October 2020 edition
On 5th October, after returning to the White House fit and fully recovered following barely two days in hospital, and only four days after being tested positive for Covid-19 (Wuhan Flu), President Donald J. Trump told the world “Don’t be afraid of Covid”. In a subsequent tweet he stated: “Many people every year, sometimes over 100,000, and despite the vaccine, die from the Flu. Are we going to close down our country? No, we have learned to live with it just like we are learning to live with Covid, in most populations far less lethal!”. Surely there have been no more sensible comments made by a world leader since all the Covid-19 hysteria began. Rarely has a more statesmanlike statement been uttered.
After making these enlightened comments President Trump stood on the White House balcony and nonchalantly removed his facemask, folded it, and placed it in his pocket. This poignant image has already achieved iconic status, and is destined to become an enduring vision of these current sorry times in years to come, inspiring all those who actively oppose the present draconian restrictions of our right and liberties. Our one criticism of President Trump in this regard is that we believe he should have taken the stupid object onto the White House lawn and ceremoniously burnt it – encouraging all about him to do likewise!
But it is not only for not over-reacting to all the Wuhan Flu paranoia that President Trump must be praised. A rarity among politicians, he has lived up to his campaign pledges, and has certainly started to make America great again. He has ensured the building of an effective wall across the Mexican border, he has presided over an upturn in the US economy, thus creating more jobs, and perhaps most importantly of all he took decisive action against the “enemy within” by deploying the National Guard to confront the Marxist insurrectionists who have organised co-ordinated riots and lootings across the country. To be sure, President Trump’s record has not been perfect, particularly as we have commentated about previously by not deploying US forces sufficiently in Syria in order to end that country’s civil war and thereby to stop the swarm of unwanted refugees entering Europe. He also dismissed a number of the most able members of his administration for seemingly no reason, most regrettably John Bolton, and furthermore made some most unacceptable comments about the late, great Senator John McCain of Arizona, which has made him many unnecessary enemies – but overall President Trumps record has been exemplary, and he will undoubtedly go down as one of the greatest Presidents in American history.
Compare this to the alternative. Joe Biden is of Irish Republican Roman Catholic ancestry, and as a result seems to be sympathetic towards the SF/IRA terrorists. Not surprisingly he thereby tends to be fanatically anti-British, which is confirmed by his recent assertion that he would not accept any trade agreement with the post-Brexit UK. Far-Left though he is in his policies, he doesn’t seem to be Left-wing enough for his Veep running-mate, Kamala Harris, who has attacked him in the past for his alleged associations with conservative congressmen. Somehow the United States managed to survive both the Clinton and the Obama years, but the prospect of a Biden/Kamala Harris administration – who both obscenely showed sympathy with domestic subversives by publically “taking the knee” - is truly frightening! American voters must therefore remember that they are not only electing a President of their country, but also the leader of the Free World – and that only a continuing Trump Presidency is acceptable to patriots and freedom-lovers throughout the Western world!
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SPRINGBOK CLUB NEWS
The Springbok Club managed to fulfill its promise to the late and great Peter Sladden last month by maintaining the “Raising of the Flag” tradition. Unfortunately, because of all the draconian “lockdown” restrictions in force across the country, this event could only be enacted symbolically this year, and was actually more of a “flag unfurling” than a “flag raising”, but even so the important thing was that Peter Sladden’s great tradition continued. This year’s ceremony was held at Hythe on the south Kent coast – an area which was known as “Hellfire Corner” during the Battle of Britain, which as Peter Sladden served in the RAF during WW2 seemed particularly appropriate, and indeed a couple of participants at this year’s event passed by the Battle of Britain Memorial at Capel-le-Ferne near Folkestone en route to Hythe!
As soon as all the “lockdown” lunacy is over the Springbok Club will of course be resuming its regular monthly activities, and full details of these with be given in future editions of the SCN.
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PATRIOTIC FORUM NEWS
A leading supporter of the Patriotic Forum has recently forwarded us an excellent broadsheet entitled “You are being Lied to – Media are the Virus” which has been published by an organisation called the Patriotic Alternative. The Patriotic Forum has now made contact with this most interesting organisation and has invited them to provide a speaker for a future Patriotic Forum meeting once all the current “lockdown” nonsense is over – as indeed has the Patriotic Forum likewise approached several other Covid-sceptic and anti-lockdown organisations.
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THE IMPERIAL PATRIOT
Thanks to the generousity of a few dedicated supporters the distribution of the latest edition (No.3/No.40) of The Imperial Patriot has now almost been completed. – and indeed the global reaction to this edition has been highly praising! In view of all the fundamental developments in the world since this issue was published it is therefore particularly important that the next edition (No.4/No.41) is published as soon as possible, and indeed the production of this issue has already started. We trust therefore that all supporters who are in a position to give will be able ro forward us financial contributions as soon as possible, our bank account details for direct bank transfers being as follows :-
Bank name: NatWest Bank Ltd., Herne Bay Branch Sort-code: 60 – 10 – 37 Account Name: Patriotic Press Account No.: 54015138 IBAN : GB35NWBK60103754015138 IBAN BIC : NWBKGB2L
When you do make any payment please also e-mail informing us of this, so that we can correlate everything which we receive.
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REPORT FROM FAUNA AND FLORA INTERNATIONAL
We have recently received the following highly worrying report from Fauna and Flora International, which reads as follows :-
“The Tigers that nobody saved.
“Time heals most wounds. But it won’t heal this.
“100 years ago, you'd find Javan and Balinese tigers prowling the jungles of Indonesia. Over thousands of years and hundreds of generations, mother after mother taught cub after cub, until they each grew and changed to perfectly fit the islands they were born on.
“They became utterly unique - each a sub-species in its own right.
“But today, all of that is just gone.
“Humans slaughtered them. Entirely. One by one they were tracked, found, killed and skinned, all to inflate the prestige of a big-game hunter or fill the coffers of a wildlife trader. They are both now extinct - but we haven’t learned a thing.
“Because on the very next island along, with the very next sub-species of tiger, exactly the same thing is happening again.
“There are fewer than 400 Sumatran tigers left, and that number’s going down. Despite an unrelenting effort from conservation teams, there are still not enough areas protected to stop poachers seeping through and setting their deadly snares.
“The tigers themselves have no idea. They’ve not witnessed every single Javan and Balinese tiger dying. They’ve no clue about the hundreds of their kin who’ve had their legs needlessly shredded by snares before their skull was blasted by a bullet. They can't avert the slaughter they don't see coming.
“We’re their only hope.
“If we want a world with wild tigers - true tigers, free from metal cages, then we must make a stand here. We must not lose them from Sumatra. We must not share the shame of previous generations.
“Through your donations, we’re putting rangers in place. We’re training and equipping them to remove the snares and keep the poachers away. Your support is giving Sumatran tigers their only chance to be safe in the wild once more.”
To contact Fauna and Flora International, or to make a donation to their cause, visit their web-page about Sumatran Tigers at :-
https://www.fauna-flora.org/species/sumatran-tiger?utm_medium=email&utm_source=e-news&utm_campaign=20200416-tiger&utm_content=article
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COUNTY CRICKET UNDER ATTACK BY FOREIGNERS
Over recent weeks former Asian players from both Yorkshire CCC and Glamorgan CCC have made allegations that their previous county cricket clubs were “institutionally racist” (whatever that curious phrase means). These claims were both made by former players who clearly have “chips on their shoulders” because their contracts had not been renewed by the clubs in question, almost certainly because their playing abilities had not proved up to standard. Their allegations were further shown to be unfounded by the fact that other Asian players on the Yorkshire staff asserted that they were total nonsense.
With the advent of the franchise T20 competition in England and Wales – in which players from around the world are open for selection – we believe that the traditional county structure of cricket in England and Wales should be open for British players and players of British ethnic origin only. If Asian players wish to play first-class cricket – and indeed other sports at the highest level - then they should play in their own Asian countries.
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ENCOURAGING LOCAL OPPOSITION TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
Whilst en route to the “Raising of the Flag” event in Hythe a couple of Springbok Club members happened to meet a person on the bus who was proudly wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with the slogan “British Lives Matter”. During resulting encouraging conversation it turned out that the person wearing this t-shirt was a member of a group in Folkestone who were actively monitoring and opposing the housing of illegal immigrants in the town – and were placing videos of what they found on YouTube. These videos can be accessed simply by “googling” the phrase “Frontier House Folkestone” on YouTube, and we therefore encourage all readers to try to view some of these and to add comments of support to this group where appropriate.
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BILTONG AND BOEREWORS
Springers Biltong offers a marvellous range of biltong, boerewors and drywors – all of the very highest quality, reasonably priced, and fully registered and licensed with their local authority Their web-site can be accessed at :-
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CREST PUBLISHING BOOKS
The latest book published by Crest Publishing is entitled: “BOWLS - QUIRKS, CHIRPS AND ANECDOTES". This is not an instruction manual but rather a cheerful, humourous and sometimes controversial chronicle about the game and its history worldwide. Written to celebrate 40 years in the sport by the author, Glenn MacAskill, it should be of interest to all bowlers and other sports enthusiasts.
For more information about all books published, or to make an order, please contact Crest Publishing at: P.O.Box, 4178, Honeydew, Johannesburg, 2040, South Africa, e-mail: glennallanmacaskill@gmail.com, or visit the Crest Publishing web-site at: www.crestpublishing.co.za. Special discounts are available to ex-servicemen, Rhodies and Springboks!
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
No.263 – Mr. TONY MORKEL of Wellington, Somerset
Ex-Rhodesian Tony Morkel established his own book publishing business, Sable Publishing House, at Wellington in Somerset shortly after re-locating to the UK in 2000, and made friendly contact with our movement shortly after that – indeed he spoke at a Springbok Club meeting in November 2013 where he gave an extremely enlightening speech. Alas circular e-mails sent to him started to be returned to us a few months ago, and letters sent to both his business and personal addresses enquiring about any new e-mail address were both subsequently returned as he was evidently no longer known at either of these addresses. If anyone could let us know how he could now be contacted we would therefore be most grateful.
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RECOMMENDED WEB-SITE OF THE MONTH
In spite of its somwhat off-putting name, the “Off Guardian” web-site provides extensive facts and information debunking many of the fear-mongering Covid-1984 claims and the dubious reasons for imposing the draconian “lockdown” restrictions. It can be accessed at :-
https://off-guardian.org/
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
COWIE CORNER
Sir,
Very interesting to see reference to Imperial Road in Gillingham in last month’s SCN. Imperial Road was once home to three generations of the Cowie family. Really marvellous people; pillars of the local community and real credits to the British race.
I went to school with the son, Andy Cowie. He was splendidly talented, and produced a schoolboy newspaper called The Daily Sexpress – quite some achievement in the days before DTPs and the Internet! This got him into trouble with the school authorities because of its cheeky nature – but it was bloody funny!
Andy had three sisters, though one I believe was adopted. The eldest sister, Margaret, was the spitting image of Natalie Wood – a real stunner – who gained the seemingly inevitable nickname of Maggie “Let Me Entertain You” Cowie. I wonder what has happened to them all?
Yours etc.,
“Old Anchorian”, Gillingham, Kent, U.K.
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BAIE DANKIE
Sir,
I hope that you are well and still going strong. Thank you for the good work you are doing.
Vriendelike groete en mooi loop,
Yours etc.,
Pieter Möller, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa.
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RHODESIAN SPIRIT
Sir,
I would like to say that I have appreciated the obituary and for your effort contacting people that my Uncle James knew.
To mention a little more about my Uncle, as his niece growing up: I found that he made the effort to talk to us when we had the chance to see him. I remember the special occasions that we were together, this including Uncle James and Aunty Anne and family. Us kids loved fudge and of course you know the Scottish are fantastic at making fudge. I, and my sisters, Elaine, Natalie and Lisel, encouraged my Dad, George, and my Uncle James to have a competition as to who would make the better fudge. It was great fun, especially licking out the fudge pot, and feeling it crumble in our mouths.
The two Dads, were great fun, challenging each other and we had loads of laughs. Of course I felt my Dad's fudge was the best, and Uncle James's kids felt their Dad's fudge was the best. To be honest they were both excellent. It was the comments and the baiter between the two brothers that was great fun to.
The quality of personality that I loved about my Uncle James was that he showed interest in us and made the effort to talk to us. You see we hardly ever saw my Dad and Uncle James and family because my Mum and Dad divorced when we was very young. However when we did see my Uncle James he showed interest and had a particularly lovely caring relationship with my sister Elaine. He adored my sister and my sister felt that he was very much a second Dad to her. He was a good, kind and generous man, who took great care of his family and was generous to others as well. He's one of those Uncles that you just don't come across these days. He cared and kept in touch with people that meant a great deal to him. He is sorely missed by many.
Yours etc.,
Jean Sives, Poole, Dorset, U.K.
[ For the obituary to James Sives see August 2020 SCN.]
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VICTORIAN DISASTER
Sir,
Nn doubt you have heard about our State of Victoria, Premiered by a Marxist, Daniel Andrews. The man is quite mad; indeed, I believe he has mental problems. He has become a dictator and has locked down the whole state, which produces 25 per cent of the nation's economy. He is now planning to extend the lock down for another 12-18 months. He's enjoying the power. Parliament is not meeting as he has the power, under the circumstances, to prevent it from doing so. There are legal moves to have him removed and even to have him arrested for causing the deaths of so many in aged care because of his laxness, but he blames the people of Victoria rather than he and his useless, corrupt government. This is a real problem. It is unbelievable that this is happening in Australia. Quite frankly our State Premiers have all been proved to be wanting and our Prime Minister weak.
Andrews is hated, but his Marxist supporters and those on the Left love him, regardless of the fact he is a repulsive figure.
Yours etc.,
Reg A.Watson, Lindisfarne, Tasmania, Australia..
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HONOURING A FORGOTTEN IMPERIAL HERO
Although the main purpose of the Springbok Club’s visit to Chatham in August was to pay respects at the the Royal Naval War Memorial, particularly to the memory of Sub.Lieut. Charles van der Byl (see September 2020 SCN), the organisation did however inadvertently discover much about another important historical figure during this trip. This was Thomas Waghorn, the 19th century naval hero, Imperial pioneer and entrepreneur.
A statue to Thomas Wagthorn was erected near to the Chatham Railway Station in 1888, but until recently very few people in the locality knew the name of the person who this statue commemorates, let alone his achievements. The most notable of these achievements was his mapping and establishment of an overland route between Cairo and Suez which, prior to the construction of the Suez Canal, cut the journey time between the UK and India considerably. Alas in more recent years this statue has been best known in the area for being inevitably topped by a traffic cone at New Year and during other festivities!
Thomas Waghorn had been born at a residence in Chatham High Street in 1800, and at the age of only 12, being precociously intelligent, joined the Royal Navy at Chatham Dockyard as a junior midshipman. His early RN career saw his sailing to the Indian Station, but cut-backs in naval expenditure following the end of the Napoleonic Wars meant that his RN career was stymied, and as a result he resigned his commission and joined the Bengal Pilot Service of the East India Company at Calcutta
He soon found himself enlisted for service in the First Burmese War of 1824 where he fought with great distinction, mounting a 12-pounder gun on a rocky island in the Arakan River, which was subsequently named Waghorn’s Rock in his honour. But his interests were soon focused elsewhere, specifically on the advent of steam ships and his accurate prediction that they would soon take the place of sailing ships, and the possibilities which this development would present.
He knew well the long length of time that the sea journey to India via the Cape of Good Hope took, and when once ordered to return to India at haste via Egypt he pre-empted the idea of constructing a Suez Canal by having the foresight to propose the establishing of an overland route between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. With no initial support coming from the East India Company for this visionary plan he resigned from the company’s service, and with the support of the Pasha of Egypt he put his ideas into practice. The original plan was to construct the overland route between Alexandria and Suez, but the coming of the steam ships meant that navigation down the Nile Delta became far easier, and so an even shorter overland route was then mapped and established between Cairo and Suez. Although his claim that this route would cut the journey time between the UK and India in half was an exaggeration, it did even so reduce the journey time considerably. This overland route, which entailed camel and pack-horse trains travelling between one ship at Cairo to another on the Gulf of Suez, was of course not suitable for heavy cargo, or for any but the most intrepid traveller, but it came into its own when it came to postage, particularly for important papers sent between officials in London and India!
Waghorn’s visionary plan was therefore quickly a great success – so much so that after only a few years in operation the operation was bought-out by a combination of the P.& O. steamship company and the Pasha of Egypt. By now quite a wealthy man Waghorn did not sit back on his laurels, but expanded his business, by then based in Cornhill in the City of London, to establish speedy postal services across Europe – an enterprise assisted considerably by the advent of continental railway systems.
Alas Thomas Waghorn died prematurely aged only 49 in January 1850, and is buried at All Saint’s Church in Snodland (his ancestral home). He was remembered fondly and well throughout the rest of the 19th century however, and not only was the surviving statue to him in Chatham erected, but Ferdinand de Lessops, being so impressed by his earlier achievements, had a statue of him erected at Suez when the Suez Canal was constructed. Alas, in an earlier version of the current Marxist co-ordinated vandalism of statues to our great Western historical heroes, the Egyptian tyrant and thief Nasser had this statue destroyed when he illegally seized the Suez Canal in 1956.
Although the arival of the Suez Canal meant that Thomas Waghorn and his achievements were largely ignored throughout the 20th century, as the Springbok Club discovered during its visit to Chatham in August, interest in him has recently been revived in the locality – mainly thanks to the Wetherspoon’s pub chain, who have named their Chatham outlet “The Thomas Waghorn” in his honour (with Waghorn’s statue helpfully seeming to point in the direction of the pub!) – and furthermore Wetherspoons must be greatly congratulated upon naming to many of the pubs in their chain after local historical heroes! The Springbok Club will of course continue to honour and remind people about Imperial heroes of our past such as Thomas Waghorn – and hopefully one day we will be able to witness his statue once again rising again at Suez!
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