then Northern Rhodesia, and hailed from a family of patriotic British Imperialists. He moved to South Africa after the sell-out of NR, and volunteered to serve in the SADF reserve forces, seeing action on the frontline during subversive rioting in Natal. He worked as a systems analyst firstly for the Unilever Group and subsequently for the Durban Corporation. It would be very interesting to learn where he is now.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
There perhaps predictably wasn’t much media coverage of the massive pro-Unionist celebrations in George Square, Glasgow, the day after the “No” campaign won a decisive victory at the Scottish Constitutional Referendum. One video filmed by an apparently neutral overseas news outlet showing the extent of the celebrations by the ecstatic patriotic crowd does appear on YouTube however. Both Unionist and Nationalist supporters are interviewed in this clip, but significantly even one “Yes” supporter openly admits that Scotland will now never become independent! Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdvXA1J8Egc
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
SHORT MEMORY
Sir,
Your article about Michael Hart-Jones [September SCN - Ed.] made fascinating reading. I was a supporter of the Save Rhodesia Campaign in Durban during the late 1970s and remember him quite well. Wasn’t he a close acquaintance of that other useless individual who frequented several right-wing organizations in Durban, Norman Perry (who often went under the pseudonym of Norman Short)?
If I remember correctly Perry served on the Committee of the SRC in Durban, but had to be asked to leave after he failed to attend any Committee meetings or even any of the functions staged by the organization. When he turned up at Brian Hurt’s election campaign a few months later he started to run down the SRC like anything, stating that the only way to save Rhodesia was to “kill Oppenheimer” – a really childish comment to make. Then years later he turned up over an hour early at the big Action White Natal rally in the Durban City Hall in order to get one of the best seats available – in spite of having done NOTHING either to organize or to publicise the rally or the campaign in general. He was a classic and odious “armchair politician”. We needed less of them during those vital days. I wonder where he ended up?
Yours etc.,
“Patriot”, Durban, Natal.
[ From what we’ve heard Norman Perry/Short died in Durban about two years ago. Ed.]
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COMMONSENSE
Sir,
Britain should have given Southern Rhodesia independence in 1953 rather than setting up the idiotic Central African Federation. At the very least she should have been given independence at the same time as Zambia and Malawi - she had, after all, been a self-governing democracy since 1922, even if she did reject the sacred cow of "one man one vote." Her non-racial qualified franchise should have been a role model for the whole of Africa and Asia. In addition, all republics should have been barred from the Commonwealth - those who reject our monarch had no business in our Commonwealth.
Yours etc.,
M. Taylor, London, U.K.
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OBITUARY
LORD BANNSIDE
Lord Bannside, the former Dr. Ian Richard Kyle Paisley, who sadly died last month, has often been described as the greatest Ulsterman since Carson. This comparison is actually incorrect, as Carson was of course born a Leinsterman. It would, however, be more accurate to describe Lord Bannside as the greatest Briton since Churchill.
Born in 1926 in Co.Armagh, the then Ian Paisley was the son of a Baptist pastor who had founded his own breakaway denomination. Ian Paisley inherited his father’s staunch Christian faith and was a lifelong opponent of Romanism. In 1951 he preached his first sermon in a corrugated-iron mission chapel in Co.Down. He proved a powerful and charismatic preacher, and soon gathered together a group of adherents who founded the Free Presbyterian Church, which by 1969 had established the Martyr’s Memorial Church in Belfast’s Ravenhill Road, the largest Protestant place of worship in Europe.
Ian Paisley’s strong Christian beliefs, coupled with the mounting threat of SF/IRA insurrection in Ulster, and the apparent appeasement of both the Ulster Unionist Party under Capt. Terence O’Neill and the British Government of the day, made him realize that he was called to enter the political arena. He stood against O’Neill in the Bannside Constituency during the 1969 Stormont elections, greatly reducing O’Neill’s majority. The following year – no doubt realizing the way that the wind was blowing – O’Neill resigned as Stormont PM, and in the subsequent by-election Paisley was victorious. By now obtaining political support from a wide range of Protestant denominations, Paisley then went on to win the North Antrim seat for the Westminster Parliament at the 1970 General Election (a seat which he held until he voluntarily relinquished it 2010). With the Democratic Unionist Party which he was a driving force in establishing now becoming an increasingly dominant political force in Ulster, Paisley was elected an MEP to the European Parliament in 1979, holding the seat until he voluntarily stood down in 2004 – topping the Ulster poll in each election!
A man of considerable physical energy and tremendous personal bravery, he was able to serve in three parliaments/assemblies simultaneously for 25 years. He was forthright in his opposition to Edward Heath’s inexcusable abolition of the Stormont Parliament and his sell-out Sunningdale Agreement, Margaret Thatcher’s appeasement through the Anglo-Irish Accord and the treacherous so-called Good Friday Agreement. He also courageously supported the Ulster Worker’s Council Strike of 1977 (which brought down the Sunningdale Agreement) and the Drumcree protests, and also expressed solidarity with the establishment of the Ulster Resistance movement (the “Ulster Third Force”) in 1981. On the religious front he was equally defiant, bravely handing out Protestant pamphlets in St.Peter’s Square itself and denouncing the Pope as the anti-Christ when he addressed the European Parliament. As a result of all these courageous actions he was subject to many assassination attempts, but survived each time – perhaps through divine intervention.
Towards the end of his political career he caused great controversy within Ulster’s Loyalist community when, as leader of the largest party in the Stormont Assembly of the time, he was prepared to enter into a power-sharing arrangement. The factor which many fail to realise, however, is that during the St.Andrews’ negotiations engineered by the Labour Government of Tony Blair (himself subsequently a Romanist convert) the DUP were presented with a stark choice: either accept a form of power-sharing or else there would be a total sell-out to a united Ireland. The choice was therefore a “no brainer”. In addition to this, however, Paisley and other high-ranking officials within the DUP detected a split within SF/IRA ranks, with the McGuinness faction seemingly being more interested in the trappings of power, as opposed to the nationalist “purity” of the Adams faction, a split which he was astutely able to exploit. In this final act of his political career Ian Paisley – by now Lord Bannside – showed great daring and acumen therefore, which as Northern Ireland’s place within the United Kingdom still seems as secure as ever would certainly appear to be well-placed.
Ian Paisley therefore proved to be probably the greatest British patriot of his age. The sell-out of the six Loyal counties of Ulster to the Republic of Ireland, which seemed to be an almost foregone conclusion in 1969, never came about – and indeed now seems to be further away than ever. For this the Ulster people have one man to thank for his defiance and non-stop energy more than anyone – Dr. Ian Richard Kyle Paisley. It is not only in Ulster itself where Paisley’s British patriotism has born fruit however, for undoubtedly his patriotic activism and fervour also spread to supporters in Scotland, with the happy result of the Scottish Constitutional Referendum (which happened sadly just a few days after his death) being in no small measure due to the spirit of British Unionism which he engendered. Indeed admiration for his religious and patriotic principles extended elsewhere across the globe, as the moving tribute paid to him by Dr. Peter Hammond of the Cape Town-based Frontline Fellowship confirms.
Lord Bannside was an inspiration to us all. Our sincerest condolences are extended to his widow Eileen and to his children Kyle, Ian (who succeeded his father as DUP MP for North Antrim), Sharon, Rhonda and Cherith. In them we are confident that his Christian decency, determination and patriotism will live on.
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October 2014 edition
In spite of some very worrying developments for the West in other parts of the globe, one event last month shone out like a beacon to encourage us all, namely the result of the Scottish Constitutional Referendum.
In spite of the fact that David Cameron gave way in practically every way to the demands of the subversive SNP and their sinister internationalist backers, the majority of Scottish people had the common-sense not vote for the destruction of the natural unity of the British nation. Although the vote was not as overwhelming as we would have liked it to be, it was even so – with a margin of over 10% in favour of the Union - decisive.
Alas the official “Better Together” campaign under the woeful leadership of Alistair Darling, who seemed obsessed with the economic arguments rather than with the far more emotional patriotic arguments, cannot receive any high accolades for the eventual happy outcome of this plebiscite. There were however a number of individuals and organizations who warrant the highest praise for securing the triumph of the Unionist cause, among whom we would single out :-
1) Dan Snow and Tom Holland and their “Let’s Stay Together” Campaign, which procured the backing of hundreds of leading British personalities from throughout the United Kingdom in support of the Union. Although a number of these signatories were highly surprising (to say the least!), the vast majority, regardless of their somewhat “trendy” backgrounds, proved that when the crunch came they were true patriots. Their names must always be remembered and respected therefore.
2) Those leading Scottish celebrities such as Sir Chris Hoy, J.K.Rowling and Alan Hansen who were prepared openly to support the “No Thanks” Campaign in spite of vile intimidation from the SNP-supporting hate-filled “cyber-nats”.
3) The Grand Orange Lodge of Scotland, who by organizing a massive demonstration in favour of a “No” vote in Edinburgh shortly before the Referendum brought much needed colour and patriotic fervour to the debate – so sadly lacking from the official “Better Together” Campaign.
4) The Rt.Hon. Gordon Brown: not exactly our favourite politician we admit, but someone who unlike Alistair Darling was able to mobilize pro-Union Labour voters effectively.
Even though the Referendum was won decisively, the struggle for the Union is alas still not necessarily over. The SNP splittists and their internationalist backers (who of course advocate the break-up of other great European nation states such as Belgium, Spain, France and Italy) may have suffered a severe set-back to their devious plans, but they have not gone away. Whilst the SNP is at a low ebb, especially with the departure of the odious Alex Salmond and the consequent leadership handover, now is the time for pro-Unionist forces to act decisively. We therefore advocate that three main long-term policy campaigns should be initiated in order to try to influence the powers that be, namely :-
1) Advocating that the Holyrood “Parliament” (together with those at Cardiff Bay and Stormont, in its present form) should be abolished, with their powers devolved downwards to either traditional regional or county levels. If such devolution to a lower level is also enacted in England then the West Lothian Question will at last be solved.
2) Pressing for the elimination of all manifestations of Scottish separateness. Why for instance should there be separate NHS, heritage and environmental bodies for Scotland, and why do all major political parties have to suffix their title with the word “Scottish” in Scotland? This is most important in the sporting context of course, where British Lions style teams should be established to play in international competitions for all team sports, particularly in Soccer. The England Cricket Test side (though not necessarily limited overs sides) should be re-branded Great Britain, and the British Lions Rugby side should start to play regular internationals at home.
3) Encouragement should be extended to the Republic of Ireland to re-join the United Kingdom. This will not be accomplished overnight of course, and undoubtedly will take at least another generation to come to fruition, but a start should be made now by making it clear to the citizens of the 26 lost counties that if they ever wish to return they will be welcomed. More specifically, the RoI should be encouraged to leave the disastrous Euro currency and re-join the Sterling Zone.
If immediate steps are taken to enact these proposals then the frightening nightmare of the disintegration of the United Kingdom which we endured in 2014 will never happen again.
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SPRINGBOK CLUB NEWS
The Springbok Club was most honoured to be invited to participate in the annual “Raising of the Flag” Ceremony in Norfolk last month, and a goodly contingent of Springbok Club members were able to make the journey to attend. This event, which commemorates the foundation of Rhodesia on 13th September 1890, consisted of the actual raising of Union Flag ceremony (which re-enacts the flag-raising at what became Cecil Square, Salisbury in 1890), a short religious ceremony conducted by the Rev. Jonathan Boston (the Chaplain to the Moanor of Southrepps), speeches given by Alan Harvey (current Organiser/Secretary of the Springbok Club) and by Lt.Col. Bertram Cubitt (ex-BSAP), the singing of the Rhodesian and British National Anthems accompanied by the Cromer and Sheringham Brass Band and the firing of a 21-gun salute. Our hearty congratulations are extended to Peter Sladden, Michael Thorburn and Capt. Anthony Aldridge upon organizing such a spectacular and uplifting event.
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The details of the Springbok Club’s October meeting are as follows :-
Date : Thursday 23rd October 2014
Time : Assemble from 18.30 hrs, meeting to commence at 19.00 hrs.
Venue : The GOLDEN FLEECE (the downstairs Cellar Bar), 8/9 Queen Street, City of London, EC4N 1SP (nearest tube stations: Bank, St.Paul’s and Mansion House).
Guest Speaker : Mr. ALAN WILLIAMSON MRICS, MInstCES, MBIDP
Alan Williamson commenced his career by qualifying as a chartered quantity surveyor in 1985 and working in this country for major civil engineering contractors, until departing for Southern Africa for the first time in 1988. Living in Botswana for most of the time until 1994, he acted as Chief Quantity Surveyor for Wade Adams having responsibility for central/southern Africa, including Botswana, Angola, Mozambique and Bophuthatswana. This period included time in both Angola and Mozambique during the civil wars in those countries, working for clients such as UNDP. He also travelled extensively around both South Africa and Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) during that time. Upon returning to Great Britain he concentrated upon the construction law side of the business, being based at a practice in Temple Chambers in the City of London since 2000, and having had many construction law articles published in a number of publications since that time. He returned to South Africa several times between 2007 and 2010, travelling around the country extensively over that period, before returning to live there from September 2013 to August 2014. During this time he was site claims manager for Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Africa upon the 4,800 MW coal-fired power station at Kusile between Pretoria and Witbank. His talk will include a summary of his role on this largest coal-fired power station in the world, and some of the immense problems encountered, and his general experiences of life in present day South Africa.
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The Springbok Club has received an invitation from Saracens RFC to attend their friendly match against the Western Province Stormers on Sunday 9th November at Allianz Park, when they will be offering £25.00 tickets to all members and supporters for only £20.00. Would all those interested please either e-mail springbk@netcomuk.co.uk or ‘phone: us on: 07711188430.
Later during November the Springbok Club plans to stage its annual UDI Day celebration buffet, at which the organisation will be welcoming a special Rhodesian guest speaker. Fuller details will be included in next month’s SCN.
In December the Springbok Club will be holding their annual Day of the Vow commemorations, and fuller details will be given in future editions of the SCN.
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The Kent Branch of the Springbok Club will be organising a pub-gathering in Canterbury, and a trip to see some of the historical sites of the Medway Towns during the next few months. Fuller details will again be given in future editions of the SCN.
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SWINTON CIRCLE NEWS
The Swinton Circle gave its full support to New Britain’s “Keep the United Kingdom United” procession and rally in London last month, and full details about this event are given in the New Britain News section below.
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Details regarding the Swinton Circle’s forthcoming 2014 AGM are as follows :-
Date : Tuesday 14th October 2014
Time : assemble from 18.30 hrs., meeting to commence at 18.45 hrs.
Venue : The GOLDEN FLEECE (the downstairs cellar bar), 8/9 Queen Street, City of London, EC4N 1SP (nearest tube stations: Bank, St.Paul’s and Mansion House).
ITINERARY
1. Opening of meeting.
2. Apologies for absence.
3. Approval of 2013 AGM Minutes.
4. Organiser’s Report for 2013/2014.
5. Treasurer’s Report for 2013/2014
6. Election of Officers for 2014/2015 (nominations to be submitted by post or e-mail by 13th October).
7. Motions for debate (to be submitted and seconded by post or e-mail prior to 13th October).
8. Any other business.
Only valid and fully paid-up members of the Swinton Circle will be entitled to attend and participate in this business side of this meeting, though membership fees may be renewed on the day. The membership rate still stands at £12.00 per year.
After the business side of this meeting has been concluded (at approximately 19.45 hrs.) we will be most honoured to welcome Mr. Paul Griffin as guest speaker, and all supporters of the Swinton Circle, whether or not actual members, will be welcome to attend this section of the evening's activities. Mr. Griffin will be giving a short talk and presentation about the current situation in the Ukraine, and the hypocrisy which he perceives on both the Western and Russian sides.
Paul Griffin was born at Ottawa, Canada, and studied at the University of Durham where he gained an MSci degree in Geoscience. He currently works in London as an IT Technical Support Analyst, specializing primarily in databases. He has made an extensive study of European history and associated philosophy, which he will expand upon in the course of his talk.
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It is anticipated that the Swinton Circle’s November meeting will feature a very high-profile guest speaker, and will take place on Tuesday 4th November. All members and supporters of the Swinton Circle will be notified of the precise details of this meeting in due course.
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Membership fees and donations to the Swinton Circle can be made via PayPal on the organisation’s web-site home page at www.swintoncircle.co.uk - simply 'click' on the line "PayPal = the safer, easier way to pay online" at the bottom of the home page; if the error message "This content cannot be displayed in a Frame" appears then simply 'click' on the line "Open this Content in a New Window".
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NEW BRITAIN NEWS
New Britain’s staged a “Keep the United Kingdom United” procession and rally in the City of London last month, in order to support the “No Thanks” campaign at the Scottish Constitutional Referendum. Starting from Paternoster Square next to St. Paul’s Cathedral, the procession, led by a bagpiper and a flag-holder bearing the Union Flag, and including other flag-bearers carrying the flags of the four main component parts of the United Kingdom, proceeded through the streets of the City of London to St. Sepulchre’s Church where the Rally took place. At the Rally, which was presided over by Mr. Dennis Delderfield, the National Chairman of New Britain, patriotic songs from all parts of the United Kingdom were sung as the five flag-bearers paraded to the front of the church. This was followed by a spectacular display of traditional Scottish dancing and bagpipe playing, interspaced with rousing speeches from Mick McGough and Rory Broomfield of The Freedom Association. A video recording of part of the rally can be viewed at :-
https://www.youtube.com/embed/tXE0bdBy6mo
and the speech given by Rory Broomfield can be viewed at :-
https://www.youtube.com/embed/biemMSpZKM8
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LATEST MESSAGE FROM THE ZIMBABWE CONSERVATION TASK FORCE
The latest report which we have received from the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force reads as follows :-
“ELEPHANTS POISONED
“We have recently heard about 4 elephants that were poisoned with cyanide. The dead elephants were found on the old mine road off the main Kazangula/Victoria Falls Road. Apparently the cyanide was mixed with salt and sprinkled in an area where the elephants eat the salt. We believe National Parks have now burnt the carcasses.
“PETITION
“A petition has been circulated regarding the take-over of Kanondo by Elisabeth Freeman/Pasalk. The concern is for the Presidential Herd that frequent the area. The petition was signed by 8,000 people, 2,000 of whom were Zimbabweans and handed to Minister Saviour Kasukwere. We believe the petition was ignored due to the fact that a very wealthy tycoon and minister is involved.
“FAREWELL TO MAC BAILEY
“It is with great sadness and regret that we announce the death of Mac Bailey. For those who were not fortunate enough to know him, he was, amongst other things a great conservationist. It was ironical therefore that he was killed by a crocodile in Kariba. We wish his wife Jenny and his children our sincere condolences on the loss of a very special man.”
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EASY RYDER SOLUTION
The Ryder Cup is the world’s most famous match-play golf competition. Founded in 1927, it was originally a contest between teams of golfers from the British Isles and the United States of America. In 1979, however, following a period of perceived US dominance, it was decided to expand the geographic area from which their opponents could be drawn to include the whole of the continent of Europe. Although this decision was made on purely golfing grounds, it was quickly seized upon by the godfathers of the European Union in order to engender none-too-subtle propaganda for their internationalist institution and to popularise the otherwise much-hated 12-star EU flag – in spite of the fact that European golfers could be drawn from throughout the European continent, and not just from member countries of the EU! As a result, therefore, many patriotic British golf-fans have been uncertain which side to support at recent competitions.
Ideally of course, following a period of overwhelming European dominance in the Ryder Cup, and the fact that for the past decade or so it has been British golfers such as Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose and Graeme McDowell who have been dominant on the world stage rather than US golfers, the competition should revert to its original British Isles v. USA format. This however would be unfair on the continental European golfers who have had the glory of competing in this event for the past few years – after all they can’t be blamed for the manner in which the EU politicians have tried to hi-jack the competition!
To us the solution seems obvious however. The Ryder Cup should evolve into a structure similar to the Davis Cup in Lawn Tennis, with teams from all nation states around the world being allowed to compete, and with a world group of the 8 top teams competing on knock-out basis and being fed by four regional groupings. The only difference to the Davis Cup would be that the competition would be spread over a 2-year cycle rather than competed annually. We hope that PGAs on both sides of the Atlantic will be prepared to consider this proposal carefully.
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MESSAGE FROM THE ZIMBABWE PENSIONER SUPPORT FUND
We have recently received the following quite worrying report from the Zimbabwe Pensioner Support Fund :-
“We have been supporting pensioners in Zimbabwe for the past 12 years and are hoping you could possibly do a story about us and how this all came about. Helping us to celebrate this small milestone. Over the years the Zimbabwe Pensioner Support Fund has gone from supporting 1 pensioner to currently supporting just over 1600 pensioners with an apple box filled with non-perishable food in 28 old age homes / organizations throughout Zimbabwe. This is only about 45% or so of the pensioners that need help. We also assist similar organizations called ‘S.O.A.P’ (Support Old Age Pensioners)as well as various kitchens. One of the kitchens we support is the Verity Amm Kitchen in Bulawayo, they supply between 80-100 pensioners with 2 meals a day 4 days a week. As far as we are aware we are the largest Non-Government organization supporting pensioners still in Zimbabwe who lost everything when the Zimbabwe dollar ceased to exist.
“As such we would like to inform interested persons of the true situation regarding the pensioners in Zimbabwe. Many people are under the impression that since the so-called dollarization of their currency the situation for the pensioners has improved. Wrong! In fact, Zimbabwean pensioners are now worse off than ever before. Overnight in January 2010 the reserve bank removed another 12 zeroes and people who had billions of Zimbabwe dollars were paupers the next day. No matter whether they had Zimbabwean dollars in the bank or at home they lost everything and were left with useless pieces of paper. They have never been compensated for the loss and never will be. So even though the currency changed to US dollars what they had in Zimbabwean dollars no longer existed. Pensioners are now at the mercy of Good Samaritans that reach out to them. That is where the Zimbabwe Pensioners Support Fund comes in. The fund was established in 2002 to help a few needy people in an old age home.
“The first thing one needs to understand is that almost 75% of the pensioners do not have a pension or income and those that do receive between US$13 and US$40 . They did make adequate provision for their old age and originally retired comfortably. However, as Zimbabwe's inflation went up into the ‘billions’ of percent, the government kept taking off zeroes in an attempt to stabilize the economy. I was recently speaking to a pensioner in Kadoma Ann who was crying and I asked her what the problem was. This is what she had to say. “I get a pension of US$40 a month from Old Mutual. The bank takes US$2, my rent is US$35 so that leaves me with US$3 for food”. This is a fairly common situation that I come across. There is of cause the very small percentage of pensioners that are well supported by their children.
“With two large trucks we shift around 18-22 tons of non-perishable food, good second hand clothes and medical aides such as wheelchairs, crutches, walking aids, spectacles and non-scheduled medicines every 8 weeks to our Golden Oldies. Over the past year funds have trickled down and we are battling to make ends meet in our continued goal to support our pensioners. We firmly believe that had it not been for the tenacious and ‘Bull Terrier’ like spirit of Hannes Botha (the ZPSF Director), this year’s ‘roadblocks and curved balls’ would have ended this project. Yet as he has said many times to us, ‘these people are my life and nothing will stop me from serving them with payback’.
“We are an officially registered Non-Profit Organization and Section 21A in South Africa and are registered with SARS as a Public Benefit Organization in terms of section 18A the Income Tax Act (Which means all donations are issued with a Tax Certificate and can be claimed back). We rely totally on the generosity of the public to keep our wheels turning.
“Please if you have any queries do not hesitate to contact us.”
The ZPSF can be contacted at: www.zpsf.co.za or by e-mailing: pensupzim@vodamail.co.za
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"BLUE WATCH" by Gwyn Fford-Osborne
Rhodesia, in 1975 and a bloody vicious civil war is at its height. A war between the White minority supported by the Black majority and the ZAPU and ZANU terrorist groups, supported by Zambia and Mozambique. Kensington, a small town in the farming belt has been the subject of several terrorist attacks but with only a small police force for defence, the local T.A. unit having been called up for service on the Zambia border the situation appears grim. Until Iffor Meredith turns up on a pilgrimage to meet up with his wife and son of his old army buddy, recently murdered by terrorists. A deadly ambush on the "Dix" family and his escape from a land mine attack makes Iffor determined to offer resistance of some form or other to the terrorists. His application to join the Rhodesian Army has been accepted and he sets about forming a small militia. With all the fit men already on call up, who can he recruit from. Then he's invited to a darts match at the Moth Club and meets up with the remnants of the town's Fire Brigade, the men considered too old for call up. Blue Watch.
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.191 : Mr. DAVID WILLIAMS of Durban.
David Williams was born on the Copper Belt of the then Northern Rhodesia, and hailed from a family of patriotic British Imperialists. He moved to South Africa after the sell-out of NR, and volunteered to serve in the SADF reserve forces, seeing action on the frontline during subversive rioting in Natal. He worked as a systems analyst firstly for the Unilever Group and subsequently for the Durban Corporation. It would be very interesting to learn where he is now.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
There perhaps predictably wasn’t much media coverage of the massive pro-Unionist celebrations in George Square, Glasgow, the day after the “No” campaign won a decisive victory at the Scottish Constitutional Referendum. One video filmed by an apparently neutral overseas news outlet showing the extent of the celebrations by the ecstatic patriotic crowd does appear on YouTube however. Both Unionist and Nationalist supporters are interviewed in this clip, but significantly even one “Yes” supporter openly admits that Scotland will now never become independent! Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdvXA1J8Egc
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
SHORT MEMORY
Sir,
Your article about Michael Hart-Jones [September SCN - Ed.] made fascinating reading. I was a supporter of the Save Rhodesia Campaign in Durban during the late 1970s and remember him quite well. Wasn’t he a close acquaintance of that other useless individual who frequented several right-wing organizations in Durban, Norman Perry (who often went under the pseudonym of Norman Short)?
If I remember correctly Perry served on the Committee of the SRC in Durban, but had to be asked to leave after he failed to attend any Committee meetings or even any of the functions staged by the organization. When he turned up at Brian Hurt’s election campaign a few months later he started to run down the SRC like anything, stating that the only way to save Rhodesia was to “kill Oppenheimer” – a really childish comment to make. Then years later he turned up over an hour early at the big Action White Natal rally in the Durban City Hall in order to get one of the best seats available – in spite of having done NOTHING either to organize or to publicise the rally or the campaign in general. He was a classic and odious “armchair politician”. We needed less of them during those vital days. I wonder where he ended up?
Yours etc.,
“Patriot”, Durban, Natal.
[ From what we’ve heard Norman Perry/Short died in Durban about two years ago. Ed.]
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COMMONSENSE
Sir,
Britain should have given Southern Rhodesia independence in 1953 rather than setting up the idiotic Central African Federation. At the very least she should have been given independence at the same time as Zambia and Malawi - she had, after all, been a self-governing democracy since 1922, even if she did reject the sacred cow of "one man one vote." Her non-racial qualified franchise should have been a role model for the whole of Africa and Asia. In addition, all republics should have been barred from the Commonwealth - those who reject our monarch had no business in our Commonwealth.
Yours etc.,
M. Taylor, London, U.K.
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OBITUARY
LORD BANNSIDE
Lord Bannside, the former Dr. Ian Richard Kyle Paisley, who sadly died last month, has often been described as the greatest Ulsterman since Carson. This comparison is actually incorrect, as Carson was of course born a Leinsterman. It would, however, be more accurate to describe Lord Bannside as the greatest Briton since Churchill.
Born in 1926 in Co.Armagh, the then Ian Paisley was the son of a Baptist pastor who had founded his own breakaway denomination. Ian Paisley inherited his father’s staunch Christian faith and was a lifelong opponent of Romanism. In 1951 he preached his first sermon in a corrugated-iron mission chapel in Co.Down. He proved a powerful and charismatic preacher, and soon gathered together a group of adherents who founded the Free Presbyterian Church, which by 1969 had established the Martyr’s Memorial Church in Belfast’s Ravenhill Road, the largest Protestant place of worship in Europe.
Ian Paisley’s strong Christian beliefs, coupled with the mounting threat of SF/IRA insurrection in Ulster, and the apparent appeasement of both the Ulster Unionist Party under Capt. Terence O’Neill and the British Government of the day, made him realize that he was called to enter the political arena. He stood against O’Neill in the Bannside Constituency during the 1969 Stormont elections, greatly reducing O’Neill’s majority. The following year – no doubt realizing the way that the wind was blowing – O’Neill resigned as Stormont PM, and in the subsequent by-election Paisley was victorious. By now obtaining political support from a wide range of Protestant denominations, Paisley then went on to win the North Antrim seat for the Westminster Parliament at the 1970 General Election (a seat which he held until he voluntarily relinquished it 2010). With the Democratic Unionist Party which he was a driving force in establishing now becoming an increasingly dominant political force in Ulster, Paisley was elected an MEP to the European Parliament in 1979, holding the seat until he voluntarily stood down in 2004 – topping the Ulster poll in each election!
A man of considerable physical energy and tremendous personal bravery, he was able to serve in three parliaments/assemblies simultaneously for 25 years. He was forthright in his opposition to Edward Heath’s inexcusable abolition of the Stormont Parliament and his sell-out Sunningdale Agreement, Margaret Thatcher’s appeasement through the Anglo-Irish Accord and the treacherous so-called Good Friday Agreement. He also courageously supported the Ulster Worker’s Council Strike of 1977 (which brought down the Sunningdale Agreement) and the Drumcree protests, and also expressed solidarity with the establishment of the Ulster Resistance movement (the “Ulster Third Force”) in 1981. On the religious front he was equally defiant, bravely handing out Protestant pamphlets in St.Peter’s Square itself and denouncing the Pope as the anti-Christ when he addressed the European Parliament. As a result of all these courageous actions he was subject to many assassination attempts, but survived each time – perhaps through divine intervention.
Towards the end of his political career he caused great controversy within Ulster’s Loyalist community when, as leader of the largest party in the Stormont Assembly of the time, he was prepared to enter into a power-sharing arrangement. The factor which many fail to realise, however, is that during the St.Andrews’ negotiations engineered by the Labour Government of Tony Blair (himself subsequently a Romanist convert) the DUP were presented with a stark choice: either accept a form of power-sharing or else there would be a total sell-out to a united Ireland. The choice was therefore a “no brainer”. In addition to this, however, Paisley and other high-ranking officials within the DUP detected a split within SF/IRA ranks, with the McGuinness faction seemingly being more interested in the trappings of power, as opposed to the nationalist “purity” of the Adams faction, a split which he was astutely able to exploit. In this final act of his political career Ian Paisley – by now Lord Bannside – showed great daring and acumen therefore, which as Northern Ireland’s place within the United Kingdom still seems as secure as ever would certainly appear to be well-placed.
Ian Paisley therefore proved to be probably the greatest British patriot of his age. The sell-out of the six Loyal counties of Ulster to the Republic of Ireland, which seemed to be an almost foregone conclusion in 1969, never came about – and indeed now seems to be further away than ever. For this the Ulster people have one man to thank for his defiance and non-stop energy more than anyone – Dr. Ian Richard Kyle Paisley. It is not only in Ulster itself where Paisley’s British patriotism has born fruit however, for undoubtedly his patriotic activism and fervour also spread to supporters in Scotland, with the happy result of the Scottish Constitutional Referendum (which happened sadly just a few days after his death) being in no small measure due to the spirit of British Unionism which he engendered. Indeed admiration for his religious and patriotic principles extended elsewhere across the globe, as the moving tribute paid to him by Dr. Peter Hammond of the Cape Town-based Frontline Fellowship confirms.
Lord Bannside was an inspiration to us all. Our sincerest condolences are extended to his widow Eileen and to his children Kyle, Ian (who succeeded his father as DUP MP for North Antrim), Sharon, Rhonda and Cherith. In them we are confident that his Christian decency, determination and patriotism will live on.
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