I don't want to live in a country where poppies, crosses and non-ritually-sacrificed meat is banned

So what does someone as wicked, bad, heretical and incapable of seeing the benefits of the destruction of British society like me do on my birthday. A dabble with the occult perhaps or some other foul deed emanating around the concept of racial intolerance?

Well it started off at 6.00am with a strong cup of tea and an inspection of the fridge to determine the calorific damage from the previous night. Determining that the damage was very significant indeed I roughly calculate how much Saturday's expedition to Marks & Spencers would cost me on a weekly basis.Probably like many of you I can't afford to shop at M&S all the time, but it has to be admitted that despite the cost, the quality of food is exceptional.

After a quick breakfast, a short drive to Stoke-on-Trent for the Remembrance Day service from which this iPhone video originates:



Into Stoke Minster after that for a short service by the Bishop of Lichfield. Expecting some politically-correct drivel, I must admit I was truly shocked and most pleased with what he said:

But the point which we can consider is this: isn’t it true that in our own society we are chipping away at the values which make our freedoms possible? You can’t make a democracy in Afghanistan without shared public values and citizens who are not corrupt and violent. But in our own country corruption and violence are not entirely absent.

The bankers who have gambled away our futures mostly still fail to see that there has been wrongdoing and still argue that they should be given bonuses when most of us know they should be given penalties. Some of our MPs have filed false expense claims, though very few in Staffordshire, thank goodness.

And it’s not out of malice, it is out of ignorance, but our legislators are chipping away at the very Christian values on which our society and its freedoms are based. There was a mad headline in my paper this week claiming that the European Court of Human Rights has said that the display of crucifix in Italian schools violates religious and education freedoms and it ordered the government to pay a mother who complained about a crucifix in school €5,000.

Now Europe would not be Europe without its Christian history and foundations. The cross or the crucifix reminds us of the greatest act of sacrificial love in the history of the world. It can’t be done away with as if it were a private symbol. Because our national flags contain crosses, should they be abolished? The Red Cross society would not have been founded without the inspiration of the Cross. You can’t take the cross out of the Red Cross and expect it to stay the same.

Apparently some firms have forbidden its employees to wear poppies. To wear a poppy or a cross is not a health and safety issue. We allow Sikhs to wear their turbans in a free society. I don’t want to live in a society where poppies or crosses are banned.

Astonishingly and to put the icing on the cake, the last hymn on the song sheet, was Jerusalem. Perhaps the next time the Bishop of Lichfield is asked to join those who routinely criticise the BNP, he should consider very carefully what he said today and the consequences should we fail.

Nick's pleased about the new website design and tells me of the fuss that is going to be caused once the slogan on the site has been changed. The Daily Telegraph have been quick off the mark in noticing the face lift and kindly point a considerable amount of extra traffic in our direction.

Finally, something for the Bishop of Lichfield with his new grasp upon realism and indeed the rest of us to ponder via the Sunday Express:

SUPERMARKET giant Asda has risked sparking a racial backlash in the place where the BNP won its first ever council, by closing its traditional fresh meat counter and replacing it with a halal only section.

The chain has decided to make the move at its large store on the Isle of Dogs, east London.

Within weeks, anyone wanting fresh pork chops or ham off the bone will have to go to the pre-packed meat section, with Muslim customers having a wider choice from the halal counter.

Asda insisted it was “responding to customer demand” and had done a deal with a local halal butcher to reflect the ethnic make up of the area’s population.

There we have it, fully blown "multiculturalism" in action just a few weeks after Nick was descended upon by hordes of frenzied liberal journalists for stating that London was no longer a British city. As for me, I shall never shop at ASDA again.