The Populist Vision
The
21st century sees Britain without a political party in Parliament
that truly represents the masses. For the first time for decades working people
remain without political representation, and the old parties of Labour,
Conservative and Liberal Democrat have to varying degrees bought in to the
anti-worker philosophy of “neo-liberalism” or the “free-market”.
Without
government intervention how does one invest for jobs, homes and education? We
suggest that a National Investment Bank is the best solution. Our policy on
Trade and Industry will explain further.
Modern globalised free
market Britain can be a cold and unwelcoming place for those “left behind” by
so-called “progress” and not part of a minority favoured by the politically
correct elite. When people see their job become more insecure, when they see
their family less and when they feel they no longer know their neighbours, this
doesn’t always feel like progress.
The powers that be promote
“change” for the sake of it and fail to respect the things people value in
their lives. We should value not just in the rights of individuals, but also
the quality of relationships between people. This is why we worry about the
family as a unit – stable relationships, good parenting and care for the
elderly, rather than simply concerning ourselves with rights. Rights must be
balanced with responsibilities.
The
Populist Alliance; which has been formed from the remnants of the old Populist
Party, from the Popular Alliance and by former members of the Social Democratic
Party has identified 14 key areas, which bind Populists together, and they can be applied to any country and are therefore a universal
set of values. Unlike the old parties
these ideals are logical and no one objective contradicts another.
The Labour Party was seen as
the natural party of the working class today it has become out of touch from the ordinary everyday lives of the people.
It champions the
overseas poor, but ignores the poorest in this country – the class of people
who created the Labour movement. Therefore the Labour party must be replaced by
something new. Why Populism? We believe that small
parties have failed to break the old 3 party consensus due to their nature of
ideological purism and a failure to speak to the wider public. Most have
recycled members from old organizations without actively recruiting those new
to political involvement. As usual the voter loses out. It is time to rip up
the political rule book – of the Left, Right and Centre and understand that the
new divide is between a global elite versus nation states; between those with
power and connections and the 95% who have not
Please read on and find out
about our ideas for reviving our nation, our people, and our industries…
Our Programme at a
glance:
1.
Populist Economy; Oppose the rampant uncontrolled free market. Support
co-operatives, the self-employed and the small shops; a small-scale mixed
economy where the tax system works to break down department stores and
supermarkets into smaller units and breaks up monopolies. The public utilities
will be renationalised.
2. Anti Globalisation: Withdraw from the European
Union, and oppose globalisation and its institutions with a long-term aim of
reducing the role of multinationals and other overseas ownership
3. Ecology: Populists support the preservation of nations, cultures, peoples,
species and the natural world. We support decentralisation of power to the
local level.
4.
Neutrality: Withdraw from NATO and
adopt a policy of non-alignment. Use the armed forces are for defence only,
not for policing the world and standardisation of nations.
5. Protectionism. Economic sovereignty by
trading with whom we choose, controlling imports and exports if necessary
encouraging people to buy the goods they produce to ensure fair pay and job
security.
6. Money Reform. Our long term aim is to ensure finance and banking is
national not international, with a view to setting up a National Investment
Bank to ensure that money is ploughed into national economies rather than being
"lost" to foreign competitors.
7.
Immigration Control: The mass movement of people
undermines wages, and causes erosion of the countryside as new homes are
built to accommodate a growing population and dilutes identities of indigenous
peoples.
- Public Provision of Health and
Education. We support the National Health Service and oppose
charges for prescriptions. We oppose privatisation of Health and
Education. The Welfare State created by Beveridge for a post-war Britain
spiraled out of control to become more of a hammock than a safety net,
with the result that its opponents had the ammunition for beginning the
process of dismantling it. We support a Basic Income scheme which is
simple, hard to defraud and devised in a way that will reward work not
idleness.
9.
Full employment: We believe mass unemployment
to be a waste of talent and resources. It leads to alienation, lethargy and
crime. It is impossible to plan for the future without a job or regular income.
Full employment leads to greater purchasing power and lower welfare costs. Our
economic policy is focussed toward full employment and the revival of
manufacturing.
10.
Producerism: We believe that those who
provide society with something of lasting value and do real jobs who live off the fruits of their own labour, rather than
those who live off others, should be rewarded by a change to the tax and
welfare system to redress the balance in favour of those who produce and
against “agents” and “middlemen” who live comfortably off the hard work of
others.
11.
Direct Democracy – we will introduce a Swiss
style Referendum system.
12.
Popular Justice. Populists believe that people should be criminally
responsible for their actions and the "Punishment should fit the
crime". We take a hard line on crime.
13. Defend free speech; a free society in which the individual has the right to participate
in political activity without fear of being made homeless, jobless or any other
punishment.
14.
Oppose “political
correctness.”
Populists say that countries should overtly promote their culture, traditions
and history. A nation that forgets its past has no future.
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