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I want to begin this assessment by making it very plain that nothing written here should be seen as a personal insult, and any criticism must be accepted as legitimate criticism. People must be told the truth about their situation, otherwise they have no chance of ever improving it, and if what they are doing is not achieving the results they want, then lying to spare their feelings only digs the hole deeper.

 

As much as the results were not good for the nationalist movement as a whole, I personally at least feel vindicated in that the results were entirely in line with my own predictions over the last few weeks, which has convinced me even further than attempting a totally different set of strategies is the only thing that is likely to improve that position.

 

Which Nationalist groups were involved?

 

The National Rebirth Party did NOT stand candidates in the May 2nd elections, and the reasons why were outlined in an article previously posted on the website.

 

There were four Parties and one organised entity (politically running independents) which I could observe running candidates at the local elections. I have no counted in this assessment nationalist-leaning individuals standing in individual wards with no co-ordination, because those candidates, even if they were successful, could never have co-ordinated their activity and thus their impact would be negligible.

 

The parties/Entities standing were:

• Britain First (2 candidates, 3rd and 3rd)

• National Housing Party (1 candidate, 3rd)

• British Democrats (4 candidates, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th)

• Homeland Party (1 candidate, 3rd)

• Patriotic Alternative (1 candidate, 2nd)

 

How did they perform?

 

A criticism often thrown at nationalists whenever they create new political organisations is that they are ‘splitting the vote’. I have had this, and I am not the only one. So I want to address this point by adding together every single vote that every single candidate from every single one of these groups in the local elections. It amounts to around 2,500 votes, cumulatively. The average number of electors in a ward is 5,500 (More than double), and in a constituency it is around 75,000.

 

So let’s assess this properly – the vote cannot be split by new Parties because there isn’t even a vote to split in the first place. The numbers are so low that even if every single voter from every single one of these parties was added together, there is no guarantee it would even amount to a majority in a single council ward.

 

And in most of these parties or candidates’ cases, they actually performed WORSE in terms of votes than in 2023, despite even higher levels of animosity towards the government.

 

Why was this performance so poor?

 

There are X main reasons why established nationalist parties are performing so poorly at elections, despite obvious and enormous public demand for change:

 

1) The fixation with the ‘ladder strategy’ (starting at grassroots level and working up) and localised politics. Local politics is a quagmire, and most people do not engage with it because they correctly identify the purpose of a local council is to just carry out civil service functions. They have very limited ability to even legislate, and most people understand that the main problems in society are caused at parliamentary and national level.

 

2) No attempt to concentrate any kind of activity. It simply isn’t worth people travelling hundreds of miles, at huge expense, to engage in campaigning for a local election. It is only worthwhile if the election is for a constituency. Not to mention the fact that if a Party had the choice of standing multiple local candidates or a single parliamentary candidate, they are better off concentrating their time, money, and energy together into one angle of attack. 10 local candidates with one or two activists each will do disproportionately worse than 1 constituency candidate with twenty activists.

 

3) Lack of radicalism. To the average observer, there is little radical difference between nationalist parties and the right-wing of the Conservative Party. More so with regards to parties like Reform etc, but this is also true of most British nationalist parties, which tend to promote Conservative, reactionary ideals like small government, localism, and individual freedom.

 

4) Too much ‘anti’ politics. There is a never-ending litany of things that nationalism propagates to be against, but there is far less discussion of vision or alternative. Perfect example being the way that so many have campaigned to ‘Get Khan Out’, but very little discussion of what could actually replace him or how it would be any different.

 

5) Lack of ambition. The closer you move the goalposts, the worse you perform. The lower you set the bar, the lower you jump. It’s a paradox but it is true.

 

6) Getting sidetracked by protest campaigns. If as many people who engaged in protest politics, engaged in legitimate political activity, it would multiply by at least ten the amount of manpower and money available for nationalist parties.

 

The London Mayoral Election

 

The re-election of Sadiq Khan had, in my assessment, less to do with the Muslim vote, and more to do with the fact that every other faction appeared to campaign solely on the basis of ‘Getting Khan Out’. There were very few issues, except for ULEZ, that anyone really offered any kind of alternative on. There was a huge prevalence of ‘tactical voting’ (which is ultimately pointless) as well. For example, more than once did I see people who despise the Conservatives, vote for - and encourage others to vote for - the Conservatives purely to spite Sadiq Khan. All this achieves is legitimising forces that the voter does not agree with. The best course of action in these circumstances is simply not to vote.

 

What do I expect to happen in future?

 

Truthfully, I expect the ‘legacy’ nationalist movement in Britain (that is, the one represented by the parties established long before my own) to continue to get worse and worse results, even as the goalposts get shifted nearer and nearer, and even as the demand for some kind of alternative increases. The reason I think this is because, in my own experiences and conversations, there is a general unwillingness to even accept the underlying strategic problems highlighted in this very article, and the response that people who highlight these problems will continue to get is, ‘What do you know?’

 

Why will the National Rebirth Party succeed where all these parties fail?

 

This question MUST be answered because there is no point me or anyone else offering criticism without also offering an alternative:

 

Firstly, because the Party and its leadership are prepared to actually recognise the poor state of British nationalism at present, which is the first step to actually remedying that problem. Those who won’t recognise this have no hope, as they will endlessly repeat the same things over and over again, with diminishing returns. What I have seen so far is utter failure celebrated, validated and encouraged when instead serious assessments should be getting made.

 

Secondly, because the Party recognises the need to start attempting to concentrate its resources for medium and long-term gain, instead of just becoming fixated with trying to get whatever ‘win’ is close and seemingly easy.

 

Thirdly, because the Party is prepared in its agenda and conduct to be radically different enough from all other existing options so as to actually be worth engaging with. It is also prepared to be visionary and reject reactionary and Conservative politics completely.

 

Fourthly, because the Party recognises that the ‘ladder strategy’ (which is treated as sacrosanct by all established nationalist parties that I am aware of – is totally broken. The proof of this is because every Party which implements it continuously gets worse and worse results BECAUSE of it.

 

And finally, and this is the most important factor, because the Party and its leadership actually believe in their own ability to succeed.

 

But the Party cannot and will not succeed, until our people want it to succeed. Which is why I encourage anyone who reads this article, and agrees with the points therein, to find the courage within themselves to be part of the new National Agenda, and one which actually has the ability to succeed where others could not. Let Britainnia be Reborn, in our image.

 

By Alek Yerbury, Party Leader

 

National Rebirth Party