Defining who was and wasn't English became complicated. By the end of the decade, right-wing nationalists had drawn up a list that demanded the deportation of everyone apart from 9 people, all of who claimed to be the only true English. They even insisted on the deportation of all foreign foods (which they later amended, granting visas to pizza, kebab and curry sauce).
Their spokesperson, Colin Head, said at a 1976 rally:
"We reject foreign influences in England. That is our weltanschauung. Multiculturalism is our bête noire and we strongly believe that English culture is destined to become kaput if the current zeitgeist continues to be de rigueur. But it doesn't have to be a fait accompli and that's why we will continue to be the enfant terrible of modern politics. It's time to act: Carpe diem!"
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ReplyDeleteWait, I thought you only did satire?
ReplyDeleteAnd yet, the Timothys...
ReplyDelete*shudder*
Scarfolk Council gives me hope that there is no way out.
ReplyDeleteYou just made me hyperventilate, I laughed so hard! I am so glad I wasn't drinking anything, for it surely would have spurted out of my nose. Thanks :)
ReplyDeleteSurely the early days of U.K.I.P......I was unaware they started in the NorthWest.
ReplyDeleteI think it is high time this was reprinted.....would it be available in Greek?
ReplyDeleteBravo, Colin Head. Encore!
ReplyDeleteThere is far too much f***ing foreign bloody words in our wonderful langage, if you excuse my French.
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