Many thanks for your messages of support
Many thanks to the overwhelming number of people who have written to me in the past few hours with messages of support.
I am a little busy at the moment and do not have time to reply to each one individually but in the meantime let me say how heartening they have been.
I am a little busy at the moment and do not have time to reply to each one individually but in the meantime let me say how heartening they have been.
posted by nigel hastilow at 4:30 AM
220 Comments:
I must say, I am rather disturbed by your comments that appeared in your article written for 'The Express and Star'
No, red carpets are not rolled out for foreigners coming into this country. The vast majority of immigrants arriving here today work in the 'unskilled sector', live in a flat with 10 other people, have no recourse to any public funds (quite corectly) and may even face lots of racial abuse.
...Powell was clearly wrong. There is no Black man cracking his whip on a white back and to suggest so is clearly unjustifiable.
I also found one of your other blogs distaasteful. "Bad news for blokes aged 37" Middle-aged white men are NOT being discriminated against! doesn't the fact that most of the business people that your researcher found were White and middle class sueggest that it is woman and Ethnic minorities that are immensely under-represented in this class!
anyway, I would also like to Thank you. Your comments simply reveal the truth about the tory party. You are just a bunch of scare-mongering political opportunists.
p.s. I hope your not too scared to display this comment or perhaps your scared of some legitimate criticism
Just read about your call to answer the Party Chair person. Disgusted of Hollywood is all that I can say.
It's a pity more people don't stand up and tell it like it is, if someone had done it years ago, or better, listened to Enoch POwell then, we would not be where we are now!
Another case of Britain shutting the stable door when it is too late.
Don't give in, or give up, and DO NOT apologise for telling the truth.
Best regards
David Husband
Birmingham
U.K.
The UK needs more people like you, people with the courage to tell the truth and stand up to the lunatics who are taking over the country. I wish you well
Mr. Partridge?
Thank You for speaking out for me.
...regards jason & sarah
Im glad people have been sending you messages of support!
I completely agree with your views and think its about time other people had the back bone to discuss such topics!
As very much a Labour supporter I must sympathise with the disgraceful reaction to your quite innocent but true account that Enoch Powell was correct in his assessment of what unconrolled immigration would do to this once great country.Enoch was NEVER racist and your views are NOT racist, they are simply true as the statistics verify. It's time the Racist Brigade got to grips with REAL issues and not condemn free speech, as is our democratic right. By allowing "free" immigration, the government is taking away "free" British things from "free" British people, like healthcare, housing, policing, social care, etc. I have no issue with immigration as long as it is for genuinely legitimate reasons and with control and proof of legitimacy and control.
dear nigel
its about time a politician spoke out about the non ending flow of legal and nonlegal immigrants that this country can support!, her in wilt shire, all our hospitals are closing , our police force is non existent, our green fields are vanishing under bricks and mortar, all due to our taxes being spent on the vast influx of immigrants!, now, when i fill in a form and have to state my origins, i write, Anglo Saxon!, to discriminate me from the so called British, how ashamed i feel for our once proud country!
It's pathetic, hold on in there. And if they do dump you, you can always join a centre-right, eurosceptic, conservative (small "c") party instead.
Can't understand why the Conservative Party singled you out. Whilst being completely against the Conservative Party and your own views on immigration, it appears you have been used by your party to give them a shred of credibility... when, ultimately, we all know that by reading between the lines, the whole Conservative Party's approach to immigration contains more than just a hint of 'rivers of blood' in it somewhere!
The rivers of blood are in Iraq!
Just a quick message to offer my support and congratulations in having the bottle to say Enoch Powell was right. Enough is enough and it is about time we restricted the endless stream of immigrants draining our country's resources.
Good luck
I looked your blog up just to thank you for saying what many of us think! Kindly tell the lefties running the "Heir to Blair's Conservatives" that it is not enough to pretend to be Conservatives; they will have to make actual Conservative policies to win votes from the likes of me.
I admire your courage in raising this issue in the way you have done. What is happening is so grave that I fear for our children and grandchildren. Unless the forces that are fast destroying social cohesion in our society are resisted we may be heading towards partition of the country with ethnic cleansing of whiteys from Moslem areas within 25 years. No one seems to really recognise the problem is as serious as it is. We have maybe 5 to 8 years at today's immigration rates to halt it - after that it may be too late as the momentum may be too strong. The only reaction of the authorities is to deny the issue and viciously smear those who raise it. What agenda do they have?
Good luck mate. I'm sure a very large number, if not the majority of ordinary people in this country agree with you.
Speaking the truth is not advisable if you are in the public eye, it seems. But your comments were not insensitive and certainly not inflammatory, they simply pointed out that immigration had changed Britain.
Dear Mr Hastilow
the majority of reasonable thinking people must support what you have said.
Mr Hastilow
Trevor Philips said pretty much the same as you last week. Immigration is a massive worry for many people and has to be addressed. The current government has decided to stick its head in the sand, and accuses anyone who calls for public concerns to be addressed of being racist!
As usual no one (except Nigel)in the Tory party has the balls to tackle this subject head on. Instead they pander to the PC brigade for fear of being labelled racists. Using Melanie Phillips words, once again we have been subdued into silence and intimidated into self censorship. Wake up people, this issue is slowly destroying our great country. If you grasp the nettle my guess is you will win votes not lose them. Listen to what the public have to say, almost to a man everyone I speak to is fed right up with the imigration problem, why can't people understand that discussing it is NOT racist!
Well done for speaking the truth. Most of your colleagues agree with you but are so cowardly and self serving that they prefer to keep quiet. You should neither resign or apologise though. Cameron would sell his grandmother for power never mind his country. Britain needs men with backbone not whispering weasels.
What has been said by you is simply the truth. Unfortunately the truth and politics do not mix. That dead beat Cameron probably has never heard of Enoch .... Suggest you start a breakaway party. You know the bottom line .... the iron fist race police, built up not only by Blair, will crush you as they have done with so many other people who have dared to express "the" common thought . My own feeling is that the slide in the other direction started some time ago, Blair has tried to smother this, put with incidents as with the Roma Gypsies, the murder in Rome, the swing in Switzerland, the general unrest which the Pratt Cameron is totally insulated from. The politicians ensconced comfortably, waiting for their pensions are looking increasingly apprehensive, looking over their shoulders as from which direction the blow will come .. Which it will.
Dear Nigel,
You have made the same mistake as many others, namely seeing immigration as the basic problem, when in fact, it is the 6 million Brits of employable age, who are not in employment or full time education that needs sorting. While hardly any Poles draw benefits and even Nigerians in the UK only draw 1% sickness benefit, 6% of Brits are on sickness related benefits. We have British families where there are three generations who have never worked.
Sort this problem out and there would be no jobs for immigrants who cannot draw benefits until they have been here 6 months.
In addition, the government should be actively ensuring the minimum wage is paid to migrant workers. That would stop many employer's using them.
Enoch Powell wanted to send second generation Jamaicans home with a £4000 inducement. My mother escaped from Hitler's Germany. Would Enoch send me 'home' to a country whose language I cannot speak??
Sorry, but you made a mistake in supporting an almost Stalin like solution.
Steven Schrier
Hon.Treasurer, Havant Conservative Association.
Stand as an independant. England needs people like you.
(and more Yes fans in power!)
Sir,
I used to live just outside Halesowen. I was brought up in Lye. My nan lived in Quinton. My parents are from Smethwick. Now I live with my family in North Shropshire and have recently become the British National Party Organiser for this region.
David Cameron is about to double cross the British people with his phoney immigration stance just as Thatcher once did. Much of todays mainland terrorist activity can be attributed to the Tories failing to listen to the security services back in the 1980's. However, all the main political parties need the migrant vote and they chase it with no thought whatsoever to the people of this land.
I ask you to consider switching your allegiance to the BNP, and to bring along fellow Tories who have similar feelings and community awareness to your own. But of course I do not ask you to do this on a whim.
Read 'An English Nationalism' by Tony Linsell, available from Excalibur Merchandise via the main BNP webpage, and make your decision then.
Regards,
Phil.
You have the courage to say exactly what every English man & woman are thinking.
No other country in the World allows immigrants to impress their ideas and beliefs on it like we do.
The native here is in the minority but supporting the immigrants through all the taxes imposed on us.
I moved from the Midlands many years ago to find a place where English was still the predominant language-I now live in Hampshire which is probably one of the few areas left, although now rapidly giving way to the wave of Polish immigrants now occupying the cities. Who is going to put a stop to this flood? I'm suprised this Island hasn't sunk by now!
Good for you, Sir. You spoke the truth.
I agree wholeheartedly with your comments about Enoch Powell and hope that you win your seat and put you point to the whole country.
I am sure that there are many people like myself who are looking for an honest statesman to stand up and shout out loud to all of the pc brigade to wake up and understand the future we are heading for.
I am not a racist just an ordinary citizen who fears for the future
Negation of reality is
self-deceive. Those who
pushed you out cannot be
considered straightforward politicians
Just another message of support !
You'd get my vote.
At last someone has the 'guts' to speak out at what we all know the man on the street is saying. I go to South Africa every year and have done for the last 10 and there is more racial predjudice in this country than there is there, but because of having to be p.c. it has gone underground. My father was an immigrant in 1939 so I feel I can speak and can say that this country is sitting on a time bomb, and whoever is sitting up there with the powers that be had better watch out, EVERY Brit I speak to, and I do not mean only white ones, says we have an immigration problem and it is getting worse. We have a guesthouse and the discussion 9 out of 10 times turns to the immigration problem, at the moment it is the poles, but we are waiting for the Turkish community and I am sure I am not the only one who doesn't have a degree in Geography but knows which countries that borders!!
Well said, Sir. There was nothing inherently racist in Mr. Powell's speech or yours, just a reflection of the worries of the majority. Cameron has really bottled this just as Brown bottled the election.
Why does someone who represents the basic english credo get stuffed like this. Best of luck for the future.
Good luck, Nigel.
Nigel i am sorry that you have resigned for comments that ring so true around this Great country..if only more people would take a stand and speak out about this unbelievably scary future we now (we being the Labour Party as our Goverment)are bringing upon ourselves.
I currently work as a Postman and believe me when i say my whole delivery office agrees and more to the point so do most of the people i deliver to in what this country is coming to which is a safe haven for terrorists, asylum seekers and hundreds of immigrants that the goverment know about.....and the scary figures of the ones they dont know about
Yours in full support
Mr M Glover
Lytham St Annes
Lancs
Nigel,
I wanted to let you know that Sian and I were most upset the hear the news of your resignation.
We know and respect you both as a principled politician and friend.
I appreciate that this is a difficult time for you and Fiona but our thoughts are with you.
Clive and Sian
Devasted - by your resignation. I supported your words, and worry about the future of 'our england'.
Enoch Powell was right. When will people get past all this racism crap. It is not about being racist, it is about the damage that uncontrolled immigration does to a country. Why should people that cannot support themselves financially come here for free. Is that fair? Does Austrailia let anybody in? No. You must possess tens of thousands of dollars to get in Austrailia. Does this make Austrailia racist? No, it makes them smarter than us.
Get past the racism and lets talk about how immigration has made this country less stable. I know people in jobs that will not be getting a pay rise for the next 3 years. why? Because there is 5 polish people waiting to do the job for less money. And that what it comes down too. Immigration is good for big business and the government has even stated themselves that it has kept wage inflation in check. It is a way of making unskilled british workers take less money.
100 jobs - 100 workers = Decent Wages
100 jobs - 1000 workers = Low Wages
100 jobs - 50 workers = High Wages
Immigration is good for business and the government but not for the majority of the British public. Do not be ashamed to say the truth.
Best Regards
Dave
You shouldn't have had to even consider stepping down for saying what most people know anyway.
Political Correctness lives on. God help us all.
Good luck for the future Nigel, I'm not a Tory voter but I was very interested in your brave comments about our country. Good for you for having try.
I whole heartedly agree with your sentiments,and just wish that more of our MPs would have the gutts to stand up for the British people. Like other nationals , I am fed up of tip toeing around the 'racist' issues, please dont give up on the cause. You have the power that ordinary people dont, you can make yourself be heard and be the difference.
I dont vote conservative,however it is disgraceful that you have been forced to resign for voicing your opinion! People fought and died to defend our right to free speech.
You are speaking the words of what thre "common" man in the street thinks.
Democracy in this country is allowed, provided it is in keeping with the correct political criteria of all parties.
Nigel,
I am a life-long Conservative who would be recognised by the Party, now, as an "extreme" "far right" BNP supporter. I've never voted for them, but that's not the point.
The point is that English rights and interests are disallowed under a Marxised political consensus. No English Conservative worth his salt should support what, essentially, is the soft genocide of his people.
I wish you well. I wish our people well. The same thing cannot be said of the Party you have left.
Dear Sir, You receive both mine and my husband`s full support. It takes a very brave person to stand up and say that which most of the English people are thinking. When I was a young girl, my father saw Enoch Powell deliver his `rivers of blood` speech to which my father replied, `That man is right, he will go a long way.`
Yours sincerely,
Clive & Jenny Keeble.
Thank you for speaking your mind, speaking the truth, and saying what we have all been made to be to scared to even think.
You've done nothing wrong, and the only people who should feel ashamed are those who shunned and condemned you.
You're not racist, and the people throwing the race card at you probably know you are right, but they're too scared of having the race card thrown at them by someone just as mindless as they are.
Take care.
Sorry to hear the news. I am a currently serving member of the British Forces and when I am on duty in foreign lands I have to respect the laws of the country I am serving in. However it seems people can come to Britain and do as they choose. I respect you have had the bottle to say how you feel, but have been made to fall on your sword because of it.
NIGELYou HAVE MY FULL SUPPORT, iTS NOT RACIST TO SEE THE FUTURE, ENOCH was RIGHT TO VIEW HIS OPNION,
Nigel Hastilow for PRIME MINISTER, SOONER THE BETTER,
MAN WITH GUTS, TO CALL A SPADE A SPADE no PUN MEANT, WILLIAM
Sorry to hear the news. I am a currently serving member of the British Forces and when I am on duty in foreign lands I have to respect thier laws . However it seems people can come to Britain and do as they choose. I respect you have had the bottle to say how you feel, but have been made to fall on your sword because of it.
Hi Nigel
I feel so saddened that you have decided not to stand - I am more upset by the pressure upon you from your colleagues in the Party. It is so obvious that those who complain have not read Enoch Powells books or speeches - he was a great man, spoke the truth and suffered for his views - like you have done. Pl do not give up!!
Just wanted to say we totally support you and what you've said. We have moved to France but work hard, pay our taxes, provide our own accommodation, pay for our own health care. We didn't move here expecting handouts and agree entirely that Britain is being ruined by those who take advantage of the 'freebies', one of the reasons we are in France....
Now you can't tell the truth in this Country for fear of upsetting people's sensitivities. I've been thinking what you said for some time, and I'm a Labour supporter.
Thank you for saying what everyone else would like to say and do not have the opportunity to do so
You have my full respect and admiration for saying what most people think. I consider Enoch Powell to have been one of the most far-sighted Politicians that ever lived. The way he expressed his sentiments may not have been acceptable to a lot of people but the basis of his beliefs are now coming true.
A sad day for the Conservative Party!
With all good wishes for the future.
10 years of nulabour have ruined our country and what happened to free speech? There was nothing wrong in what you said. Nothing racist. It's what most people are thinking even those in the Tory party too chicken to speak out.
Well done for speaking out and supporting your constituents.
Thank you saying what we all wish to but do not have the opportunity to do so
Nigel,
You speak for your constituents, so please stand in the election, in whatever stripe you wish, I am sure they will back you and send a clear message to the traitors in the Lib-Lab-Con one party state that the British people will not be ignored on one of the biggest issues of our time. The country is at stake. The EU is measuring the 'success' of a country based on how well it accepts migrants without any resistance whatsoever. The destruction of the UK as we knew it is planned and well advanced. The country needs people like you Nigel, to make a stand. Of course uncontrolled immigration will change the country irrevocably. It's so obvious, it says everything about how traitorous mainstream politicians have become.
Thank you for saying what all english men and women would like to say if they had the oportunity
At last a Tory with balls!Then they sack you.
To hell with them I suggest you run as an independent you will clean up,we are all sick to the back teeth of this immigration policy,but it has all been planned by Tony B.Liar/Brown and Hain from day one.You have your work cut out but you speak for millions of the downtrodden beaten English,or whats left of them.Keep up the good work you dont need Cameron or the namby pamby Tories.We are all all behind you in our millions.You have certainly got my vote.
Good luck.
I agree with Stephen Schrier and the latest anonymous posting. I really do detest the way people's blood gets up about immigration. Sorry, folks, you're far more European than you realise - this kind of statement is pretty unheard of in newer countries such as Canada. And so it should.
By the way, what kind of a name is Hastilow? Don't sound too Anglo-Saxon to me. And being the ex-editor of the Birmingham Post, you should know that these papers have lost circulation big time because they did not factor in that everyone is not a middle-aged white bloke of 37.
Nigel you certainly have the X factor well done for speaking up for our nationality after we recently hear the do gooders now want to ban Christmas what about our rights and traditions, immigration is just for the governing party to gain votes.
The BNP needs straight talkers join them for all our sakes
I would like to say you are the only Politician who has not got there head stuck in the sand, in my view you have said nothing wrong, you have voiced the views of a lot of people in this country at the moment and the only party l will vote for will be the one that does some thing about this problem.
Hold your Head High its not you who needs to apologize.
We are all behind you.
I live in Belfast and I think you are 100% right as was Enoch, we have to stop this before it kills off the UK,on your comments page anonymous said that there is no black man cracking his whip on the back of a white man, I am not talking about that but when you look at TV programs like Caught on camera, you can see that 90% of crimes are pick pockets and shop lifters also gun and knife crime are not from these shores, the reason that they come here is that we are to soft, lock them up or send them straight home again, no free health care, no houses, Thank you for speaking for nearly all of us
Well done. I know this subject is difficult but some blunt truths are in order. I believe my identity, country, culture, countryside, nationhood are being destroyed. I have no problem with immigration but the floods we have experienced are wrecking England as a nation and our land. We do not have a representative democracy we have a mafia that believes it knows best.
I fully support you on this - our country is becoming unrecognisable and out culture destroyed by mass immigration - you were honest and truthfull to speak out. God help this country with Cameron as the only alternative to Brown etc. Keep speaking out and dont be cowed - I work in a govt Dept and many are afraid to speak out on instituional political correctness and creeping Stalinism in public life.I wish you well.
I can only say that i support what you have said, i am sure i am not alone in saying some one should have listened to Enoch powell all those years ago, how true his words were.Its a shame that you are being pressured to resign for merely speaking the truth and saying what i am sure many people the country over would love to be able to say publicly.Supposedly intelligent people are in charge of running this country, how do they not see what is happening to this country.Immigration has been the downfall of this country and i fear it is too late to do anything about it.
Nigel..
Do not feel in any way guilty for speaking your mind. What this country needs is a candidate in every constituency with an agenda of strict immigration, building of prisons to be ran like prisons and not social clubs and a get out of europe ASAP before all our Britishness is diluted any further.
The current political correctness brigade which exist at present who make it impossible for people like you to speak your mind and keep your position may find that the votes for such candidates would be plentiful and give them some food for thought.
PS Here in Northern Ireland Enoch Powell was appreciated as being an excellent politician in his constituency and is seen by many many people as a national hero, not someone to be forgotten as suggested recently by Mr Peter Hain who has not and never will be seen as possessing either of these qualities.
I must say I would probably have voted Conservative (for the first time) if they agreed with you. In London over 2/3 of children are not how most people look or behave. Different cultures are great but when native English culture is in the minority then the culture of England is lost as it becomes a mix of other cultures. I'm not racist and an Asian Islamist, for example, can be culturally English, but I do believe Enoch Powell was right. He had the courage to stand up and be controversial, nobody remembers the mediocre masses that disagreed and do nothing for the world, other than wish for happy, friendly, lovely sweet things for everyone.
The official Conservative response was that your views and the views of Enoch Powell should remain in the past. Everyone says the good old days were better, statistics show that though people were poorer, they were happier.
Maybe you should stand as an independent MP for people with traditional English views (of any colour), however as a reporter you may get more coverage and therefore be more influential.
well done mate for saying what most decent brits think good luck for the future.
Dear Nigel are you under 'house arrest'?
What is happening in MY coutry?
I must say I would probably have voted Conservative (for the first time) if they agreed with you. In London over two thirds of children are not how most people look or behave - and they are the future of things to come.
Different cultures are great but when native English culture is in the minority then the culture of England is lost as it becomes a mix of other cultures. I'm not racist and an Asian Islamist, for example, can be culturally English superficially, but I do believe Enoch Powell was right. He had the courage to stand up and be controversial, nobody remembers the mediocre masses that disagreed and do nothing for the world, other than wish for happy, friendly, lovely sweet things for everyone.
The official Conservative response was that your views and the views of Enoch Powell should remain in the past. Everyone says the good old days were better, statistics show that though people were poorer, they were happier.
Maybe you should stand as an independent MP for people with traditional English views (of any colour), however as a reporter you may get more coverage and therefore be more influential.
Quite frankly I cannot see WHY stating a fact should get you into such trouble!
Political correctness gone mad. How long will it be before they censor our thoughts.
I thought freedom of speech was something we could be proud of in this country but clearly one day our every waking thought, action and speech will be dictated by idiots with no common sense.
I have mailed Mr Cameron with my thoughts on this issue and unless I am missing something, you have NOT, at any stage said that immigration is a bad thing - just that it has changed the face of this country. Well, so have many other things!
Good luck with your future.
Well done, stand as an independant. Was going to vote Tory but not now. Your comments are not racist nor untrue. He was bang on with the saying rivers of blood. look at Leeds and the result of 7/7! need I say more....
PLease refuse to resign
U ARE RIGHT
THE LOCAL PARTY MUST REFUSE TO ACCEPT YOUR RESIGNATION
pLEASE say AND fight
Is THE ONLY OTHER VOICE THE bnp?
You are saying what the vast number of people are just thinking and politicians don’t have the courage to discuss. I am not a racist, but we are heading for big problems. Good luck Nigel
Dear Nigel,
What a pity you didn't remind your gullible audience that Enoch Powell - as Secretary of State for Health in 1954 - refused to give in to a health workers' strike over pay and told his Cabinet colleagues of the day: "Let's get them in from the West Indies to do their jobs." Why don't people like you realise that Enoch - in 1968 - was simply making a bid for the Conservative leadership? Why do you persist in the notion that Enoch was speaking on behalf of the hard-pressed indigenous population when all he was doing - Huey Long-like - was rabble rousing in the hope that it would win him the leadership of his party? Enoch was a cold rationalist who probably didn't give twopence about race, immigration or anything along those lines. It was simply a calculated move - in complete defiance of Shadow Cabinet agreement two days earlier not to use the race card - to win political favours by going out on a limb. Why did Fleet Street's finest - despite exhaustive efforts - never find the little old lady who'd had excretia put through her letter box? Because she didn't exist. Enoch made it up. It's interesting that after resigning from the Conservative Party Enoch later chose to become an Ulster Unionist MP - for Down South - thus thrusting himself into the maelstrom of Northern Ireland politics, which at that time was literally a matter of life and death. I think this tells us something about your great hero.
nigel you are right i cant understand why you have resigned enoch powell was right too & its all hapening now were being over run with immigrants we used to sing there will always be an england not any more obviously there even trying to do away with christmas whet is this country coming too
Enoch Powell was correct in his assessment of what uncontrolled immigration would do to this GREAT country. It does not mean he or yourself are racist.
Before people condemn you they should look at the bigger picture. When all the immigrants that come to this country to work then send all their hard earned money home, and they do work hard you can see that from most of them, how many millions of pounds that they earn is not going back into the British economy. What will happen to our ecenomic future. I don't support the BNP but look at the last elections how many people voted for them. That is not people supporting them it's the people of this GREAT nation saying they have had enough.
Your words are what a lot of the people of this nation are saying themselves but are not in a position to be heard.
To your comments I say well said.
Immigration has changed the nature of Great Britain. We ALL know this. All you have done is to have reminded us that we wee warned by Enoch Powell that this would happen, many years ago!!
Dear Mr Hastilow,
It is about time more Politicians told the truth. Do not back down, do not apologise. The average person in this Country is getting sick and tired of the total lack of control over immigration. We are being sold out by our own Countrymen. Enoch Powell was a visionary, an intelligent man with his own Country at heart - unlike some of the more senior politicians in this Country. We need more people like you to stand for election in this Country and fight for what is right. We need to get rid of these politicians who are forcing issues down our throats and telling us what we do and do not need. Good luck to you.
Neil
The truth is too much is too much. He just expressed the views of millions of UK citizens. How can you have a true honest open debate when just to mention it could mean the sack.Free Speech who you kidding, This country has been ruined . I admire your guts and hope people support you.Or do we really want to become a corrupt nation like the Congo or Zimbabwe.
We have standards and we should protect them.
Well done for having the gut's to stand up and tell it like it really is. I fear for my son and what will happen in the coming year's. It's only big business wanting cheap labour that is pulling the strings in the government
I so wish more people would say what they think.
I got myself into a position where I self CENSORED what I thought and realised that CULTURAL MARXISM had got the better of me.
I am not a number I AM A FREE MAN.
Don't walk into the shadows stand tall.
Defeat the quisling right!
Kevin Hughes Reading Berks
Stand as an independant, England really needs people like you. We'd vote for you, as would most people who care about the future of this country.
I am in total support of your speech. What has happened to free speech in this country - Oh I forgot - only if the BBC etc agree with what you have said. This PC environment that we are living in now has the majority at a disadvantage. Enoch Powell was RIGHT. Immigration is out of control, the government does not even know the number in this country. The British born people deserve a decent health service, jobs and housing. Immigrants have taken 8 out of 10 new jobs in the past ten years. British jobs for British people - what is wrong in that? The conservative party/government need to wake up to the fact that Immigration DOES need to be reduced. Listen to the People!
You were right. You have nothing to apologise for.
I won't be voting Conservative after their hysterical reaction.
I am so sorry you have had to resign over your Enoch Powell comments. This country needs leaders like you not the wishy washy pathetic MP's we have who will not listen to the wishes of the majority. Continue to speak your mind, there are more people with you than you might expect.
your an idiot . And your a rascist. However I am saddened that your leaving because people like you show the tories up for what they really are..
Thanks for having the guts to be honest and truthful. It's a shame so many of your colleagues who I'm sure agree with you are afraid to show their support for you.
Well said!!
Of course Enoch was bloody right, look at what a mess this country is. Too many people on a cramped island. Too much tension in any city with a minority population over 10%. And by the way, I'm Asian.
Well said.
So it is now offensive to say what MANY people are saying is it?
What a pity more politicians are not so in touch with the "normal" people!!
Glad you said it, unhappy you resigned. There is no way we are going to have a sensible debate if politicians like you turn tail and run at the slightest controversy. I guess it saved us from a spineless U turn when you are in power...
COPY OF EMAIL TO DAVID DAVIS
Mr Davis
Sorry, but not only have you lost an intelligent prospective candidate, but you have also lost at least one Conservative vote (I suspect many more).
This man has dared to say what the vast majority of white British people think. I know - until recently, I lived in West Yorkshire and my business dealt with Asian people daily. Unless the Conservatives can accept the true concept of being British, the National Front will take all their votes.
Incidentally, I am not racist - I have had several Muslim friends. But, as far as I am concerned, I am proud of our heritage and believe in free speech.
Roger Green
he is right. Says what the rest of us are thinking but we are not allowed to speak because we have to embrace this. The government did not consult the British people on this issue at all.Its a joke,
Well said!
It is sad that democracy is gravely impaired by the reluctance of politicians to speak the truth and risk offending a part of the electorate. Stand your ground Sir; you have HUGE support!
DJP.
Mr Hastilow, How refreshing to hear a Politician voice what the majority of the people think! Far from resigning, you should run for leader and then PM !!!!!!
My children are 30 down to 15, and I have advised them to get out of this country!!!!
Freedom of speech is about debate and forming opinions on right or wrong. Those that agree love it, those that don't, want you banned. If you can't be defeated by debate then surely you must be right. Those who shout racist and insult you are not interested in debate, only their opinion. They are the book burners and inquisitors of the past. Whatever you choose to do next, do it because you believe you're right and not because you'll make more money. Then you won't be a Conservative anymore, you'll be a man.
erm...you're clearly inbred. You may also recognise that most of the supporting comments on this page (and I have read them) are from illiterate, ill-educated thugs who haven't the talent to rise in whatever insignificant job they "may" (emphasised as they are more than likely on benefits) be doing.
So it has come to this - that the liberal modern tory party are to revert to a particularly pernicious form of rabble-rousing that appeals to the lowest common denominator and that serves as a precursor to violence and hostility against people who aren't white.
Is it really the party-line that you want to take votes away from the BNP?
Well Done !! It takes real guts to say what has to be said, remember George Orwell 1984,
"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act!!." I hope you every success in the future.
dear Mr Hastilow
I was appalled that you have been forced to resign as a result of your comments, it appears that freedom of speech only works one way now, and that the views of those who want to see British people put first don't count.
WWII cost too many good people for us to approve of blind fascism, but you simply told the truth, that this island is already overcrowded and we cannot support the people we have here, let alone more uncontrolled immigration
Dont let them silence you
good luck
I have emailed the Shadow Home Secretary telling him that he should read this site and that indeed you should be PM, and that the Conservatives would do well to heed your comments and the peoples comments!!!!!
Go for it Nigel. Stand independant and take the ba$tard$ on. Prove some of the doubters posting on this blog wrong and demonstrate your committment to making this Country British once again. It's been a long time since comments such as yours have stirred such emotion on blog sites. There are many more supporters than knockers (and many of these knockers are immigrants themselves or brainless Labour supporters). Best of luck.
It is sad to see that Enoch was right. It is even more disturbing that the reality is worse than the figures Enoch quoted (those figures were previously presented to parliament by the Registrar General's Office).
It is the newspapers massaging their own pious ego that has allowed this situation to go unchallenged, it is time that they reported what is actually happening in this country not vilify those who speak out.
P Jeffers
I was disappointed to hear of your resignation. This PC crazy world we live in makes it impossible for anyone to speak honestly without being accused of being a racist. Whatever happened to freedom of speech? It's time people faced facts and separated racism from reality. Thank you for taking a stand.
It is about time someone spoke out about how imigration is changing this country. Enoch Powel was right. Look how we have changed over the last 50 years or so, we were once a white chrisitian country and now we are a multiracial country with churches disappearing and being replaced by mosques. I believe that in 50 years or so, the indigenous people of this once great country will be the minority and it will be a 3rd world type of country run by the immigrants.
God help us.
Will it really be the 'rivers of blood' before we realise the error of our ways.
I despair of the state of our nation, run by Scots for the benefit of just about everyone but the English.
Whilst the USA is described as a melting pot, the UK feels more like ethnic cleansing by stealth with the ‘cleansees’ being forced to pay the bill!
Immigration in itself is not a problem if you have a thriving economy and a strong sense of community and national identity. Unfortunately, the sense of ‘Britishness’ or, God forbid, ‘Englishness’, is almost a crime (as opposed to burglary, assault, car theft – a.k.a. ‘joy riding’, or criminal damage which is simply considered as antisocial behaviour by our Scottish socialist overlords).
The right to chose who enters our country on the basis of their potential contribution to our society as opposed to their ‘rights to asylum, housing, benefits, education, healthcare and, if they chose, employment’ is denied us. At the same time, the indigenous British citizen is denied the same rights granted to these newcomers to our shores.
It is refreshing, and so very rare, to hear a politician speak the truth, especially when it is painted so controversial. Do not let them silence you. We are listening.
Like Galileo, you told a truth which the establishment will not stomach.
Like Galelao, you told a truth which the establishment will not stomach.
I must say i have never heard of you until i just watch tonight's late news.
However, i would just like to say well done. Your views are my views and if others were not so soft -immigration would have been sorted out by now.
Good luck.
Hello Nigel, thank God some people nearer the top of the pile have the Balls to say what needs to be said. Yes Enoch Powell was right and so are you.
I had to write in support of your comments re immigration. I am in no way racist. Indeed, my niece is married to a man who is "black and shiny". His family came to the U.K. many years ago and have always worked and paid their taxes. Mark, himself, played for a premiership football club until age forced him to retire. Then he set up a company which employs several people.Where I live, one of my favourite shop keepers is Asian. Whether he's Pakistani or Indian I don't know. I've never asked as it's of no importance. All I do know is that he provides an excellent service and pays his taxes. If, in later life, he retires and needs to apply for benefits I will have no objections as he has paid into our society. What I do object to is the number of young Eastern Europeans I see daily hanging around our local town, obviously unemployed so they must be receiving benefits in order to live.No wonder we are being forced to build so many more houses - not for our local people but for all the migrants that are being allowed to enter this country. When will it stop!!!
I just wanted to write to register my full support for what you have said. Immigration is now over 15 times what it was when Powell delivered his famous speech, and it is now, more than ever before, that we need politicians who are prepared to come out and speak the truth about what is going on. Thank you for being one of those (sadly very rare) politicians.
Thank you for having voiced what so many of us feel but are not allowed to say. Anyone who denies that England had changed irrevocably must, in my opinion, be blind. How is it that I hear so many people say that they feel like a stranger in their own land, and why is it that I feel that I would like to live elsewhere?
I am sorry that it cost you your job, but remember that you speak for many of us.
Thank you,
Stephen.
You should not have had to resign for your beliefs.What has happened to free speech?It seems that only ethnic minorities are the only ones allowed free speech.You have said what lots of others believe, but are too frighened to say.Our soldiers died in the last war in vain.We have given the country away.
Politics aside, the truth will win you support.
I absolutely agree with and support what you say, but without a political platform you cannot use this truth to affect change.
Telling the truth is not enough.
Well done you for speaking sense. We are not racist just all concerned the way our country is being taken over at the expense of the British way of life. Do not appologise anyone with any common sense knows you are right. About time somebody stood up for the voice of the people and that politicians respected the views of the people they are elected to represent. I SALUTE YOU SIR
My view is that supporting not criticising your comments is what was needed to help the growing support for the Conservatives. Support for you would have shown the Conservatives are prepared to stand up and tackle excessive immigration.
It is not racist to quote comments made by Enoch Powell. He was and is right.
Neither is it racist for you to publicly relate to the concerns being raised with you.
We need people who are prepared to stand up for what is right.
Well done to you, Nigel Hastilow! It's great to see an MP with the guts to say what everyone is thinking. Ignore the pathetic claims that your comments were racist. You are only speaking the truth, which the multi-culturalists can't bare to face.
Bravo!
James,
Essex.
Well done for speaking out, you have more backbone than any of the spineless lot in Westminster today. You are well rid, sounds like you have to much common sense to be a politician. Before long they will be eating their words anyway, it is coming because Enoch Powell was right and so are you. Good Luck for the future.
Nigel you have my full support and thank you for saying what many of us have been saying for years.
The lefties who condemn your remarks have no idea what it is like living in Bradford, Halifax and Huddersfield. Mr Powell was right, most of the immigrants have no wish to integrate into our community nor have they any intention of contributing to country. This country is an easy touch and will always be so under Labour.
Tell Cameron to walk around Halifax to see that we should have listened to Mr Powell.
Ray Honeyford the Bradford Headmaster warned of the integration problems in schools over 20 years ago. He warned of the pending problems we now experience, unfortunately Ray was scorned, suspended for many years by Bradford Council for his comments and now after all this time he has been exonerated. Bradford Council admit they got it wrong.
Nigel, leave this mambypamby party and stand as an independent, the majority of the British public are behind you. The media give far more coverage to the left wingers which is why this country is in the mess it is in.
I had intended joining the Conservative Party because I thought they had at last a vision on improving the lives of many 'middle England people'. Clearly it is all rhetoric and to that end I have decided not to.
Do not give in Nigel.
Thank goodness someone has had the guts to say what an awful lot of my friends & colleagues have been thinking & discussing (albeit quietly) for several years. I am a 38 year old nurse. I remember my Dad telling me about Enoch Powell & how his words would one day come to fruition. We have an awful lot of immigrant workers in the care sector. This keeps the wages down. Therefore we cannot recruit locally. These workers are recruited from African continent, flown here, housed 20 to a terrace, charged for their rent & transport. They do not live in the local community. They can't speak English, they cannot understand simple instructions. Their ability to communicate is restricted. On top of that they don't really want to be doing the job, they are just there to earn the money to send home. The modern day slave trade is alive & well. Why employ local people (who let's face it have to pay through their noses for housing) when you can employ for half the cost?
Thanks again for speaking out...what a shame speaking the truth resulted in you having to resign. What has happened to this country?
It seems many people in this country are more concerned with being called 'racist' than the fact their own grandchildren by the time they are pensioners will be ethnic minorities in their own land. How come a nation with such a reputation for stiff upper lips, backbones and taking no priosoners has spawned so many pathetic cowards in recent decades, so scared of being called a name? Who cares what people say, as my granny said sticks and stones may break your bones but names will never harm you. The word 'racist' is not much different to calling people who dissented 'witch' in mediaval times. And would these lefty pc types call Maoris or Cherokee 'Racist' for wanting to maintain their culture and ethnicity?
I am sure Mr Hastilow would walk the next election as an independent. And one last thing if you are against mass immigration and its effects on the UK and you still continue to vote the LibLabCon, you really are a Turkey voting for Christmas. They are the people who have imposed this unwanted social experiment on the British people.....and you trust them to solve the problem!!??
You have my total support. There is nothing racist about telling the truth. Enoch was right his statements which were made in his own flamboyant style.We are becoming overrun by eastern Europeans Africans black and white)together with the traditional west Indians and assorted asiatics many of whom are already involved in criminal activities. People coming to OUR country should adopt our values,laws and language.We are being colonised.
Where has freedom of speech gone!
There are many people who agree with you. Looking at the number of bloggers here, most wish to remain anon for fear I assume, of being labelled racist which I am not, and you are not,just British.
If your blog indicates anything, it is that the privacy of the polling booth will ultimately prevail, but we need someone like you to put their head above the parapet of do gooders and cowards and shout out what everyone across Britain and Northern Ireland knows and let the people have a voice.
My dear Mr. Hastilow, I would just like to commend you for speaking the words that the vast majority are also speaking, yes Enoch Powell was right.
I urge you to continue with your political career and to stand as an Independent, as you bring something rarely seen in British politics these days, honesty and principle.
The honesty to speak the truth, and the strength to stand by your principles in spite of the pressures that have obviously been brought to bear.
Sir - This is a message of the profoundest support. I know very little of your background and wider politics. However, I believe you have the backing not only of your constituency, but of the country at large, bar those who are so blinded by the absurd strictures of multicultural that they no longer understand the nihilism in which their views ultimately consist.
The hordes of misguided souls who drone on about the economy falling over without immigration know nothing about ecnomics, nor the state of business in this country. The underlying health of British businesses is not under threat. We house one of the world's financial centres, and have a skilled population whose domestic needs will guarantee a certain level of economic activity. What is more, many of the British workforce are (sadly decreasingly) distinguished in the world by the possession of intangible qualities that are difficult to recreate, being generated only through a long history of superior education and a domestic culture that fostered learning, humility, politeness, forebearance and fairness in a way that is unique in the world, and which remains - just - in Britain and several of her former colonies. It should be cherished, but has been treated with disdain by a legislature which takes it for granted by allowing its overwhelming dilution through unchecked immigration by populations which sadly do not share these cultural advantages.
And why? In order to boost the balance sheets of British corporations - to ensure an enhanced level of economic growth in order to fend of the perceived stagnation that is the next stage in a developed economic cycle. All Britain's immigrants are doing is providing a layer of ultra-cheap labour for corporations, allowing them to cut costs, while maintaining high prices, and thus ensuring that the divisions in Britain are widened further - between an execive class whose lives are cushioned by fat corporations, and those whose ideals or opportunities will not allow them to take the shilling of unbridled, selfish capitalism. Meanwhile, this tactic allows government to continue to produce socially, but not economically untenable economic prognoses, upon which to continue to borrow, ensuring the temporary health of the country but seriously endangering its future. This appalling short-termism, which is wantonly destroying the past and the future of this country for the sake of political egoes, will not do. However, the government can rest easy on the topic of the social and cultural impact of the needless influx of cheap labour into the UK, since debate on the issue is silenced. Anyone questioning unchecked immigration, or even imputing this country with an indigenous culture is by default accused of racism and silenced, usually fired. It is as if free speech is tolerated but only on certain non-difficult issues.
Perhaps it is already too late. The influx of more than a million foreigners to Britain since Labour came to power has certainly changed the face of the country, as Powell predicted, and as you rightly, and uncontroversially identify. Whether or not this will prove irrevocable will take active debate and an upsurge in popular feeling. This can only happen once debate on the topic is legitimised. Hopefully a crunch point will be reached soon, at which the sensible souls left will say "thus far and no further". Then perhaps the issue will be broached, measures can be put in place in order to remedy the nation's ills, and set her on the path back to social harmony, a narrowing wealth gap, economic prosperity built on solid foundations, and the healthy culture of reasonableness of which her citizens are quite rightly proud.
Sensible people of Britain! Take a stand against the stifling tyrrany of unthinking political correctness! Back Mr Hastilow to the hilt and show that the debate on immigration must be held and will be held.
Someone who is proficient in these things might like to set up a website with a petition, in order to quantify the volume of support for Mr Hastilow.
Nigel, you stand to become an unwitting English hero. Take a stand for reason.
Not only have our elites forced upon us such profound and damaging changes to our society, but they also have the bloody cheek to tell us that we have to like it, and that it is unacceptable to say otherwise. Well done for standing up and being the voice of the despised majority. If our nation survives, Enoch will one day be honoured as a hero, but the memory of the likes of Blair, Brown and Cameron will be held in everlasting contempt.
There are a few comments on the BNP on here. I have never voted for them, but I am planning to when I have opportunity in the future. What other choice is there? They are not as bad as the media portray them, and certainly far less worse than the alternative that awaits our children in what one comment called a 'soft genocide' (perhaps 'ethnocide' would be better). Either we need something new, and fast, or we need to draw a line in the sand and get involved with the only party that gives us a voice, and reform whatever problems it has from the inside. Either way, time is fast running out for us.
Well done for speaking the truth about what Britain has become. Please don't apologise to this pack of bullies. But in all honesty I can't understand why you support a party that, while not as bad as Labour (yet), has remained spineless on immigration since Powell was sacked. I certainly cannot comprehend how some self-described Labour supporters claim to support you too. It's like turkeys supporting Christmas (or is it 'Winterval' these days?)
Are there others in the tories like you? Britain is crying out for someone to stop this madness while Cameron turns his back on his traitional supporters. Come out strong and confident (no grovelling or hang-wringing) and the support will follow.
well done for having the courage to speak your mind nigel - more power to you.
dont give up sir,this country needs people like you,i wish you well.
This country has been indoctrinated by new labours dream of a multicultural uptopia for far to long without challenge, you have my full support! All you did is Speak the mind of the majority of the English People! Good luck to you!
Kind Regards.
Nigel, well done for speaking out on all our behalves, well those who live and where born here as was their parents. Enoch Powel was not a racist, he was a former army officer who fought to protect this country just like I did too. I think the conservitive party chair women as the wrong idea about this country and what we all stand for, no wonder many of us who are strong enough are leaving this sinking ship after years of allowing our well earned efforts go freely to those willing to come here and take everything that is not their's. We wish you well what ever you turn your hand and mind too Nigel.
Don't worry about the detractors Sir, they're not living in reality, and it seems we're in the decade in which they'll have to acknowledge it.
All the best to you, and rest assured you've done the right thing in speaking out, we could do with a few more like you.
Well done NIgel,
Free speech in this country has been stifled.
You said what 90% of the UK people feel. You said nothing racist.
Enoch was right, he expressed hi concerns very well, they were not heeded.
All three main political parties tread the same line, until they discuss this in the open, people will drift towards the BNP.
Indeed, Britain is in dire need of such uncoomon men as this, who have the intelligence not only to notice, but the courage to publicly declare that the Emperor wears no clothes. The entities who have targeted Great Britain- and the Occident in general- for a radical social face lift, have intentionally engineered the word 'racist' to serve as a magic bullet designed to discourage any and all debate on the issue of foreign and trans-national migration in Europe and its undeniably negative consequences to social stability and cohesion, and the integrity of the respective National character of its respective Nations.
Europeans and European Diasporans have been socially conditioned to fear the accusation of racism to such a degree- an accusation that has tangible consequences for an individuals socio-economic status- that all open debate on the issue of Migration has been effectively silenced. And that is the intended result. So-called anti-hate legislation is nothing more than a set of tools designed to give the authorities the legal power to suppress free speech, and thus anti-EU rhetoric. The legal definition of 'hate' has been left so ambiguous and plastic, that it can be applied at will by those in a position to arbitrate its definition. The government has proven my assertion by using this legislation to oppress anyone or any organisation which it sees as placing itself in opposition to the EU agenda. Thus, the mere discussion of the negative consequences of unchecked foreign mass migration into Britain can be viewed as encouraging animosity towards foreigners and non-whites, and thus promoting hate. The neo-Marxist EU has learned from the mistakes of its predecessors. We will not lose our freedoms at the point the point of a gun, but rather the pen. Subtly and incrementally, and as painlessly -in the short term -as possible.
There will be no effective opposition to the insipid, catastrophic agenda of the EU unless more men and Women of character, courage and conviction step forward to publicly challenge the demonstrable madness of the EU Agenda. Sadly, courage and integrity, attributes once inseparable from the British character, are qualities no longer much in evidence among our average citizenry. Hopefully more admirable dissidents such as Mr. Hastilow will step forward and advocate for the faction of sanity and reason -inspiring a broken people to regain their pride, dignity, and self-respect -and eventually to reclaim the future of their children.
BS.
Euroscep Forum: http://eurosceptics.org
When you have to step down for telling the truth P C has gone to far, BNP here I come
Dear Nigel
I wanted to say I totally support what you said. I am a conservative party member and I used to live in Walsall (near Wolverhampton). Now I live in the US with my American wife. One of the reasons I left was because of immigration. This evil socialist government takes care of and defends immigrants and foreigners at every turn instead of looking after us British. As for the Tory party, they are afraid of their own shadow and need to grow some balls instead of sharing Labour's. Here in the States, they don't tolerate all the crap our country does. Here you either fall in line or get out. I wish you all the best and personally I wish you hadn't of quit and stood your ground instead. Maybe you should run as an independent conservative at the next election? That would be one in the eye for Labour and the spineless Tory central office. Good luck!
J. Raybould
Stand as an independant you would certainly get my vote.
Dear Nigel,
Come back to Henley and stand as an independant, we need you here!
What Enoch said was that "uncontrolled immigration" would be bad for the country. The fact that he is becoming more accurate by the day is the fault of the government.
You sir have spoken your mind and you have spoken up for your constituents. You stand out among the crowd of cowards for this act of courage in this age of declining free speech. Shame on you for resigning, you should have forced the line towers to sack you.
You have an opportunity to help pioneer the change of tide in the country. Today I ceased to vote Tory after a life of doing so. We need leaders who stand on principal and peak their minds with courage.
Choose your next steps carefully, you have the support of the people. Good luck.
So sorry to see that someone who dares to speak out at what many in our great country(was) are forced to say under their breath for fear of being punished and penalised as you have and most certainly will continue to be. Our leaders of any political colour do not give a damm as long as labour is cheap and profits and therefore taxes are high there idealist views of society will continue.
It is a pity you resigned so soon. Waiting for the Conservative Party to agonise about sacking you would have given more publicity to the severely censored subject of immigration - something
http://www.1party4all.co.uk
is anxious to facilitate.
There are many non-white British citizens concerned about immigration who do not have the same breast-beating tendencies of the Liberal establishment about calling a spade a spade.
It is a great shame you caved in so early, Nigel Hastilow!
Will you be publishing this, I wonder?
As an "Anglo Saxon" who can trace his roots back to the 12th century
I find your remarks offensive, ill informed and paranoid, although not surprising considering your political affiliations.
Britain is one of the most bastardised countries in the world, we've not been home to a homogenous racial group since the Romans threw out the celts. To rant and moan about immigration which has been ongoing for two thousand years, just because people are a different colour, reeks of paranoia.
Frankly if a person leaves their family, friends, culture and history behind to try and make a new life for themselves in a country far away, then if only for the sake of common humanity, we should do everything we can to support and help them rather than hound them.
One of the reason immigrants are so successful is because they have no choice but to entrepreneurial because people like you give them no chance. As an Englishman, who has lived as an immigrant in non English speaking countries, I have nothing but respect for people who come to live here.
In fact in an ideal world, I'd expel all the little Englanders such as yourself, and invite ten of them in your place.
Thanks for exposing why your party is a dinosaur destined to be in the political wilderness for the next decade
As an "Anglo Saxon" who can trace his roots back to the 12th century
I find your remarks offensive, ill informed and paranoid, although not surprising considering your political affiliations.
Britain is one of the most bastardised countries in the world, we've not been home to a homogenous racial group since the Romans threw out the celts. To rant and moan about immigration which has been ongoing for two thousand years, just because people are a different colour, reeks of paranoia.
Frankly if a person leaves their family, friends, culture and history behind to try and make a new life for themselves in a country far away, then if only for the sake of common humanity, we should do everything we can to support and help them rather than hound them.
One of the reason immigrants are so successful is because they have no choice but to entrepreneurial because people like you give them no chance. As an Englishman, who has lived as an immigrant in non English speaking countries, I have nothing but respect for people who come to live here.
In fact in an ideal world, I'd expel all the little Englanders such as yourself, and invite ten of them in your place.
Thanks for exposing why your party is a dinosaur destined to be in the political wilderness for the next decade
It is sad, but totally unsurprising that you have felt the need to resign your position. Incredibly, in just ten short years it has become almost impossible to either comment or even think freely in the United Kingdom, without being branded as one form of extremist or another. I commend you for having the resolve to stick to your principles in this matter - but why not try a step further and publish a detailed list of your thoughts and beliefs on all important issues facing Britain today? Who knows? It might be the start of a new political party that is actually supported by a majority of the population? Good luck.
If only other MP's had the strength & conviction to state what we the indigenous Brits say regularly, Enoch Powell was right. This untold immigration was trust on us without so much as a vote,& this has changed the demographics of the UK for the worst. Also laws passed to silence any dissenters who so much as utter their disgust at this high-jacking of our democracy. We are forced to accept this with continued lies from the media & traitorous politicians about how wonderfully well off we all are to have foreign masses turning huge swathes of areas into ghettos at expense of our very way of life, this is surely wrong but at least you had the conviction Nigel Hastilow to speak out, well done to you & best wishes.
Dear Mr Hastilow,
Well done for speaking out!
The useless Tory Party, as Peter Hitchens describes them, is only showing its true colours by throwing you out.
Let's hope the electorate all stay at home at the next election to show their displeasure at what's on offer.
We live under a one party state and will continue to do so until one of them incorporates total withdrawal from EU membership into its manifesto. This is where the control of immigration problem lies.
We need a new party in this country that represents the used and abused majority of our nation and it has to start somewhere or we will all become medieval serfs once more.
The writing is most definitely on the wall for the Celtic - Anglo-Saxon peoples of these islands and slavery awaits us unless something is done and soon.
Charles Crosby
I admire you and your courage Mr. Hastilow. The furor over your remarks just show that if you are a native British person you are not allowed to hold any view that is in any way negative to the massive changes that immigration has wrought upon this country. It sickens me to say it but the current Conservative party is an utterly lost cause - you have to wonder what it is exactly that they wish to "conserve" any longer. Their snouts in the EU trough no doubt, all the while failing in their duty to tell foreigners like Mr.Hain that they have no place instructing free born Englishmen what they may and may not say in their own country. We are at a crossroads in this country; either people like yourself grasp the bull by the horns and create a new democratic party or alliance (based on the principle of renegotiating our EU membership, stopping mass immigration, restoring law and order in public life and facilitating and educating people to be able to build, invent and create things rather than simply sell services to each other) or we continue down the path of ever increasing left wing / liberal control at the expense of the native British population – with catastrophic consequences when the inevitable backlash occurs. By acting and speaking out now you are truly playing your part in making sure that “rivers of blood” will not flow on British soil! Be assured that you, and not the liberal elite in Westminster, speak for the majority view of the British people
For anyone who cares about preserving traditional British culture and identity, it is blatantly obvious that Enoch Powell was right. The repeated claim that immigrants are 'good for the econonmy' is tedious and depressing, as it falsely implies that the economy matters more than anything else. For most native Britons, preserving our culture and national identity is far more important.
Enoch's comments were not racist but a true comment of what happens in a mixed culture society. The truth is outside of the big cities no one else wants a mixed culture, they want to preserve what they have. It is not racist to want to preserve your heritage and I'm quite proud of English heritage like the Scots and the Welsh. We should no shy away from preserving our heitage to satifisfy some looney lefties.
Britain needs people like you to tell the truth and voice the opinions and concerns of the majority,thanks for your support,Britain needs you.
Thank you for speaking for the vast majority of the country who are too busy trying to pay off huge mortages and tax bills and too afraid of being branded racist to get involved in this vey important debate.
Nigel, you are correct in what you say, The difference between you and the others are YOU said it whilst others think it but keep quiet. You are not racist because you say our country is full, others will take a stand against you as that is seen to be the right thing to do. It`s about time people opened there eyes and saw the right picture about immigration. Immigrants that came over here to work hard,pay taxes and to integrate with our society years ago are against the mass immigration which is happening now. You were correct, do not change!
Ah well, you did your best. Here's my tribute post.
What has happened to freedom of speech,i stand up and take my hat off to you for standing up and saying what the mass majority of this country really feel.We no longer have a say in our own country we have no rights we a treated like second class citizens.My children are being brainwashed in school not allowed to celebrate harvest festival because it is a christian celebration and the school for the first time this year not selling poppies year, when asked why, no reasonable explanation was provided.I pay my way in life, i have a good job with a nice salary and pay my taxes only to be treated like dirt and im afraid my views are not the minority. So please do not be crushed by the pc brigade and stand tall because you have had the guts to speak out for the views of the majority of decent hard working people of this country. May your career prosper for being a honest and honourable man. JH, BRISTOL.
During the seven years that you were my editor (the best I've ever worked under) I rarely agreed with many of your views but, as someone wiser than me once said, I would have defended to the death your right to say them. A view clearly not shared by the current Conservative leadership. I was afraid they might force you into some Stalinist retraction so good on you for sticking to your guns and and, as always, telling it like it is. Parliament could do with more people like you.
well done for speaking out. i hope all the support you recive will make you carry on.
we need more people like you to stand up, not be afraid to speak the truth, or there mind and try and get us out of this mess. if not we face a very bleak future. your ordinary man on the street can see this already.good luck
I agree with your comments. I am in business and talk to a lot of people from al walks of life in different areas and they all say the same thing that there are too many foreigners who are not essential to the interests of this country coming in. Its simple maths. Its no wonder so many people are leaving for France, Spain, Australia etc but interesting that you usually have to prove you are worth something of value to get in thos countries unlike here.
I think it also shows how insecure this nation is when you cannot quote someone without the old racist/ facist card being waved. Good god nothing changes does it.
Thanks for writing what you did, pity this county is run by people who say what they think they should say to save their career rather than what they believe in. Nothings changed in 40 years has it ?
I wish you well! What did you expect, speaking the truth in today's conservative party- a knighthood? Well, i shan't be renewing party membership and shall sit on my hands next GenElec.
When I was young, we had freedom of speech in this country - what has happened to that right?
We are not racists - just concerned that we are losing our country to a frightening number of immigrants.
We live in southern France part-time and my daughter-in-law is French. The immigrants there have to fit in with the French lifestyle; possibly one of the many reasons why everyone heads for Britain - we are seen as a soft touch; there are magazines printed in various languages telling immigrants how to get the most benefits from the British Welfare System.
Why do they travel across Europe and head for Britain?
You are voicing what middle-England is thinking and cannot say.
YOU ARE CORRECT IN YOUR COMMENTS AS WAS ENOCH. I AM 61 YEARS OLD AND I LIVE IN NORFOLK AND I AM PISSED RIGHT OFF WITH THE SOCIAL IMPACT THESE IMMAGRANTS ARE HAVING. I WORKED IN ROMANIA ON MANY OCCASIONS AND I HAVE WITNESSED ON NUMAROUSE OCCASIONS AS TO THE STANDEDS (OR LACK OF STANDEDS) THESE PEOPLE ADHERE TO. THE GOVERNMENT ONLY SEEM TO BE INTERESTED IN THE FINANCIAL ADVANTAGES THAT SOME OF THESE IMMAGRANTS MAY CONTRIBUTE TO THIS COUNTRY. WE NEED REAL PEOPLE LIKE YOU TO FLAG UP THE SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS ROAD WE ARE ON TO ANICHY IN THIS COUNTRY.
Dear Mr Hastilow
Thank you for simply articulating what I, and from conversations many other white English people, feel at the way in which the social, cultural and ethnic fabric of our country is being deliberately destroyed to create a Cultural Marxist Utopia.
That you have been made to resign from being a Conservative candidate comes as no surprise. Do not be ashamed, do not apologise. You have nothing to apologise for. You simply said publicly what many ordinary white people think but dare not say for fear of losing their livelihoods. We now live in a society which George Orwell foresaw when he wrote: “In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act”.
Primarily I attribute this to the effects of the calculated act of treason by John Major's government in signing the Mastricht Treaty, and the zealous imposition of Cultural Marxist ideology over the last 10 years by ZaNuLabour that have brought us to the point where Britain no longer controls her own borders, but has to meekly obey the diktats of our unelected overlords in Brussels.
It is these policies, combined with ZaNULabour's appeasement of the demand by Asian Muslim 'communities' to allow unlimited immigration from the most backward parts of Pakistan via forced marriage of young British Asian girls who 'disappear' from our 'education' system from the age of 12 upwards, and their insane decision not to put controls on immigration the former Eastern Bloc countries that have just joined the EU.
Yours sincerely
John Marks
Well done Mr Hastilow, it is refreshing to hear a politician voice what the majority of the people think! Get back in there and give the rotten Conservative leadership hell. They no longer represent the views of middle Britain - you however do.
God bless you.
SIR,YOU HAVE SPOKEN THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH - BUT THE TRUTH IN BROWN & CAMERON'S BRITAIN NECESSITATES THAT YOYU MUST FALL ON YOUR SWORD.
ON STEVE NOLAN'S SHOW (5 LIVE), THET HAD A TEXT VOTE AS TO WHETHER YOU SHOULD HAVE RESIGNED. 88% SAID YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE.
WHO'S IN TOUCH WITH THE BRITISH PEOPLE - YOU OR CAMERON?
NO PRIZES GIVEN FOR THE RIGHT ANSWER.
I HOPE YOU CONSIDER STANDING AS AN INDEPENDENT. YOUR PARTY HAS SHOWN YOU NO LOYALTY. SHAME ON THEM!!
Dear Mr Hastilow,
The fact that a candidate cannot even quote in context without being vilified by the left who fear a rational debate on the topic, and hung out to dry by your own party merely confirms that the government do not want what is in the best interests of this country.
And the Tory party are either not smart enough or not strong enough to counter the leftwing mud slinging machine.
As an embarrassed card carrying member of the Tories I can only apologise on my behalf, as troubling as this time must be for you and your family I hope we have not lost you forever.
Kindest regards
Paul Phillips
PS try not to let it worry you, it is clear to me since my return to the UK that the majority tend to agree with you but the minority and the minorities have so stifled debate with labels; racist, sexist, ageist, homophobe etc that any time a moderate such as yourself seeks to raise an issue the issue is lost in the screeching vitriol of the left. Eventually though I believe that in a time of crisis the true Britons will be heard.
I wont hold my breathe though.
Its amusing that the comment at the top of the page challenged you to post the "criticism" but supposed you would be too "scared" and yet the anonymous writer did not have the courage of its convictions to sign the comment.
Typical of the left, cowardly and irrational.
thank heavens for someone with the guts to stand up and tell as it is,i wish a lot more MPs had your courage.
Mr Hastilow...you are to be admired for stating what I, and most of my friends, family and colleagues believe. Enoch Powell was absolutely right, and it is time that the government stopped pussy-footing around this issue and realised that something must be done now. These commercial migrants have to be stopped, they choose Britain because we're a soft touch, free nhs, free educations, etc..as soon as they set foot here! What a joke!
SIR - YOU HAVE SPOKEN THE TRUTH FOR MILLIONS OF US; BUT THE TRUTH IN BROWN AND CAMERON'S BRITAIN NECESSITATES THAT YOU MUST FALL ON YOUR SWORD.
ON SUNDAY'S STEVE NOLAN'S SHOW (5 LIVE), THET HAD ATEXT VOTE AS TO WHETHER YOU SHOULD HAVE RESIGNED.
88% SAID YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE FELT THE NEED TO DO SO.
WHO IS IN TOUCH WITH THE BRITISH PEOPLE - YOU OR CAMERON? NO PRIZES FOR THE RIGHT ANSWER.
I HOPE YOU WILL CONSIDER STANDING AS AN INDEPENDENT. YOU OWE NO LOYALTY TO THE TORY PARTY, BECAUSE THE PARTY HAS SHOWN YOU NO LOYALTY.
SHAME ON THEM - AND PLEASE TO PITY OUR POOR COUNTRY!!!
I think Enoch Powell was right about immigration making a huge difference to this country - and I am glad he was - Great Britain is immeasurably enriched by those who have come here, often displaying more positive attitudes than those contained in your "Express and Star" article.
It seems to me that you want to pretend that we don't have a responsibility for one another and that those with a job and income should not support those who need to rely on benefits - or who have made the decision to leave the pressures of their own countries for the advantages available here.
I have seriously considered returning to the Tory party - but comments in support of your views on various blogs have shown me how wrong I would be to do so.
And by the way - shouldn't you remove the reference to your prospective parliamentary candidate status from the front of your blog?
So that's you and Patrick Mercer that have had the courage to say what you think.
If this keeps up, pretty soon we'll have an 'honest' party to vote for, or against. At least we, the electorate, can make an informed choice.
I hope that the action taken by Con party in the interests of political expediency will not prevent you from addressing this issue. Indeed it may free you up to articulate further some of the issues you have raised. Long overdue.
Best wishes
My support for you and your comments. The immigration to this country over the past fifty years surely must be one of the greatest and (relatively) quickest of all cultural changes our country has ever undergone. In little of two generations our country had radically changed. Enoch Powell was right, sadly I feel it will only be after it is too late that people will recongnize and vindicate his foresight.
We all know political and social viewpoints go in swings, political correctness cannot hold it back- the outcomes of mass immigration are just too strong. Then there is the danger of turning to the other extreme, a blacklash against minorities and support for far right wing parties.
I still think we are in the shadow of the horrors of the Facist regimes of Europe in the 1930's and their persecution of ethnic and cultural minorities. To give even the slightest hint of talking about protecting the interests of your native culture seems to be red flagged even if they are waranted and sincere profound warnings.
Thank you for saying what needs to be said.
Donald Cordiner.
Thank you for having the courage to put into words what the vast majority of British people are thinking. Enoch Powell was merely warning what would happen if immigration wasn't controlled and he has been proved right. If anyone has the right to say "I told you so" it is him. Thank you again, and don't apologise or give up. We need more like you.
Prat says:
As an "Anglo Saxon" who can trace his roots back to the 12th century
I find your remarks offensive, ill informed and paranoid, although not surprising considering your political affiliations.
Britain is one of the most bastardised countries in the world, we've not been home to a homogenous racial group since the Romans threw out the celts. To rant and moan about immigration which has been ongoing for two thousand years, just because people are a different colour, reeks of paranoia.
Nigel
Thanks for having the courage to speak the truth; one can only lament that the Conservative leadership has buckled under to the PC Brigade and, once again, not stood up for freedom of speech.
It's about time someone spoke up for what the vast majority of the people of this country think and feel. No one has asked the public if they want the UK population to increase by a further 10 million. The current policies on immigration are crazy and will certainly lead to civil unrest, or worse.
Dear Nigek,
Here is a copy of an email I have sent to Caroline Spelman.
In it, I giove you my full support, and agree with everything you have said.
H. Watson
Dear Ms. Spelman,
ENOCH POWELL WAS RIGHT!!!
I have the greatest regard for Nigel Hastilow, and admire him tremendously.
You have just lost a very good man by forcing him to resign.
It is a great shame that you do not love our country as mush as he does. He is right when he says that the Englishman now feels like a stranger in his own country - WE DO.
Nigel had the guts to stand up and be counted, and you obviously do not; you have given way to what you think you were expected to say and that in my mind is being spineless.
It would have been much better if you had resigned and Nigel had taken your place. If that had happened, the country would be a better place.
Yours, Honestly,
Harry Watson (Chester)
Well said Nigel, I also am a card carrying Labour supporter who is extremely disturbed by the seemingly politically unopposed immigration into the UK.
Why not form your own party which will appeal to all citizens regardless of religion or colour who have the vision to see where this is leading us.
You would certainly have my vote.
It is impossible to disagree with your observations regarding Enoch Powell's speech.
Had the man not been quite so intellectual, he could not have come up with the allegory which destroyed him politically.
Take out those three words...we all know what they are...and there was nothing to disagree with.
He did make one mistaken forecast- he did not anticipate the Muslim threat, but who did at that time ?
Congratulations on speaking out, but be careful when quoting Greek or Roman philosophers.
Peter,
Chester
You are a truly courageous man those who lambast you are cowards and opportunists.The cancer of political correctness is ruining our ability to address the calamity which is unfolding.Our children will pay in the future, England in particular has to bear the brunt of uncontrolled immigration.You are a voice in the wilderness in politics I do not know of a single person who has not expressed grave concerns over this issue.Good luck !!!!
Well done Nigel for speaking the truth, I do not see why you should step down, we need more honest politicians like you.Speak to the average person in the street and they will agree with you. Surely the thousands of people leaving this country must show how we feel about immigration. We do not want it and it is being forced on us and we are suffering because of it.
It is changing Britain for the worse.Stop immigration before we lose our identity altogether.
I have voted labour all my life i wont be again this country needs people like you that have the guts to stand up and be counted. your opinion is held by a vast majority of people in this country but like you have found out we are called racist and silenced my only regret is that you resigned,may god bless you and thank you for getting our
Well done Nigel,
Tell them to stuff their seat and stand as an independant for the truth( Like Martin Bell). Or stand for a party like UK independant. I have always been true blue but now I am getting increasingly fed-up with their snivelling acceptance of the PC brigade and the people who seem hell bent on destroying our country.
I wish you all the best for the future, Good Luck
Regards
M.H.
you must keep going the english people need you paul
Thank you for speaking out on behalf of so many.
Best wishes for the future.
Another voice of support. It is not easy to be the one who speaks plainly when others want to avoid the subject. But in the end an airing of differences is the only healthy way.
Kudos for your courage and integrity.
Sir,
I totally agree with your comments relating to the late Enocg Powell's "Rivers of blood" speech.
What you said is what everyone thinks, but who are too scared to say it.
Rather than let everyone in at the drop of a hat, why can't they learn to haver peace in their own country.
I have worked all my life and lived here all my life yet an immigrant gets precedence over me, in a queue, housing, benefits - anything you name it !
No wonder Britain has gone to the dogs. All our jobs have been sold abroad - you know what I mean.
Congratulations - you should be awarded not condemned sir.
You have been called a "racist" and an "idiot". You are neither, you've simply given a voice for the view of millions of people, of varying political persuasions, who are worried about uncontrolled immigration into this country. Congratulations. It is a pity that the Conservative Party "leadership" don't share your courage.
Dear Mr Hastilow,
Thank you for standing up and telling the truth.
Best wishes,
Paul
Sir,
I totally agree with your comments relating to the late Enoch Powell's "Rivers of Blood" speech.
By the way I am not an illiterate thug, on benefits as another blogger has written here.
I actually run my own computer repair business here in Kenilworth, Warwickshire.
What you said is what everyone thinks, but who are too scared to say it, because of "Political Correctness".
I think all these "Politially Correct Mandarins", should be put up against a wall and shot. They do nothing but advise on what we can or cannot do or say, Usually for very high salaries.
Rather than let everyone in an uncontrolled way, why can't they learn to have peace in their own country. Perhaps we could vet them based on their usefulness to our society. Australia does this very successfully.
Look at the mess this Godforsaken country is in.
I have lived and worked all my life here and yet an immigrant is treated as bering more important than I am - WHY !.
No wonder Britain went to the dogs years ago. All our jobs have been sold abroad and we have call centres for everything operated from the Third World.
No one can earn a decent living over here anymore.
Congratulations Sir, - you should be given an award for making a stand and certainly not condemned.
Sorry you had to resign, yes go on stand as an Independent.
Nigel you hit the nail right on the head.... Britain is now in dire straits because of uncontrolled immigration..... dont give up .... you may not realise it ..but the majority of Britain will back you...
Nigel, here is another message of support for you. In such a cowardly (Conservative) and snide/opportunistic (Labour) political atmosphere you are simply not allowed to say things these days. Well done for not taking the easy route by backing down - utterly spineless could despise the top of your party. If enough people stand up and refuse to be shouted down we have a chance...
Mr Hastilow, you are right and the sooner this country wakes up to the fact the sooner we can start to put things right.
Immigration must be curtailed.
at last someone with the guts to stand up to the thought police of this ONCE great country.we are sick and tired of being bullied by this arrogant government.my wife and i fully support your views.
Its time for the indigenous people of this country to stand up for themselves and stop being a bunch of lilly livered cowards (sheeple)
we need more people like you Nigel and we need much less of the likes of Stalinist Gordon Brown who will not rest until this country is unrecognisable.
at last someone is saying what so many think but dare not say..freedom of speech is definately dead in this country..the reaction to your comments certainly proved that!
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