Clacton for Freedom
Freedom of speech — the foundational liberty from which all others flow.
Without free speech, you are not free. You become a slave to the sensitivities of others. Use it or lose it.
Just last week, a political icon was assassinated for her views. A teacher is still in hiding for sharing a cartoon. And record numbers of ordinary British people are being arrested and jailed for nothing more than expressing an opinion.
We are in a free speech crisis.
Free and fair elections are the political expression of that fundamental right: your power to choose who represents you.
Yet here we are. A new Prime Minister, installed via a contrived by-election, without a mandate from the British people
But when another MP faces smears and vacates his seat, to seek a fresh mandate from you, his constituents, what do the mainstream parties do? They vanish. No contest. No debate. Just silence. The Westminster elite’s complicity shames the nation. And I will not accept it.
I am standing here in Clacton, just a short distance from my home, because I will not be silenced.
I will not surrender my God-given right to think, to speak, and to hold an opinion — not just for myself, but for you. Especially for those of you I disagree with.
Political parties exist to fight elections and serve the people. They do not get to opt out of democracy when it suits them. To sneer at you the voters of Clacton and refuse to stand is an insult to you and every British citizen. I disagree with Nigel on many things but the arguments and counter-arguments, need to be heard in public - by you.
Without a free press and fearless speech, scandals like the negligent betrayal in the Henry Nowak case would stay buried. The consequences of uncontrolled mass immigration and open borders would remain surpressed. The full scale of the grooming gangs’ systematic abuse of British girls would never have seen daylight. The establishment prefers silence on these failures.
The incoming Prime Minister — the one no one outside Makerfield voted for — wants to criminalise your ability to form and express opinions based on evidence. The parties sitting this one out are complicit. They are the Uni-Party in all but name: different labels, same contempt for the people of Clacton.
On the 13th of August, use your vote to make sure your voice is heard loud and clear.
Free speech is free because it belongs to all of us. Your voice matters. Use your freedom to speak, to question, and to vote.