Last March, I published a piece on wartime integration between Great Britain and France, on the basis of an article found in a copy of Reynolds News dated 5 May 1940.

The article referred to proposals for full-blown integration which pre-dated the last-ditch attempt by Churchill (with the aid of Jean Monnet) in June 1940, aimed at forestalling the collapse of France. However, the whole of my story was based on secondary accounts, without any primary sources.

Browsing though the National Archives, though – as one does – I have come across bundles of documents, comprising over 1,000 pages, which provide a comprehensive record of Anglo-French relations between 1939 and 1940. One of the most interesting though is this one - CAB/85/18 - relating to the "Interdepartmental Committee on Post-War Anglo-French Collaboration".

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Edited by user 28 December 2012 10:03:17(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Cripes, something interesting this way comes.

Or in short, the EU lacks a demos and can't construct one quickly and thoroughly enough for the lack to overtake it.

The European Union already seems to attract the 'dedication' of its 'people'. Its people are those in the Commission.

There are a lot of other humans in the European geographic area. But I am not sure that these count as 'people' to the Commission. They certainly do not seem to count as 'voting people'. A better description of them might be 'dummies', or 'slaves'.

You will recall that a state run by one 'voting' elite yet populated by many other non-voting humans has been quite a common one throughout history. Women, for instance, did not participate in government in many countries until quite recently. They just did what they were told to do, and put up with it - much as we are doing at the moment. And of course classical times have many examples of states running with free citizens and a separate slave class.

I fear that the Commission might be taking the model of Sparta rather than the theories of Locke and Rousseau as their starting point...

You prove once again Richard why reading your work is worth a hundred days at least of Daily Telegraphs. We all know what you have written to be true. Even Nigel Farage for all his faults knows this to be true.

If a state has to have the loyalty of the people who dwell within, surely it belongs to the people? It is their state and the ultimate authority (government) is theirs also. So to change the boundaries or amalgamate governance with other People's is one of the highest political crimes any government can perpetrate and unless given 100% legitimacy from the People, is an act of utter tyranny and declaration of the government acting illegitimately (ultra vires). Treason is the highest crime against the state (the People). Treason has been committed.

Edited by user 28 December 2012 10:22:58(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Fancy that!

But maintaining precisely that same line of thought, and sharpening it up a little into a real acid test, try this:

"The idea that a demos diluted by unwanted, indeed hated, and hideously incongruous alien turd-world immigrunt scum can replace the millennia-settled demos of this sovereign nation state is indeed a "master fallacy of political thought" and those who believe it has a stable future are deluded. This monster must fail – because of its very nature. The sovereign demos is the only political entity which can provide stability."

This gives far more than sufficient reason to make 'racism' wholly respectable. Indeed it makes it an existential necessity, and those against it, enemies of the sovereign nation.

Now, is there anyone here who cares to argue otherwise? If so, I'd like to hear from him.

But please note that gainsaying on its own is no argument.

By the way, if you feel outraged by that view, can you explain where your outrage stands in relation to the outrage of those who agree with it?



Ha. I thought so.

Exactly. And note that immigration of any kind is a change to the People. To allow—let alone encourage—unwanted immigration is therefore also "one of the highest political crimes any government can perpetrate and unless given 100% legitimacy from the People, is an act of utter tyranny and declaration of the government acting illegitimately (ultra vires)."

Of course, seeing as it always was deeply unwanted immigration, and always was well known to be deeply unwanted, the crime is of the very highest. No mercy should be shown to the perpetraitors and those who support them.

Yeah, but Locke was a real top-notch professional obsessive. With me it's just a pastime.