Monday, 5 November 2012

How deep are the links between the English Democrats and Tories?

It seems that Kent County Councillor, Richard Long, is living a political double life.

The Conservative Councillor for Kent Malling Rural East and solicitor lists a number of directorships in his register of interests but they aren't the interesting ones.  The interesting ones are the undeclared Company Secretary positions (which presumably means they aren't paid posts) which include:
  • English Voice Magazine Limited (the English Democrats' magazine)
  • Confederation of English Business Limited (apparently unsuccessful alternative to the CBI)
  • English Lobby (touts for discrimination cases for Tilbrook to litigate)
  • East of England Regional Executive Limited (possible "spoiler" company)
  • English Constitutional Convention (defunct joint venture between the CEP and EDP)
What makes these companies interesting?  They're all front companies for the English Democrats - a rival (albeit impotent and largely irrelevant) political party to his own Conservative Party.  Talking of the English Democrats, he holds one more English Democrats-related post:
  • The English Democrats
Now, it's not unusual for a solicitor to be a company secretary but usually it's because a small company wants the professional veneer of a proper office and a respectable professional on what passes for a board.  The English Democrats already have a solicitor as a director - their chairman, Robin Tilbrook - and Cllr Long's office is his house.  So how does a Conservative Councillor not only end up as company secretary of a rival political party and five of its front organisations but also having their registered offices at his house?  And if the posts aren't declared in the members' interests they're presumably unpaid which makes it all the more strange.  If it's not a professional arrangement then it must be a personal one.  Just what links does Cllr Long have with the party that spawned the Steve Uncles libel factory?  Or is it the other way round?  How deep are the ties between the English Democrats and the anti-English Conservative Party?

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Who cares, the more right wingers the merrier. A lot of people high up hide their allegiances even deeper, think you're smart, grow up!

If this country had politicians that were even half honest about issues like immigration then they'd all fall foul of some of the stupid PC laws we have, what of the Monday Club!
The days of open and transparent elected members of councils and parliament are long gone. The party line is far more important for such people being able to climb the greasy pole within their parties. There are no annual reports from such people as to what they even vote for during one year, let alone the period between elections, and their expenses are well and truly hidden from the electorate. Nadine Dorries is a good example of why her constituents should be allowed to SACK her now and not wait for the next election. Honesty in politics - not in my lifetime.
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David Wickham · 564 weeks ago

I agree that all individuals elected or hoping to be elected to public office should declare all interests and all income streams, Maybe you guys will set the lead and have your UKIP MEP's publish FULL details of their expense claims but then again I very much doubt it as truthfully ukip are just as bad as others and until there is a clear law governing this rubbish then basic human nature & greed will prevail whilst the English electorate suffer.

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