Is this a new dawn?

The success of Reform in the elections offers hope to those of us who have been forced to endure prolonged dominance by the metropolitan liberal elite.

It is said that it is darkest just before the dawn, and we still see the policies of the woke, and of extreme environmentalists, riding roughshod over the interests of ordinary people, but perhaps now we may experience a sea change.

As we have just marked the 80th anniversary of VE Day we should remember that, almost exactly five years before that great day, France had been defeated, the Battle of Britain had just begun, Russia was effectively allied to Nazi Germany, America was decidedly isolationist, and Japan was glowering in the east, yet everything had changed by 1945, and democracy prevailed.

Of course the self interested liberal, middle class, electorate of Tunbridge Wells showed its usual disdain for others by supporting the Lib Dems, while, unaccountably many in Tonbridge voted for the Greens, probably the most left wing party available, whose policies, if implemented, would damage the lives of ordinary people far more than they realise.

It is notable that very much the same people who opposed the UK escaping from the undemocratic grip of Brussels are also the most opposed to Reform, but fortunately they are very much in the minority.

Opponents claim that Reform does not have policies, which a simple reading of the website proves to be incorrect. The intention to end the DEI nonsense, and working from home, are a good start.

Today we face increasingly important issues, such as the growing likelihood of a spreading war in Europe, and the undermining our economy by the activities of the environmental lobby.

Yet, even nearly nine years after they were defeated by in democratic referendum, embittered Remainers cannot move on from their obsession with Brexit, constantly trying to ignore the expressed wishes of the majority of the British people, rather than supporting the need to actually implement them, something the political class has resolutely refused to do.

These Brexit deniers often make the absurd claim that only 11 per cent of the British people now support leaving the EU, based one supposes on some small opinion poll somewhere. This ignores the fact that, on the morning of referendum Remainers were informed by a poll that they were 10 points ahead, proving that the only opinion poll that counts is the actual vote of the British people. They also rely on those such as the left leaning LSE for statistics which are no more certain than most produced by those who will not ever accept that they were, and are, in the minority.

As usual they attack the supposed motives of those of us seeking to withdraw from the EU, so once again I repeat the true reason. The EU was deliberately designed to be undemocratic, replacing governance by elected representatives with bureaucratic diktats emanating from appointed functionaries. It was becoming impossible for the ordinary people to exercise their democratic right to decide on policies affecting their lives, while bureaucrats became increasingly detached from any sort of democratic control, something which all bureaucracies aspire to, but which has reached its apogee in the EU. It had nothing to do which any sort of animus against foreigners, something which our opponents constantly claim.

What is certain is that if Reform does not go on to national success then our national decline will accelerate, as the failed elite continue down the same disastrous path they have followed for decades.

For a long time those who opposed Brexit have claimed that the UK has not in anyway benefited by leaving the EU, ignoring the point that restoring governance of our country to our own elected representatives was actually the point, and had been achieved. To that we may now add trade deals with India, and the US, plus membership of the Pacific free trade area, none of which could have been possible while members of the EU. Even Sir Keir agrees! However I have no doubt that irreconcilable Remainers will denigrate the agreements made, as to do otherwise would be to admit that they were wrong all the time.

For many of us the success of Reform in the KCC elections offers hope that the other parties did not. However it is difficult to comprehend why the Greens seem to do well in areas such as Tonbridge, and one wonders whether those who support them are really aware of their true nature, believing them to be benign, when in fact that they have been actually described as Jeremy Corbyn on steroids, thanks to their increasingly left wing policies.

Spokespeople for this party have made clear that, whereas they once campaigned on environmental issues, and in defence of animals, they now promote positions which are remote from these concerns, but would be immensely damaging if ever they were able to implement them.

Their obsession with net zero is already destroying much of British industry, as the cost of energy is making it impossible for the latter to compete with those from countries which do not take such absolutist views. The ordinary person faces continuing massive increases in domestic energy charges, while, as the same time, seeing the ingrained anti car mentality of the Greens threaten their ability to travel, except by using an inadequate public transport network.

On defence they are unilateralists, wishing to throw away our nuclear deterrent in an increasingly dangerous world, while on foreign policy they support Hamas terrorists, not the democratic nation of Israel, which was the victim of a vicious assault by the former.

Their policy on immigration would see the already absurd number of people arriving on our crowded island increase immensely, with the consequent effects on jobs, the availability of the NHS, and the infrastructure generally. They espouse woke ideas, including a refusal to recognise biological facts about sexual identity, which have been undermining free speech, and women's rights, something that is tearing their own leadership apart.

Hopefully they will never achieve national power, but I dread to think what Green councils might do if they were to win majorities on local councils. Their apparently benevolent intentions conceal a party which is as extreme as any we have seen in our history.

One wonders how much longer these environmentalist extremists will be allowed to pursue their beloved net zero agenda before they finally provoke open rebellion.

Hard on the heels of the debacle over British steel we now learn that Moorcroft, one of our most historic pottery firms, has been forced to close due to the ridiculous cost of energy caused by the policies being implemented by Ed Milliband, which mean that our fuel bills are now the highest in the developed world. The cost to ordinary people includes higher energy charges, the despoliation of the countryside by pylons, and by solar farms, and the loss of working class jobs as our industries are undermined by competition from countries not so foolish as to follow our lead.

The people of Spain and Portugal have recently had a taste of what reliance on renewable fuels really means when problems arise, yet still their governments refuse to face the facts. The Germans are also committed to such an irresponsible policy, but sensible nations such as Poland, Norway, and in particular France have no truck with such imbecilic ideas. This net zero obsession, particularly in a country which contributes less than one per cent to global emissions, is an example of self harm almost without parallel. We must revert to using our natural fossil fuel  resources to power the economy if we are to avoid disaster.

Although the debacle concerning energy supplies in Spain and Portugal may not have been the direct result of their net zero policies there can be no doubt that the immense problems in restoring the power were due to the lack of the effective means of backing it up, something which fossil fuel generation is capable of doing.

The Supreme Court has ruled against the absurd claims of the trans lobby concerning biological sex, in a victory for reality and common-sense. Now we must apply the same tests to the damaging actions of those campaigning for net zero, before the economy, and indeed our continued existence as a sovereign state, are further undermined by Ed Milliband, and his acolytes.

In order to reduce the already small total of emissions by the UK, the cost of energy in this country is now so out of line with our competitors that our manufacturers are being forced out of business. If this is allowed to continue we shall soon be totally reliant on importing the most basic of goods, particularly the products of heavy industry which will be required if we are once again forced to go to war, something which seems more likely everyday.

Quite apart from this immense danger, the ordinary people are being obliged to pay more and more for their energy, while Milliband is said to be contemplating discriminating against residents in the South, by enforcing regional charges, weighted against the latter. All this to satisfy the demands of an increasingly deranged environmental lobby.

If the Prime Minister wishes to regain lost political ground he should reshuffle this fanatical minister to a post where he can do no damage, while changing the policy of the government to give priority to maximising our energy production from traditional sources, and actively support the regeneration of our industrial base.

In the UK the problems of Marks and Spencer, and now that of the Co-operative Group, show just how vulnerable the digital infrastructure is to action by malign players, whether domestic or foreign. In addition we continue to see addiction to mobile phones, particularly among the young, grow exponentially, while so many, often the most vulnerable, are being defrauded by scammers.

It seems that the Luddites were right, only two hundred and fifty years too soon. It is becoming obvious that increasing reliance on technology means that humanity has a tiger by the tail, and cannot let go, yet it is taking us to perdition. The current difficulties will seem like nothing when we have placed our future under the control of intelligent computers, with agendas best described as enigmatic, which will have no interest in the welfare of mankind.

To continue on our present course means that evolution from organic to inorganic domination may be inevitable. To turn back before it is too late now might be the only way of saving human civilisation, but we know that we will not do it.

Recently I again watched the film Schindler's List, and felt the same hatred and contempt for those who perpetrated the holocaust, from the Nazi leaders, down to the individual Germans soldiers who, often without direct orders, treated innocent people like dirt. I also feel great anger on behalf of the Jewish victims, who endured so much, for no rational reason.

Is it surprising that, with this horror still within living memory, the people of Israel are determined to live in their own ancestral homeland, and to protect it with every fibre of their being? Yet the chattering liberal classes in the West, while pretending to be so morally superior, constantly attack Israel for daring to oppose those who would destroy them. In this the BBC continues its relentless campaign to demonise the government in Jerusalem, while accepting without demur every claim made by the propagandists from Hamas as to civilian casualties. This despite many accusations having later been proved false, something hardly mentioned by the broadcaster.

he reality is that Israel makes every effort to minimise civilian deaths, even though Hamas uses the latter as human shields, while actually torturing and killing Palestinians who demonstrate against their despotic rule. The arrogant, self satisfied virtue signallers of the West bring shame upon us all.

The proposed changes to the immigration system made by Sir Keir Starmer are welcome as far as they go, but clearly they do not go far enough, if the numbers coming into to this country are to be reduced to an acceptable level. When the best reduction offered is 100,000 per year and net migration to the UK last year was 728,000 it is clear that much more needs to be done. Our infrastructure, housing market, and employment prospects are already under stress, and we cannot sustain over half a million arrivals every year.

To this must be added the abject failure of the political elite to stem the tide of illegal immigrants, who jump the queue over those making the effort to arrive legally, while laughing at our inept attempts to stop this large scale criminal enterprise. Money has been wasted on paying bribes to France, whose authorities merely usher these people onto the boats.

The main parties have consistently ignored the oft repeated demands by the electorate that immigration be reduced to sensible proportions, and have instead accelerated the rate at which it has taken place in the last few decades. This breach of their responsibility to accept the wishes of voters has led this country into a situation which contains many perils, yet still many of their spokespeople continue to resist even the moderate changes proposed.

We have had enough of mendacious politicians promising time and again to take action, but who then do the opposite. There is now a genuine alternative in Reform, and if the voters allow themselves to be fooled by the main parties once again then they will only have themselves to blame.

No one in the right minds can believe the contention by the Prime Minister that his apparent Damascene conversion on the issue of immigration was in no way connected to the success of Reform in the local elections.

In this the Conservative party is probably the most to blame, as not only did they form the government for much of the recent past, but they were the most vociferous in making promises which they did not keep. However none of the now proposed action by the Labour government is addressing the constant flow of illegal immigrants across the Channel, something which must be stopped.

The extent of this betrayal of the British people is such that only by turning to a party such as Reform is there any hope that the situation can be rectified.

The election results may we hope point to a new dawn for this country, but any backsliding now by the electorate would be a disaster for us all.