Forwarded from Laura Towler
Reform
4 million votes
4 seats
Liberal Democrats
3.4 million votes
71 seats
Reform came second in 98 seats.
If you ever needed an argument that our system needs overhauling, this is it. Millions of our people have no representation. I’ve always argued that the system is set up in order to leave us ineffective and that simply playing the establishment’s election game while expecting to make major change isn’t going to work. Nationalists have to think in more revolutionary ways. The stuffy, old, boring methods are finished.
Anyway, bye bye Tories 👋🏻
Hello Labour …now is the time for real nationalism to rise
4 million votes
4 seats
Liberal Democrats
3.4 million votes
71 seats
Reform came second in 98 seats.
If you ever needed an argument that our system needs overhauling, this is it. Millions of our people have no representation. I’ve always argued that the system is set up in order to leave us ineffective and that simply playing the establishment’s election game while expecting to make major change isn’t going to work. Nationalists have to think in more revolutionary ways. The stuffy, old, boring methods are finished.
Anyway, bye bye Tories 👋🏻
Hello Labour …now is the time for real nationalism to rise
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Forwarded from Mark Collett
What can we take away from yesterday’s elections?
- Labour win, but don’t have the number of seats many thought (including myself)
- Conservatives win more than people thought and survive as the opposition
- Reform do very well in terms of share of the vote but that isn’t reflected in the number of seats they gain
- Farage himself finally gets elected – this is a major breakthrough
- Galloway loses his seat
- The SNP were crushed in Scotland
- The Lib Dems made major gains
The take away from all this is sadly the Conservatives have survived as the opposition and remain a major parliamentary party. The flaws in the voting system have also been exposed, as Reform (at time of writing) have taken more votes (14% national share) than the Lib Dems (12% national share), yet the Lib Dems have 64 seats, as opposed to Reform’s four.
Conclusion: Britain’s parliamentary democracy and first past the post system of voting are completely broken producing minority governments and denying millions of people any representation. But I believe that is by design.
- Labour win, but don’t have the number of seats many thought (including myself)
- Conservatives win more than people thought and survive as the opposition
- Reform do very well in terms of share of the vote but that isn’t reflected in the number of seats they gain
- Farage himself finally gets elected – this is a major breakthrough
- Galloway loses his seat
- The SNP were crushed in Scotland
- The Lib Dems made major gains
The take away from all this is sadly the Conservatives have survived as the opposition and remain a major parliamentary party. The flaws in the voting system have also been exposed, as Reform (at time of writing) have taken more votes (14% national share) than the Lib Dems (12% national share), yet the Lib Dems have 64 seats, as opposed to Reform’s four.
Conclusion: Britain’s parliamentary democracy and first past the post system of voting are completely broken producing minority governments and denying millions of people any representation. But I believe that is by design.
Forwarded from Mark Collett
The two biggest observations from this election are as follows:
1. Labour has a huge majority - one of the largest post war parliamentary majorities on record, yet only 33.8 per cent of people voted for them.
2. Reform took 14.3 per cent of the vote, taking four seats, the Liberal Democrats took 12.2 per cent of the vote and took 71 seats.
The conclusion is obvious: first past the post voting and the current 'parliamentary democracy' we have here in the UK is totally broken and produces results that are not representative of views of the population.
I explained this all in great detail (and how it occurs with real world examples) in a long form stream about a month ago. It's linked below.
Taking all of this into account, it's clear to anyone that electoral success at parliamentary level for nationalists is unlikely to the say the least. Nationalists must find ways to come together and advocate for our collective rights without relying on a broken electoral system for change.
Is the Electoral Route a Dead End?
https://odysee.com/@MarkCollett:6/Is-the-Electoral-Route-a-Dead-End:5
1. Labour has a huge majority - one of the largest post war parliamentary majorities on record, yet only 33.8 per cent of people voted for them.
2. Reform took 14.3 per cent of the vote, taking four seats, the Liberal Democrats took 12.2 per cent of the vote and took 71 seats.
The conclusion is obvious: first past the post voting and the current 'parliamentary democracy' we have here in the UK is totally broken and produces results that are not representative of views of the population.
I explained this all in great detail (and how it occurs with real world examples) in a long form stream about a month ago. It's linked below.
Taking all of this into account, it's clear to anyone that electoral success at parliamentary level for nationalists is unlikely to the say the least. Nationalists must find ways to come together and advocate for our collective rights without relying on a broken electoral system for change.
Is the Electoral Route a Dead End?
https://odysee.com/@MarkCollett:6/Is-the-Electoral-Route-a-Dead-End:5
Odysee
Is the Electoral Route a Dead End?
An in-depth explanation of why UK electoral politics is so difficult for nationalists to conquer. From the system of voting to the media’s power – what is holding back change in the UK and how did suc...
Forwarded from Tollahgram
Turnout in this election is estimated to be around 60 percent - the second lowest in 140 years. The only election with lower turnout since 1885 was in 2001, and only just (59%).
Despite this being the Conservatives' worst ever electoral performance, Labour - the winning party - gained barely one third (33.9%) of that 60 percent turnout.
Again: It's the worst election in the Tories history, and yet despite that, and despite winning by a landslide, the other big party only got a third of the votes.
That tells you how little enthusiasm there is for what either of the two biggest parties are offering - or at least, what the electorate believe they would deliver once in power. And of course, millions upon millions of the votes for both of those parties were cast not because the voters in question have any faith or affinity whatsoever with the party they're very reluctantly voting for, but because they think the other party would be even worse.
Meanwhile, the Lib Dems win 71 seats and counting with 12.3 percent of the vote, while Reform win 14.3 percent of the vote and are rewarded with just four seats. Or to put it another way, a party gaining 33.9 percent of the vote wins by landslide with 410 seats and counting, while a party that isn't far off half of that vote share gets only four seats. That shows how ridiculous and unrepresentative the British electoral system is.
The whole thing is totally illegitimate.
Despite this being the Conservatives' worst ever electoral performance, Labour - the winning party - gained barely one third (33.9%) of that 60 percent turnout.
Again: It's the worst election in the Tories history, and yet despite that, and despite winning by a landslide, the other big party only got a third of the votes.
That tells you how little enthusiasm there is for what either of the two biggest parties are offering - or at least, what the electorate believe they would deliver once in power. And of course, millions upon millions of the votes for both of those parties were cast not because the voters in question have any faith or affinity whatsoever with the party they're very reluctantly voting for, but because they think the other party would be even worse.
Meanwhile, the Lib Dems win 71 seats and counting with 12.3 percent of the vote, while Reform win 14.3 percent of the vote and are rewarded with just four seats. Or to put it another way, a party gaining 33.9 percent of the vote wins by landslide with 410 seats and counting, while a party that isn't far off half of that vote share gets only four seats. That shows how ridiculous and unrepresentative the British electoral system is.
The whole thing is totally illegitimate.
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New from Angelo Plume/Pox Populi:
Friends and followers, I'm excited to present to you The New Nationalism Podcast. It has been months in the making, and I think it will be unlike anything you've heard from the Nationalist Right. This is not your ordinary podcast. This is more like an episodic series of conversations and stories, each one focused on a theme, presented as an intellectual journey. It's a back-to-basics, Nationalism 101 course that has been made with the ''normie'' in mind. What would it be like if there were a single destination where a newborn nationalist could find answers to all his doubts and questions? More importantly, this project presents a truly nationalist vision for the future, from the minds of some of our movement's most esteemed and passionate voices.
https://newnationalism.substack.com/p/the-new-nationalism-podcast
Friends and followers, I'm excited to present to you The New Nationalism Podcast. It has been months in the making, and I think it will be unlike anything you've heard from the Nationalist Right. This is not your ordinary podcast. This is more like an episodic series of conversations and stories, each one focused on a theme, presented as an intellectual journey. It's a back-to-basics, Nationalism 101 course that has been made with the ''normie'' in mind. What would it be like if there were a single destination where a newborn nationalist could find answers to all his doubts and questions? More importantly, this project presents a truly nationalist vision for the future, from the minds of some of our movement's most esteemed and passionate voices.
https://newnationalism.substack.com/p/the-new-nationalism-podcast
Substack
The New Nationalism Podcast: Episode 1
Is Diversity Our Strength?
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Paroled from the Paywall: Mark Gullick on Alan Clarke, a British filmmaker who made a slew of works dealing with taboo social themes during the 1970s and '80s. https://counter-currents.com/2024/06/the-man-who-wasnt-there-the-films-of-alan-clarke/
Counter-Currents
The Man Who Wasn’t There: The Films of Alan Clarke
2,494 words Underground filmmakers are often cited as an influence by subsequent directors while going unrecognized in the mainstream of their time. But during the peak years of his truncated career, and although never exactly a household name, British director…
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Today is the 99th birthday of Jean Raspail, author of the prophetic anti-immigration novel from 1973, The Camp of the Saints. But Raspail achieved many more things than just the writing of this one novel, as important as it is. Find out more about his life and work at Counter-Currents. https://counter-currents.com/2024/07/remembering-jean-raspail-1/
Counter-Currents
Remembering Jean Raspail: July 5, 1925–June 13, 2020
606 words The French writer and explorer Jean Raspail was born on July 5, 1925 and passed away in 2020, less than a month shy of what would have been his 95th birthday. He is best-known to the world for his prophetic anti-immigration novel from 1973, The…
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Greg Johnson's series of lectures on Plato's Gorgias continues as Socrates explains the difference between doing injustice and suffering it, and why the latter is preferable. https://counter-currents.com/2024/07/notes-on-platos-gorgias-part-7/
Counter-Currents
Notes on Plato’s Gorgias, Part 7: Crime and Punishment
2,056 words Part 6 of 14 (Part 1 here, Part 2 here, Part 3 here, Part 4 here, Part 5 here, Part 6 here) Doing Injustice vs. Suffering It Polus grudgingly accepts Socrates’ argument, yet he doesn’t really believe it. Nor does he think that Socrates believes…
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Forwarded from Millennial Woes
Some thoughts on the election...
Four seats for Reform is outrageous. This is exactly what happened with UKIP years ago. Now that Farage is an elected MP, maybe he (and others) will campaign for a change to the voting system. I think this election is, more than anything else, an indictment of FPTP.
The Conservative Party didn't receive nearly as much damage as was predicted (including by the mainstream media). Thus, the blue cheek remains and will duly support the red cheek. This is a huge disappointment. It is tempting to blame Peter Hitchens, but realistically he doesn't have that much influence. The real culprit is just the perennial cowardice of conservatives to break from the norm. It seems that what most of them did in this election was, not vote for some other party, but simply stay home and not vote at all, which handed victory to Labour by default.
It was an election against the Conservatives, not for Labour, but it will be interpreted as the latter. As a result Labour will do what they always do - but that is also what the Conservatives did for the last 14 years. Whether Labour will be any worse, I'm unsure.
Given the way our system works, it seems highly unlikely to me that Labour will get only five years. Realistically we are looking at ten years, maybe even fifteen. To put that in perspective, by the time this new government ends, Tony Blair will either be 81 or 86.
After that, will it finally be time for Reform? Farage will be 70 in 2034, and possibly Reform will have been taken over by someone younger and more ballsy. But, by that time, memories of the appalling 2010-2024 Conservative government will have faded, and I can see the public voting the Conservative Party right back in.
But that assumes that nothing happens between now and then to shift things - and, of course, things will happen. This new Labour government will be operating alongside a European Continent that is far to the right of where it was in 1997-2010, or indeed 2010-2020. In addition the geopolitical situation means that Britain is not going to be as prosperous as it was under New Labour. Even today, as Starmer celebrates his victory, the media are not attempting any remixed "Cool Britannia" feel-good nonsense. Everyone knows we're in for a rough ride, includes the lefties. Labour inheriting this mess from the Conservatives will probably turn out to be a poisoned chalice.
Good.
Four seats for Reform is outrageous. This is exactly what happened with UKIP years ago. Now that Farage is an elected MP, maybe he (and others) will campaign for a change to the voting system. I think this election is, more than anything else, an indictment of FPTP.
The Conservative Party didn't receive nearly as much damage as was predicted (including by the mainstream media). Thus, the blue cheek remains and will duly support the red cheek. This is a huge disappointment. It is tempting to blame Peter Hitchens, but realistically he doesn't have that much influence. The real culprit is just the perennial cowardice of conservatives to break from the norm. It seems that what most of them did in this election was, not vote for some other party, but simply stay home and not vote at all, which handed victory to Labour by default.
It was an election against the Conservatives, not for Labour, but it will be interpreted as the latter. As a result Labour will do what they always do - but that is also what the Conservatives did for the last 14 years. Whether Labour will be any worse, I'm unsure.
Given the way our system works, it seems highly unlikely to me that Labour will get only five years. Realistically we are looking at ten years, maybe even fifteen. To put that in perspective, by the time this new government ends, Tony Blair will either be 81 or 86.
After that, will it finally be time for Reform? Farage will be 70 in 2034, and possibly Reform will have been taken over by someone younger and more ballsy. But, by that time, memories of the appalling 2010-2024 Conservative government will have faded, and I can see the public voting the Conservative Party right back in.
But that assumes that nothing happens between now and then to shift things - and, of course, things will happen. This new Labour government will be operating alongside a European Continent that is far to the right of where it was in 1997-2010, or indeed 2010-2020. In addition the geopolitical situation means that Britain is not going to be as prosperous as it was under New Labour. Even today, as Starmer celebrates his victory, the media are not attempting any remixed "Cool Britannia" feel-good nonsense. Everyone knows we're in for a rough ride, includes the lefties. Labour inheriting this mess from the Conservatives will probably turn out to be a poisoned chalice.
Good.
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Ondrej Mann interviews long-time Counter-Currents writer Margot Metroland about all the movement figures she's known, her favorite films, whether women have a place at CC, writing, and more. https://counter-currents.com/2024/07/the-rose-from-pennsylvania/
Counter-Currents
The Rose from Pennsylvania: An Interview with Margot Metroland
3,299 words I love reading Margot Metroland’s essays and I love when she helps me to remember the various writers and forgotten figures of the American underground of the past. Margot has undoubtedly led a very interesting life and has known many personalities…
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Forwarded from Thuletide
Behold, British "democracy": Labour receives ~2.4 times more votes than Reform but wins 103 times more seats. Reform, the third largest party by vote share, has fewer seats than the eleventh largest party.
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Greg Johnson's "The Christian Question in White Nationalism" is now in Polish. https://counter-currents.com/2024/07/nowa-prawica-przeciw-starej-prawicy-rozdzial-13/
Counter-Currents
Nowa Prawica przeciw Starej Prawicy Rozdział 13: Biały nacjonalizm a kwestia chrześcijańska
874 słowa English original here; Translations: French, Slovak, Spanish Część 15 (Rozdział 1, Rozdział 12) We współczesnym białym nacjonalizmie istnieje silna anty-chrześcijańska tendencja. Argumentacja wygląda mniej więcej tak: chrześcijaństwo jest jedną…
The classicist and man of the Right Revilo Oliver was born on this day in 1908. Find out more about his life and work at Counter-Currents, where we have reprinted a considerable number of his essays. https://counter-currents.com/2022/07/remembering-revilo-oliver-7/
Counter-Currents
Remembering Revilo Oliver (July 7, 1908–August 20, 1994)
416 words Revilo Pendleton Oliver was born in Texas on this day in 1908. He received his undergraduate degree at Pomona College in California and his doctorate in classics at the University of Illinois under William Abbot Oldfather. He was Professor of Classics…
Jim Goad has produced a short film to accompany his latest essay, “Reggie Jackson’s Tortured Negro Soul,” on the fact that although he’s widely considered a baseball legend in America, slugger Reggie Jackson still can’t get over the racism he allegedly encountered in his youth. https://counter-currents.com/2024/07/reggie-jacksons-tortured-negro-soul-video/
Counter-Currents
Reggie Jackson’s Tortured Negro Soul
47 words / 8:42 Jim Goad has produced a short film to accompany his latest essay, “Reggie Jackson’s Tortured Negro Soul,” on the fact that although he’s widely considered a baseball legend in America, slugger Reggie Jackson still can’t get over the racism…
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Forwarded from Pox Populi
https://open.spotify.com/show/355M8cFyqD3oipnMMJ47NM
The New Nationalism Podcast is now on Spotify.
If you’ve got a Spotify account, head on over there and give TNNP a listen, and a 5 star rating!
The New Nationalism Podcast is now on Spotify.
If you’ve got a Spotify account, head on over there and give TNNP a listen, and a 5 star rating!
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Forwarded from David Zsutty
The wages of tolerance are treachery and betrayal. I see no reason why Islam would abandon its perennial policy of trying to conquer Europe just because we have a mutual enemy in the Jews. The Muslims see Jewish control of the West as a weakness to exploit, not as an opportunity for friendship.
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Percy Grainger, the Australian composer who was also a racialist and Nordicist, was born on this day in 1882. Alex Graham introduces his life and work. https://counter-currents.com/2017/12/percy-grainger-artist-of-the-right/
Counter-Currents
Percy Grainger: Artist of the Right
2,413 words Percy Grainger was a polymath: a pianist, composer, conductor, ethnomusicologist, inventor, artist, polyglot, and man of letters. He was one of the most celebrated pianist-composers of the early twentieth century. His work and writings reflect…
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Forwarded from Mark Collett
FRENCH ELECTIONS: LE PEN’S RN WON MOST VOTES
The final results of the French Second-Round elections have shown that Marine Le Pen’s RN party won the single largest bloc of votes but, because of the distortions of the “first past the post” system used in France, ended up with a minority of seats.
As reported in the final results published in Le Monde (https://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2024/07/08/la-carte-des-resultats-des-legislatives-2024-au-second-tour-l-hemicycle-et-le-tableau-des-candidats-elus_6247510_4355771.html), the final vote tallies were as follows:
Rassemblement National (“National Rally,” RN): 10,110,013 votes
Nouveau Front populaire (“New Popular Front,” NPF leftist coalition): 7,040,232
Ensemble ("Together," Macron centrist alliance): 6,820,446 votes
Les Republicains (“The Republicans,” LR, Gaullists): 1,474,723 votes.
If France had a proportional representation system:
- the RN would have 38% of the seats (219 seats)
- the NPF would have 25% of the seats (144 seats)
-the Ensemble would have 14% of the seats (80 seats)
- the LR would have 5% of seats (28 seats).
However, the actual seat breakdown as a result of the first past the post election is as follows:
RN : 142
NPF: 180
Ensemble: 159
LR: 39
Of significance to note is that briefly, before 1986, France DID have a proportional representation system.
This was, however, changed back to the first past the post system in 1986, precisely to stop Jean Marie Le Pen’s Front National from entering the French parliament, as he would have at that stage already under a PR system. (In 1986, the FN polled 2.7 million votes, or 9.6% of the vote).
The final results of the French Second-Round elections have shown that Marine Le Pen’s RN party won the single largest bloc of votes but, because of the distortions of the “first past the post” system used in France, ended up with a minority of seats.
As reported in the final results published in Le Monde (https://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2024/07/08/la-carte-des-resultats-des-legislatives-2024-au-second-tour-l-hemicycle-et-le-tableau-des-candidats-elus_6247510_4355771.html), the final vote tallies were as follows:
Rassemblement National (“National Rally,” RN): 10,110,013 votes
Nouveau Front populaire (“New Popular Front,” NPF leftist coalition): 7,040,232
Ensemble ("Together," Macron centrist alliance): 6,820,446 votes
Les Republicains (“The Republicans,” LR, Gaullists): 1,474,723 votes.
If France had a proportional representation system:
- the RN would have 38% of the seats (219 seats)
- the NPF would have 25% of the seats (144 seats)
-the Ensemble would have 14% of the seats (80 seats)
- the LR would have 5% of seats (28 seats).
However, the actual seat breakdown as a result of the first past the post election is as follows:
RN : 142
NPF: 180
Ensemble: 159
LR: 39
Of significance to note is that briefly, before 1986, France DID have a proportional representation system.
This was, however, changed back to the first past the post system in 1986, precisely to stop Jean Marie Le Pen’s Front National from entering the French parliament, as he would have at that stage already under a PR system. (In 1986, the FN polled 2.7 million votes, or 9.6% of the vote).
Le Monde.fr
La carte des résultats des législatives 2024 au second tour : la composition de l’Assemblée et le député élu dans votre circonscription
Retrouvez la composition de la nouvelle Assemblée nationale et le nom des nouveaux parlementaires, circonscription par circonscription.
Forwarded from Laura Towler
Hey folks! I have some really good news.
Sam met with his probation team today and the visit restrictions for our children have now been lifted. We passed the assessment with Children’s Services who have recommended full contact, and couldn’t highlight any issues. We can now book in a visit for Sam to see his girls this weekend, which will be the first time he’s seen them in nearly two months. The PPRC (person posing risk to children) tag has been completely removed from Sam’s file.
Once again I’d like to thank everybody who wrote to the prison, getting the initial restrictions lifted and moving things along. It means so much to our family that this chapter is now over.
Additionally, we were supposed to find out Sam’s licence conditions (rules he has to follow when released) today but they still haven’t decided. I genuinely don’t think they know what to do with him as he’s a non-violent criminal in prison for his thoughts. We’ll have to wait a little longer to get more info on this.
Sam met with his probation team today and the visit restrictions for our children have now been lifted. We passed the assessment with Children’s Services who have recommended full contact, and couldn’t highlight any issues. We can now book in a visit for Sam to see his girls this weekend, which will be the first time he’s seen them in nearly two months. The PPRC (person posing risk to children) tag has been completely removed from Sam’s file.
Once again I’d like to thank everybody who wrote to the prison, getting the initial restrictions lifted and moving things along. It means so much to our family that this chapter is now over.
Additionally, we were supposed to find out Sam’s licence conditions (rules he has to follow when released) today but they still haven’t decided. I genuinely don’t think they know what to do with him as he’s a non-violent criminal in prison for his thoughts. We’ll have to wait a little longer to get more info on this.
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Paroled from the Paywall: The woke Left loves to boast about an African Queen who allegedly bested the evil white Romans in a war in the first century BC. Beau Albrecht investigates how much truth there is to this claim. https://counter-currents.com/2024/06/queen-amanirenas-part-1/
Counter-Currents
Queen Amanirenas: The Black Lady Who (Allegedly) Opened a Can of Whup-Ass on the Roman Empire, Part 1
3,898 words Part 1 of 2 (Part 2 here) Behold! In the days of yore, there arose in Cush a most noble lady, Amanirenas named, and she was a mighty Queen.[1] Two millennia later, renewed buzz is effervescing about the East African potentate. One item was pipelined…
Spencer J. Quinn on his reaction to being asked to give an interview about his work by a mainstream academic. https://counter-currents.com/2024/07/im-on-team-normal/
Counter-Currents
I’m On Team Normal
1,181 words About a year and a half ago, an associate professor at a European university reached out to me over Facebook. He politely invited me to an interview. This is what he wrote (links added): I am working on an academic project about novels, novellas…
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