God Save The King – From Orrible Onkelinx!
Although a dedicated monarchist, I seldom pay attention to the Belgian monarchy, as the kings have traditionally been a very low-key bunch.
Last month, last week, to be precise, King Philippe made headlines.
Why?
For performing his royal duties as a constitutional monarch should.
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Instead of following the example of the infantile in-crowd parties, he met the leader of the Vlaams Belang, which did exceptionally well in both the European and Belgian elections.
‘Nearly 19% of Flemish voters chose the far-right Vlaams Belang (Flemish Interest), a stunning reversal of fortune for a party recently in decline.’
That’s how the far-left Guardian puts it, describing a ‘furious debate’ among the tantrum-prone establishment parties, who operate what they call a ‘cordon sanitaire,’ treating the party, and all those thousands of Flanders voters, with exquisitely anti-democratic contempt.
HM deserves applause for breaking with the pusillanimous precedents set by his two predecessors, who snubbed the Flemish party’s fore-runner, the Vlaams Blok.
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Vlaams Blok poster
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Belgium of course forfeited its right to be reckoned a proper democracy some fifteen years ago, when the V Blok was outlawed by left-liberal judges, for the crime of ‘discrimination’ i.e. putting one’s ‘own people first,’ as their banner proudly proclaimed.
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https://www.dw.com/en/belgium-bans-popular-racist-party/a-1391522
Yes, a large democratically elected party, BANNED in a modern European country.
Who’s next? The Brexit Party?
Left intolerance is still alive and kicking, as demonstrated by a far-left nutjob named Laurette Onkelinx, a ‘Francophone Socialist lawmaker,’ who says she’s ‘shocked…’
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Ranting old red Onkelinx, outraged by her king’s constitutional courtesy
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….but utters not a whisper of concern about the King’s fair-minded readiness also to meet the self-styled ‘Belgian Workers Party,’ which even the Guardian admits is ‘radical left!’=
dou·ble stand·ard
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a rule or principle which is unfairly applied in different ways to different people or groups.
Fortunately, even her fellow-socialists seem more rational, as does almost everyone else quoted in the Report.
One of her Socialist comrades, Rudi Vervoort, is grown-up enough to say that, while ‘‘it is not a pleasure to see this scene in Belgium…. there is an electoral reality in Flanders that cannot be denied.”
Good for him, and for VB leader Tom Van Grieken –
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“It is completely normal to invite a party that has won the elections. I was pleased with the invitation … I am not going to say it is unnatural. This is natural. What happened over the past 40 years was not democratic.”
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Thanks to Flanders voters, Belgium now has two patriotic parties, and Lord knows there are real problems…
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Molenbeek -“the whole neighborhood” knew where Abdeslam was ever since the Paris attacks. Nobody tipped off authorities. So Belgian Media Is Rotten Too?
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An Illegal Camp Sprouts In Brussels!
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“No question, Sharia4Belgium is a terrorist group,” the chief judge said…
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…that require patriots to work together.
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Vanessa, 
Fiona, and 1 other are discussing. 
rossrightangle 
Chrissie Miles 15:30 on June 3, 2019 Permalink |
Good luck to the VB Mark2.
I hope they are not banned by those leftist judges like VB Mark 1 was.
It’s hard to believe that a jackboot court in post-war Western Europe was able to get away with doing something you would expect from Joe Stalin or Mao.
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Fiona 16:38 on June 3, 2019 Permalink |
Your little aside re the Brexit Party is too close for comfort in view of the violence threatened by the far left.
Did you miss that report from Manchester, where a extreme left capitalist, who owns the Chorlton Brewing Company there, ‘urged his customers to hit “fascists” (like Farage and Tommy Robinson) over the head with a brick?’
This Red Nazi war-cry comes from their director, Mike Marcus, and could I use your comment column to ask that his and his company’s Twitter and Facebook sites be given suitable attention?
Note – unlike the left, I do not want to see violence against him. That is not the British way and while he is definitely very Un-British, we are not!
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ross1948 18:03 on June 3, 2019 Permalink |
I agree with you, no violence. Your comments always make good sense and your ideas for reaction to the threat are welcome.
We can also do more, Fiona.
If we give this ratbag a post all to himself, with some extra suitable suggestions, it’s up to all readers to spread the info. I will get to work and have something ready by Wednesday or Thursday.
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Vanessa 17:54 on June 3, 2019 Permalink |
Two patriot parties!
I hope they work together, although the proportional and-or transferable vote there should prevent any problems like we see in Peterborough. Next week’s byelection has Brexit Party in with a very good chance but we have both UKIP and the SDP splitting the patriot vote.
If the BP loses by a few hundred votes, God forgive those two minor party candidates.
However, I think it’s going to be a walk-over,
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