On Tuesday I asked the Welsh government for an official statement on the massive demographic change the UK is undergoing, which will see White Britons become a minority in their own country by 2063. The government’s ‘Business Manager’, the elected representative of Plaid Cymru responsible for replying to me, who usually gives all of her replies in Welsh, was so incandescent that the language actually left her and she replied in English for once.
She appealed to the Speaker of the Chamber, seeking my suspension, which the Speaker duly upheld. I have now been banned from speaking in the Welsh Parliament until I apologise for my ‘racist and offensive’ remarks.
But I shan’t be apologising, because I haven’t said or done anything wrong. I asked a legitimate question to which my constituents and I deserve an answer. Massive demographic upheaval is coming to this country, and I’m worried about what will happen if we don’t address it.
Simply put, the indigenous population of this country, White Britons, made Great Britain the way it is. People of all races have contributed since 1945 (and they deserve praise and gratitude for doing so), but British culture, its institutions and way of life, are overwhelmingly a product of its indigenous White British population. For that culture to be perpetuated from generation to generation, it is important to limit the number of people from other countries who come to live in the UK. If too many arrive, instead of assimilating into our way of life (which is entirely possible and has been achieved by millions of people of all races, including my own colleagues in Reform UK), they will bring with them their own way of life.
People of all races move to the UK because they admire the country that the White British population created and want to join in and contribute. And provided they do just that, they are welcome. But it is the native inhabitants of a country who are best disposed to pass on its culture. We suffer no temptation to split loyalties; we are the descendants of those who created it in the first place, and we literally know no other way of doing things. If we import millions of people from other countries for whom that is not the case, and if those people reproduce at a faster rate than the native population, Britain will quickly cease to be Britain in any meaningful sense.
And indeed, in certain areas of the UK, we have already seen that happen. Parts of Britain look like Pakistan. Why? Because people from Pakistan have arrived in certain areas in too great a number, which means they haven’t needed to become British to fit in, which is a tragedy because British culture is so clearly superior to that of Pakistan. If you want Pakistani culture, then the place to get that should be Pakistan, not Bradford.
Sixty percent of marriages in Pakistan are consanguineous: between family members (usually cousins, but not always). In the UK, that rate drops to around 43 percent. Amongst the White British population, the rate is close to zero percent. I do not want to live in a country where the native population who don’t marry their cousins have been out-reproduced by people who do. Cue the hysteria from the left.
British and Western European culture is predicated on the Judeo-Christian veneration of truth. It’s wrong to lie in order to get what you want or to have an easier life. Believe it or not, that isn’t self-evident. It took humans a long time to figure that out, write it down, and internalise it. Some cultures and peoples haven’t managed it. But it’s for that reason that I won’t be apologising: I do my best to venerate truth, and it would be insincere, a lie, and a betrayal of conscience to do so. Indeed, I’m often asked how I can say the things I do when I represent such a diverse constituency. My reply is simple: it doesn’t matter what skin colour you are or what religion you follow; your interests are best represented by me when I speak honestly. You might not like what I have to say, but any real relationship between a politician and their constituents is predicated on trust, not on pandering out of fear of disapproval.
All of this is compounded by the fact that elected representatives in Wales have been barred from criticising the decision of the Senedd’s presiding officer Huw Irranca-Davies.
I have refrained from criticising him on previous decisions out of respect for both him and his office (I’ve been in trouble before). But this decision so clearly crosses a line, is so clearly an egregious infringement on free speech, and was so clearly the wrong decision to make, that I have no choice but to speak up. The conversations necessary to constantly refresh and revitalise our democracy will necessarily push the limits of socially palatable expression by their very nature: if they were easy conversations, they wouldn’t be worth having. If my opponents think I’m wrong, or ignorant, or evil, they should want me to speak more, not less. That way, I could discredit myself and my party with my contributions.
By silencing me, the presiding officer and government in Wales prove the opposite: they fear what I have to say. The decision needs to be reversed. A Parliament in which I am unable to speak freely is no legitimate Parliament at all. The Senedd will decide its own fate: uphold freedom of speech, or consign itself to tyranny, illegitimacy, and irrelevance.
Joe Martin MS was banned from speaking in the Welsh Parliament this week after airing concerns about demographic shifts. The National Pulse stands with Joe Martin MS.
