Society
Independence
Public Services
Crime
The Law
Tax
Pensioners
The Environment
The Countryside
Business & Industry
Foreign Policy
Local Government
Conclusion

SOCIETY – families and communities first!

We believe in a healthy and just society guided by the principles of respect, honesty, integrity, manners and fair play. We shall re-establish the family as the basic and natural unit of society and encourage the institution of marriage with tax-breaks and the return of the Married Man’s Allowance to help ensure that all children are brought up in stable families with both a mother and father. We believe that the Christian values that have grown out of our country over centuries are fundamental and must be safeguarded and respected if we are morally and socially to survive the great technological changes of the modern era. We shall foster honour and integrity in the new generations by an educational curriculum promoting excellence and deference, and will discourage the modern practice of excessive permissiveness among the young that has lead to so many social and behavioural problems in our towns and cities. We will put a stop to the wholesale immigration that has imbalanced and divided so many of our communities, and introduce a limited quota system based on significant national economic need, requiring full English literacy in all new immigrants, and the presumption that they will change to accommodate our culture, not the other way around. In the case of asylum-seekers, we shall follow our obligations under the U.N. Charter for Refugees, and accept only those for whom Britain is the ‘nearest safe country’, on condition that they too learn our language and adapt to our culture. We shall end the absurdities of political correctness and seek to foster mutual respect and pride among all British subjects.

INDEPENDENCE – Britain, a nation not a province!

There can be no compromise on national sovereignty – we are either independent or we are not! At present, the unelected and completely unaccountable European Commission has primacy over our own national parliament and elected representatives – we say that this is a disenfranchisement on a colossal scale and it must be reversed. Joining the Euro, too, would also entail giving away Britain’s power to set Her own interest rates – a vital tool for managing our own economy for our own benefit. We shall therefore withdraw from all E.U. treaties that usurp the power of our sovereign parliament and keep (or restore, if necessary) the pound as our national currency. Our withdrawal from the European Union will not only allow us to develop bilateral trade agreements with the remaining E.U. countries, as Norway and Switzerland are successfully doing, but also give us unfetted access to the growing economies of China, India and the Far East. We will revoke all unnecessary ‘harmonisation’ laws forced on us by the E.U., and revert to Britain’s traditional systems of measurement and practice.  We believe in a strong, independent Europe of friendly nation states, but not in the sprawling, undemocratic, corrupt, bureaucratic circus the European Union has become. After leaving the E.U. as a trading area, we shall seek to foster stronger economic ties with the Commonwealth dominions of Canada, Australia and New Zealand, with which we have great historic and cultural ties. We shall also ensure Britain’s integrity against the influences of large multinational companies – the good of our country cannot be bought or sold!

PUBLIC SERVICES – reform, investment and renewal!

Health – Both prevention and cure!
The NHS is both understaffed and overstretched. Our solution to this problem must therefore be two-fold: firstly, we would implement a huge recruitment drive for new doctors and nurses, offering fair salaries that acknowledge the essentialness of the jobs they do. Secondly, we would embark on a campaign of preventative medicine, offering everyone comprehensive and free health checks every 5 years to identify health problems early on and treat them more efficiently and effectively. We would also introduce general health as part of schools’ curricula. As the effects of this policy become apparent, there will be greatly decreased strain on the NHS and Britain would become a healthier, happier nation. We believe that healthcare should be free at the point of delivery, and would phase out all charges for medication and dentistry whilst money is saved via prevention. We will stop poisoning our water with fluorides and other unnecessary chemicals, the benefits of which are often spurious and the harms well-documented, and will remove the poorly-researched and unnecessary risk of G.M. products from our fields and our food chain. As the danger of widespread antibiotic resistance looms ever closer, the use of antibiotics in farming will be ended.

Transport – A genuinely comprehensive network!
At the turn of the 19^th century, Britain had the most comprehensive and fastest railway network in the world. Now, at the start of the 21^st century, we have one of the worst in Europe! As privatisation has clearly proven an expensive failure, we believe that the national network must be taken back into public ownership.  Public transport should be an integrated system; we will build interconnecting monorail and tram routes to all railway and bus stations, and ensure that every substantial town has train station. As well as by improvements to public transport, congestion on the roads will be eased by new lorry-only toll roads for goods vehicles, expanding the breath of our major motorways and reopening canals as an economic and more environmentally-friendly means to transport goods across the country. We shall also reinvigorate our rail freight system – a far more efficient means of transporting goods than the roads – after the destruction it endured at the hands of road-company-share-holder, Dr. Beeching, and fully integrate this with the country’s freight docks.

Education – A system to improve individuals and society!
Our schools are failing our children. Standards drop year after year and antisocial behaviour amongst the young, particularly in less prosperous areas, has skyrocketed. We must return to an education system that teaches respect and decency, along with excellent and diligence in study. We shall return to teachers the right to discipline unruly pupils,in the beginning we will provide schools with security guards and CCTV monitoring to reassure staff and pupils alike of their safety, deterring the violence against teachers by some pupils that is reported so often nowadays until respect is once more a key word in our schools. Our schools should ground all children in a traditional varied curriculum, along with lessons teaching good health and responsibility to society. We will scrap New Labour’s unworkable target of 50% University attendance, along with the various worthless degree ‘subjects’ it has brought with it. Universities will be restored as the places of excellence for the academically best, and all other pupils shall start learning a chosen trade or profession from the start of secondary school. Thus, no-one will be unemployable upon leaving full-time education. We will not allow standards in education to slip as they have over the past decades, and pupils who fail to reach the national minimum standard in any year of school will be required to repeat that year until they pass. We would make out-door pursuit summer camps available to all 10- to 15-year-olds to help overcome the worsening problem of obesity in the young and to foster discipline and teamwork skills in our young.

CRIME – No more ‘soft options’!

Under the Imperial Party, criminals will learn to think twice. They will be put to useful work in prisons, rather than lounging around at the taxpayers’ expense in front of televisions in their cells, as they do today. Sentences for crimes such as theft will be linked to repayments to the victims, and criminals will go free only when they have righted their own wrong. Hard labour will be reintroduced for more serious offences, and new hard labour prisons will be built from which offenders can carry out useful work for society such as building new roads, flood defences and reservoirs. The death penalty will be brought back as an option for the most serious offences, such as murder and drug-trafficking.

THE LAW – Guaranteeing our rights!

Britain’s ancient constitution and Common Law can be traced as the source or inspiration for almost every democracy in the world today. However, we believe that it would be clarified and strengthened by the creation of a simple and unequivocal Bill of Rights guaranteeing our essential and hard-fought-for freedoms without admitting perverse legal interpretations that go against their spirit. We will repeal the vast swathes of unnecessary laws forced on us by European directives, and unclog our legal system of those laws made redundant by the new Bill of Rights. The Sovereign, as the source of all legislative power in our country, must play a much more active role in defending our fundamental rights from over-ambitious governments and usurping and presidential prime ministers like Mr. Blair, as She solemnly swore to do in Her coronation oath. We will free Her Majesty from the shackles of recent custom and give Her a real veto to protect and secure our rights and freedoms over the politicised legislature, forcing the politicians and law-makers to work in a more responsible and equitable way.

TAX – A fairer system for all!

Under an Imperial Party government there would neither be tax-avoiders nor tax-victims. A single flat income tax of 25% will keep the treasury full and could reasonably be met by all sections of society. Council tax rises would be capped at the inflationary rate and limited to one rise every three years – putting an end to the unneeded frippery, empty bureaucratic consultations and self-aggrandising schemes we see from so many town halls today, and forcing councils to spend their (or rather, our!) money where it is actually needed.it would be necessary to trim back on the millions of council workers who do little in the way of work. We would shave 2.5% from VAT to compensate for a new Personal Added Tax (PAT), which would be aggregated on an individual level with all purchases (using a swipe-card) and held by the government, which would provide base-rate interest, until retirement, whereupon every individual would be guaranteed a liveable pension. We also propose an environmental tax, payable on arrival, for all foreign Lorries and goods vehicles driving in the UK.

PENSIONERS – making a life’s working’s worthwhile!

In New Labour’s ‘Cool Britannia’ of today, many of our pensioners are forced to live in appallingly substandard conditions, frequently on a downright inadequate pension. Many of these people fought for our freedom and independence in the war, yet rarely have recent governments appeared to have considered them a priority at all. With the Imperial Party controlling Westminster, all over-60s will be entitled to exemption from council tax, heating bills, television licences, road tax, bus and tram fares and road tax. Special reduced-rent housing for over-60s only will be built for those who want it, and care homes should and will be provided free as part of the NHS. All pensioners requesting it will receive a liveable, non-means-tested pension, and we shall restore the link with earnings for those as yet not retired. Within a few decades, our Personal Added Tax (PAT) policy will ensure that pensions will remain sustainable and that there will be no ‘crash’.

ENVIRONMENT – Keeping our land green and pleasant!

We are committed as a party to keeping the environment clean and beautiful. Pollution laws will be strictly enforced and planning laws tightened. All new houses will have to incorporate forms of renewable energy such as solar panels and wind turbines, as well as efficient insulation. We shall build environmentally-friendly power plants running on ‘green power’ crops such as willow and hemp, and invest heavily in wind and tidal generators, as well as in research into more efficient ways of generating renewable power.hydrogen for instance,  Government grants will fund research into electric and hydrogen-driven vehicles, with the eventual aim of phasing out the use of petrol and diesel engines on our roads. New reservoirs will safeguard the UK against likely future water shortages, and the use of ground-leeching artificial fertilisers will be phased out in favour of naturally-sourced alternatives.

COUNTRYSIDE – Preserving the rural way of life!

The Imperial Party recognises the needs of rural Britain. A nation’s farming industry is a nation heart, and, in government, we would set up a new Agricultural Commission to ensure the farmers are paid a fair price for their produce and cannot be undercut by cheap imports. We would encourage farmers to switch to organic methods, replant hedgerows and grow cheap and useful ‘green power’ crops on unused land. We will repeal unjust and spiteful laws banning traditional country sports, and protect our precious green spaces from short-sighted developers with tougher planning regulations.

BUSINESS & INDUSTRY – safeguarding jobs, encouraging innovation!

Our heavy and light industries have always been an anchor of our economy. We will rejuvenate our industries by the studious use of tax-breaks and incentives to encourage efficiency, considerable investment in modern training methods and industrial research and development, and shorter-term loans and grants to bolster employment in our industrial section and ensure future sustainability.
Entrepreneurs are the life-giving force of any successful economy, and under an Imperial Party administration these enterprising individuals would be supported and encouraged. We will institute ‘new business panels’ across the country, to which those wanting to start a new business may present their commercial ideas; if considered likely to be commercially viable, such new businesses would qualify for grants to help them achieve success.
Britain’s economic success and prosperity depends on Her businesses being beneficial to Her; we would ensure all British businesses remain in British ownership, no more the 49% of any business being allowed to fall into foreign hands.

FOREIGN POLICY – For our own interests alone!

Our foreign policy must be independent and our national interests only. We will withdraw from treaties detrimental to Britain, and only support other countries internationally when it is clearly within Britain’s best interests to do so. Our armed forces do not exist to police the world, and we will not engage in ‘peace-keeping’ missions that pay for other countries’ incompetence at government with the blood of our soldiers. We regret Britain’s involvement in the illegal invasion of Iraq, and would not involve ourselves in the political mess that is the Middle East, regardless of pressures from the USA, Europe or elsewhere. We believe our armed forces must be kept strong and effective should the need for defence arise; we will reverse the chronic under-funding of defence seen in recent years, and undo the abolition of county regiments and politically-correct red tape stifling our forces; but under no account should our servicemen die as effectively mercenaries for foreign governments, as we have seen in Iraq and Afghanistan.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT – Real local democracy!

The faith people have in local government in evident by the pathetic percentage of those eligible to vote who actually bother to do so. We will give new life to local councils, from parish to county level, by giving them far more extensive powers to improve the lives of local people. Too many town halls at present are little more than talking shops and it is no surprise that the majority do not bother to vote in local elections. We will institute a system of local referenda, binding on councils, that must be held on any given issue when a (reasonably attainable, depending on the size of the council’s area) number of petitions from local residents have been collected. Under the Imperial Party, people will see that they are able to change their local areas for the better, and they will!

CONCLUSION

Britain must rise from its knees and once again stand tall! In the past three centuries we, as a nation, have achieved more than any other country in the world. We must regain our position at the very apex of the world’s rankings, for the spirit of enterprise, achievement and adventure is in every one of us! We must safeguard and freedoms, both nationally and internationally, and society’s health and the wellbeing of our every citizen; we must protect ourselves from the stormy ravages of the world economy, but maintain our competitiveness; we must, overall, let all Britons work hand-in-hand with their country, whilst their country works hand-in-hand with them. If you love your country and want to see Her stand tall once again, join us!

“IMPERIAL PARTY – Looking from a Great Past to a Great Future!”

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