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News
NEW! MAY 2011! First, we must make comment about the recent "elections". We are pleased to note that our 1st choice option of "no" in the referendum was passed. The retention of First Past The Post is the best option for small parties such as our own. The "Alternate Vote" system would have meant that people voting for non-Mercian parties could transfer their votes to other non-Mercian parties, and hence beat our candidates; whereas it is unlikely any supporters of an anti-Mercian party would ever transfer votes to us.
Secondly, we welcome the decision of the people of Scotland to elect a majority Scottish National Party government. For too long Scotland has acquiesced to Wessex-Kentish imperialism, and it is to be hoped that the new regime will help other oppressed peoples within the so-called "United" Kingdom.
However, yet again, we received exactly no votes. It was suggested in committee that rather than the rampant electoral fraud we initially attributed this to, we had in fact neglected to nominate any candidates, an apparently necessary step in the Hanoverian regime. We have set up a working group to look into this explanation.
Finally, and a rather unusual topic for this site, we wish to talk about the recent kinematographic presentation by Marvel Studios and directed by Kenneth Branagh. That is to say: Thor. This is an adaption of the religion of the Mercian people. We enjoyed this film, and endorse it as an accurate representation of our beliefs, with the reservation that it seems unfortunate to cast an actor of Japanese ancestry in the role of the god Hogun. We had thought that everyone knew that the Eddas establish Hogun to be of Korean descent! Apparently this is incorrect.
NEW! FEBRUARY 2011! This year has already seen revolutions in two countries in the world (Egypt and Tunis) to otherthrow oppressive regimes, and a third (South Sudan) will soon see independence! The Mercian Nationalist Party would like to express solidarity with these movements, and to call upon all Mercians to replicate this achievement, and otherthrow the despicable Wessex-Kentish state. To this end, we plan to recommend overlaying a small icon representing a blue and yellow ribbon in twitter icons. First, we must design one, and to this end we are having a competition to design such a "twibbon". Please send entries to morwen@evilmagic.org. Remember, we must sieze the moment.
NEW! DECEMBER 2010! The first phase of our website redesign has taken place. We now offer multiple pages of information, and a Runic version of the website. We have been mentioned on a blogpost over at The Cornish Republican regarding "English regionalism", although we of course reject that label.
NEW! NOVEMBER 2010! We have set up a Mercian Nationalist "Blogg".
NEW! JULY 2010! We have recently been interviewed by a German publication. In their questions they expressed a misapprehension that we would like to clarify: the Mercian Nationalist Party has no intention of separation from Britain: we are quite happy with our geographic position. We wish only for independence from the political entities of Englaland and the "United Kingdom".
NEW! MAY 2010! As you may be aware, our Wessex-Kentish overlords recently held a general "election". This so-called election was deeply flawed. Apart from the issues in many parts of Mercia where people found themselves locked out and unable to vote, the Mercian Nationalist Party supposedly recieved not a single vote, from anywhere in the country. In fact, the Party does not even appear on the BBC's election results page. This despite the promised support of dozens of voters. Will we let this blatant deceit go unpassed?
COMING SOON: NEW WEBSITE Our existing website design has served us well, but it has become a little behind the times with the lack of a Blogg. We are putting together a new sight that we hope to launch later in 2010!
NEW! MARCH 2010! We have noticed that we have been mentioned on the well-known website "Wikipedia", on their article about Mercia. However, unfortunately they have spelled our name wrong, as the "Mercian National Party", not the "Mercian Nationalist Party". Update! This has now been corrected! However, this error only goes to show that you cannot trust everything you read on the Internet.
NEW! AUGUST 2003! Exclusive
The Secret Verse In The "National" Anthem
It is a popular fact that there used to be a verse in the "U"K's national anthem about "rebellious Scots". What is not widely known is that this is an adaptation of an older verse originally written by Chaucer which goes as follows
God creant þæt Cyning Ælfred
Mægen be þy meahtig aid, (In the 10th century, /aid/ and /ed/ rhymed).
Triomfen gebring,
Mægen he sedicioun husce,
and lyke an bygbrok rysce,
Traditor Dænes to crusce
God gesalven þe Cyning.
We the people of Mercia demand an apology for the use of this verse over the centuries, as well as an apology for the slur 'Danes', who we are no more related to than other conquerers such as Wessexers.