EU Pluralism = Totalitarianism = Leftish Fascism!

We have now witnessed six years of the anti-democratic secret EU elite working to impose their "pluralism" on the diverse individuals who comprise the peoples of Europe. Time enough for those forced to watch in horror to give them their proper name - Fascists. Six years ago today on my blog Ironies, linked here, I concluded my posting discussing what pluralism might mean after noting its appearance in the Preamble to the Constitutional Document arising from the Laeken Convention as follows: As discussed back on 23rd February on this Blogspot Democracy or Pan European Totalitarianism the French tendency towards elitist government structures and their heavy influence in the Convention could lead to a conclusion that none of the straightforward, connotation free, dictionary definitions of pluralism are to be applicable in the Constitution. In politics pluralism can be taken as the view that power in modern LIBERAL DEMOCRACIES is, and should be, held not only by government but by a diversity of autonomous institutions and associsations representing various interests. (Definition from 'The dictionary of important ideas and thinkers' by Chris Rohman). Naturally enough all the so-called worthies who attended the various convention meetings or praesidium sessions would have been aware of that fact, but what of the ordinary citizen with limited research resources? How are we to understand exactly what is supposedly being done in our names. Pluralism as defined above is supposed to provide a harmonious balance between collectivism and individualism but critics, in my view correctly, charge that it is an unrealisable ideal because of the inherent power of the State which of course the new EU will inevitably extend. Interestingly it all leads back to Plato, Popper and more relevantly in this context the elite theory and Robert Michel's iron law of oligarchy whereby control of any political organisation will unavoidably devolve to a small group because of factors such as the need for efficient action, the leader's love of power, and the apathy of the followers. The democratic checks and balances that might serve to prevent such a situation occurring are of course completely absent from the proposed constitutional proposals, thus making pluralism the main objective of the new United States of Europe even more astounding. Six year of posting later those behind this outrage still remain hidden, twenty-seven former democracies with their Parliaments stand on the verge of destruction but there is one last chance for Europeans to register their disgust in the first week of June - do not waste it - total abstention from the European Elections would be the ideal response but is unrealistic, please make sure no sitting MEP in the European Parliament is sent back - that should do the trick!

Santander - Spaniards shake off the Armada's memory.

The Times reports here, that in future the historic names of Abbey, Alliance & Leicester (A&L) and Bradford & Bingley are to be scrapped to be replaced by that of the Spanish bank that now controls them - Santander - through the incompetence and treachery of our own politicians and some unusual quirks in Spanish tax legislation. In earlier times such an obviously directly Spanish name might have been seen as a distinct marketing disadvantage within the communities these ancient mutual Building Societies once (and perhaps will one day again) SERVE. El Clegg, who clearly owes allegiance to none but himself, see his Wikipedia entry from here, believes "Britain [is] a place of tolerance and pluralism" is the one man in Britain outside of the Governing Labour Party who could have ensured that Britain received the referendum on the Lisbon Treaty which all his party's candidates promised at the last General Election. He engaged in the most extraordinarily devious convolutions to avoid so doing. A politician who chooses to christen his children Antonio, Alberto and Miguel and raise them in the Catholic faith of his Spanish wife, will presumably be one person in England to enjoy some quiet satisfaction at the sight of the Santander name appearing in towns across England on old establishments which once stood for probity!

Cameron's devious diversion

The anniversary yesterday of the unveiling of "pluralism' as the guiding force for the future EU went unremarked across the board in the UK as intended by the conspiratorial political class. Stephen Glover comments on how that was accomplished very accurately and well in the Daily Mail this morning with some brilliant illustrations, click here to enjoy. My early thoughts on pluralism posted on Ironies six years ago this morning may be read from here, under the title "Giscard's convention, a first glance" which still hold true today. Six years on we have sufficient evidence to discern what it truly means to those who selected that term as the chief aim of the original constitution still enshrined within the Lisbon Treaty. More on that in due course.