West Florida 'gravely concerned' about House of Lords in the UK

-- Press release from the Governor-General, Virtual Pensacola

The Government of the Dominion of British West Florida is gravely concerned by the continued erosion of the Constitutional Framework in Her Majesty's United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

We do not lightly take the step of publicly announcing our concerns. It is from our great love and respect that we feel ourselves constrained to speak. The Tradition of the British Peoples, at home, and in Her Dominions across the sea , has always acknowledged the need for a 'mixed' from of governance. The Sovereign, the Lords, and the Commons. This Style of Governance, was in time past responsible for the greatest expansion of Liberty and Wealth the world has ever known. It should not by lightly tossed into the rubbish-bin of History.

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits. - Plutarch

The House of Commons in the United Kingdom, having gone down the road of bounties, donations, and benefits to its natural end, has determined to rid itself of the Peers. They are not seeking 'balance' nor liberty. They seek instead to remove those who would stand against them in the destruction of what remains of the Individual's rights and responsibilities. The Hereditary Lords, owing no allegiance to the Commons, and being more resistant to the 'benefits, bounties, and donations' of the Government (funded of course by the tax-payers), are not being removed because they have impeded the expansion of Liberty, nor Justice, nor even Wealth.

The House of Commons, having felt now the power of 'Parliamentary Supremacy' these many years is intent on the elimination of all who would raise a voice against the politically motived actions of the wealthy, and powerful Members of Parliament. These people bring no greater qualifications to office than that of effective marketing of themselves as a product for the voting consumer.

We can not sit in silence as the Mother of Parliaments is strangled by the hands of her own Commons. What all the enemies of the British People have never be able to accomplish: The destruction of her Ancient and Honourable form of Government. This House of Commons has now set about to complete.

May God have mercy on the souls of these people, some of whom act from the sincerest of hearts.
May God grant Wisdom and bring this House of Commons to its senses.
May God Save the Queen and Her Parliament from the intentions of this current House of Commons.


Robert, Duke of Florida, Lord of St. George, GSB
Her Majesty's Governor-General in and for the
Dominion of British West Florida.

Red Tony's Butchery

So yesterday that bastion of New Labour the BBC, reported (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6420965.stm) on the British government's latest vandalism of the British constitution; by successfully engineering a vote in the House of Commons to not only kick out the remaining hereditary peers, but to also have them replaced with a US style Senate of fully elected peers. Of course while this vote was technically the House simply voicing its opinions on the way they think this so-called reform should go, in reality this was a mere formality by Tony's puppets to give him the symbolic justification he needs to complete his nearly 10 year long, wanton butchery of the House of Lords and complete the UK's democratic dictatorship.

Of course long gone are days in Britain when we enjoyed the liberty of a three-tier system of government that was the envy of the world; under which the King, Commons & Lords balanced each other out through a careful series of checks and balances, designed to secure individual liberty by ensuring that no one political group dominated the other. Of course this decline started the moment King George I ascended the throne in 1714, when power slowly ebbed away from the crown despite the best efforts of his great-grandson King George III to reverse the trend. Still at least the House of Lords could be relied upon to act as the brakes to hasty and rash government legislation, however its power was broken in 1911 by a carefully engineered government coup by Lloyd George with the passage of the Parliament Act, that stripped the House of its veto power when peers dared to challenge the government, over its plans to rob the upper and middle classes to fund its early prototype welfare state; thereby dealing a severe blow to anyone wanting to emulate the American dream on British soil.

For a time the damage was steadied but following the election of the Labour Government in 1945, which created the modern welfare state "from cradle to grave" and nationalized all major industries, through a mix of massive US/Canadian loans and more taxes on the rich. Naturally since most peers at the time were hereditary and didn't owe their position to any political patronage, they were far more inclined to vote according to conscience; which is a dangerous game in politics of course as its a sure way of putting the government on the war path against you.....Thus when the Lords unsurprisingly rejected the socialists rob Peter to pay Paul plan, the government cut the Lords power further by reducing their ability to delay governments legislation from 2 years down to 1.....

Once again the damage was stabilized for a time & the Lords were even able to ride out an effort by Labour PM Harold Wilson to deprive hereditary peers their right to vote in the Lords during the 1960's, but alas such times proved to be but an extended Indian summer for our moral guardians of the realm; when Labour was elected into power by a landslide in 1997 by a gullible British public. In fact the writing had been on the wall for the Lords for some time, as Labour had drawn up their plans to complete their butchery of the constitution during the 1980's while in opposition.

Unfortunately as we all know too well one of Red Tony's earliest acts was to throw out most of the hereditary's in 1999, leaving the House of Lords one staffed mostly by political appointees. Naturally this so-called "reform" stalled for a while, as Tony Blair went down in political history as the prime minister who single handedly appointed more peers, than all his predecessors combined over the last 100 years! Of course while Red Tony's days in office are thankfully numbered with his expected retirement in this year after a 10 year political nightmare, which has seen all hand guns outlawed with a 5 year automatic prison sentence for offenders, while gun crime continues to soar in the cities.....Fox hunting outlawed despite their proven track record in keeping fox predation on livestock in check, a record number of useless and cumbersome laws placed on the statute books, not to mention new compulsory ID cards on the way that the public will need to buy at around $200 U.S each, to name but a few.....

Now of course New Labour's constitutional wreaking is almost complete which is hardly surprising, when a significant minority of its MP's will cross their fingers behind their backs when pledging their oath to Her Majesty and her successor's at election time, with even Red Tony's wife Cherie Blair that "model catholic", is an open republican. Despite being a declared monarchist Tony Blair has simultaneously exposed his republican and American sympathies, by transforming the British constitution into an American mirror, albeit one lacking most if its safeguards; where the prime minister dominates the cabinet, the House of Commons, the House of Lords and in all probability the new and upcoming UK Supreme Court (Scotland and Northern Ireland excepted with their largely separate legal systems.....).

But the most dangerous thing of all about this system its its lack of safeguards on individual liberty, where the government has the will and the ability to slowly chip away at the peoples rights; which it already has by restricting freedom of speech in order to promote its brand of political correctness through the passage of laws outlawing "religious and racial hatred" and of its exposing young and vulnerable people to sexual predators and perverts, by forcing through laws legalizing gay and heterosexual sodomy at 16; and most recently with the impending requirements for ID cards that carry the cardholders fingerprints, retina scans and DNA.....Therefore this latest butchery of the British system of government is merely a symptom of just how far the country has fallen into the political abyss, from the worlds biggest and benevolent imperial power less than 100 years ago; into a socialist ridden, heritage, tradition and liberty hating democratic dictatorship; with even worse portents to come.

JORDAN'S KING ABDULLAH II MEETS WITH U.S. PRESIDENT BUSH

His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan

JORDAN'S KING ABDULLAH II MEETS WITH U.S. PRESIDENT BUSH (MaximsNews.com, U.N.)

UNITED NATIONS - / www.MaximsNews.com, UN/ - 07 March 2007 -- Jordan's King Abdullah II met yesterday in Washington with U.S. president George Bush and stressed the importance of U.S. commitment to the creation of an independent Palestinian state, amid current momentum to revive the Middle East peace process.

In a meeting with president Bush, King Abdullah expressed the need for the US to exercise a leadership role in helping the Palestinians and Israelis reach a just settlement.

He added that American engagement in peace-making would bolster American credibility in the region and restore credibility to the region's advocates of peace.

The King told Bush that the Arab moderate states were engaged in intense regional diplomacy to revive the Arab Peace Initiative and build support for the initiative among Muslim states outside the Middle East .

The Arab Peace Initiative envisions comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace, with full security guarantees for Israel from each Arab state in exchange for the establishment of a viable, independent Palestinian state, Israeli withdrawal from all Arab territory occupied since 1967 and an agreed settlement to the refugee question. The initiative was tabled by Arab states in 2002.

However, he said, the Arab effort can only be successful if it is matched by a similar diplomatic offensive among international powers and members of the Middle East Quartet.

During the White House meeting, King Abdullah said the crisis in Iraq affects all of Iraq 's neighbors, and that Arab states are keen to contribute to Iraq 's security and stability.

The US President and Mrs. Bush also hosted a private dinner for His Majesty and Her Majesty Queen Rania.

The King and Bush also discussed ways to expand bilateral economic, political and military cooperation, US efforts to revive the peace process as well as the situation in Iraq .

King Abdullah is on a five-day working visit to the US to advance Arab diplomacy for Middle East peace.

Over the past two days, he has also met with Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary Rice. He is also scheduled to meet key elected representatives, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

On Wednesday, the King will address a joint meeting of Congress. His trip to the US was preceded by meetings with Arab leaders in Riyadh and Cairo , and a stop in London where the King also met British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

His Majesty King Abdullah II is also a Contributor to MaximsNews.com, an independent Voice from the United Nations.

Alan Goudman, HE the High Commissoner to Alberta?

-- Virtual Pensacola

It appears that Alan Goudman, a Citizen of the Dominion of West Florida and of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, now residing in Alberta, the Dominion of Canada, will become the Dominion's First Permanent High Commissioner.

The Governor-General appears ready to grant the Writ of Appointment.

"We have some concerns that we get this one right from the start," Bo, Baron Von Servers, the Head and Governor of Fayette stated, "what with this being our first and all. We've got Ambassadors in place for the various Micronations, but this will be our first attempt to establish formal relations with another of Her Majesty's Governments."

Her Majesty's Government of the Province of Alberta is not expected to formally receive the High Commissioner, but hope remains that a personal meeting between the High Commissioner and Her Majesty's Lt. Governor might be possible.

The prospective High Commissioner is the publisher of the periodical 'The Rose and Crown' and is well known in Monarchist' Circles.