English Constitution Party

[[File:English-Constitution-Party.jpeg|thumb|right|165px|In need of a life-line?]]{{UKpolitics}}{{pseudolaw}}{{cquote|We are true Conservatives unlike [[Nigel Farage]] who is the equivalent to {{wpl|Benedict Arnold||,}} he is [[British]] not [[English]].|||Graham Moore, founder of the English Constitution Party<ref name=mailonline>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10754807/Judge-rules-belief-English-identity-protected-philosophy-law.html Judge rules belief in English identity is a protected philosophy in law... but rejects man's discrimination complaint he was unfairly sacked for not telling bosses he was a member of English Democrats party when he took the job] by Laurence Dollimore (April 26, 2022) ''Mail Online''</ref>}}

The '''English Constitution Party''' is a very minor [[England|English]] [[nationalist]] [[political party]]<ref>[https://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/English/Registrations/PP12881 English Constitution Party] ''Companies House''</ref> and private limited company<ref>[https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13767332 ENGLISH CONSTITUTION PARTY LTD] ''The Electoral Commission''</ref> founded in November 2021 by party leader '''Graham "Daddy Dragon"<ref name=hnh>[https://hopenothate.org.uk/case-files-english-constitution-party/ Case File: English Constitution Party] ''Hope Not Hate''</ref> Moore''' {{lived|January 1964|}}<ref>[https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/h22HKlK6L9_EAHzZYyF_Ca_NnkE/appointments Graham MOORE] ''Companies House''</ref> and treasurer Valarie Philips<ref>[https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/TKB7ry02rAgRE5J9L7nWkDEcrdI/appointments Valerie PHILLIPS] ''Companies House''</ref> as a one man split from the [[English Democrats]] with the stated aim of “self-determination of the English” from “British imperial, colonialist rule”<ref name=soh2022>[https://hopenothate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/state-of-hate-2022-v1_17-March-update.pdf State of Hate 2022: On The March Again] ''Hope Not Hate''</ref> and the ingenious slogan to "Make England Great Again" (MEGA). Moore's campaign for English independence is seemingly based on [[conspiracy theory]] and a misunderstanding of English [[common law]] which suggests it to be another [[Organised Pseudolegal Commercial Argument Schemes in the United Kingdom|Organised Pseudolegal Commercial Argument scheme]].<ref name=soh2023>[https://hopenothate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/state-of-hate-2023-v7-1.pdf State of Hate 2023: Rhetoric, Racism and Resentment] ''Hope Not Hate''</ref> People associated with the party have recently engaged in migrant hunts and anti-immigrant protests, while Moore has been engaged in increasingly [[antisemitic]] rhetoric,<ref name=soh2024>[https://hopenothate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/state-of-hate-2024-v15.pdf State of Hate 2024: Pessimism, Decline and the Rising Radical Right] ''Hope Not Hate''</ref> starting the countdown to the inevitable proclamation of support for [[The Great Replacement]] conspiracy theory.

==Moore or less==
Under the pseudonym Daddy Dragon, Moore hosts a podcast called ''The Full English'', originally on YouTube until it was banned, it now continues on Rumble and has been his main source of income since he was sacked from his job as a project supervisor at a housing association.<ref name=mailonline />

Moore came to prominence in 2020 after taking his former employer the {{wpl|Southern Housing Group||}} to industrial tribunal for wrongful dismissal. He had been fired for not declaring his intention to stand as the [[English Democrats]] candidate for {{wpl|Bexleyheath and Crayford (UK Parliament constituency|Bexleyheath and Crayford|}} in the [[2019 United Kingdom general election]] and for expressing views on English nationalism which other staff found distressing. Moore claimed discrimination against his indigenous Englishman race, and philosophical beliefs in English self-determination, but Judge Fiona Louise McLaren disagreed, finding his claims had no merit.<ref name=mailonline />

==Party time==
{{cquote|Our manifesto is the {{wpl|English Bill of Rights||,}} the [[Magna Carta]], the {{wpl|Act of Settlement||,}} so what we've got [are] constitutional Acts of Parliament which [are] acknowledged in law, so we therefore stand for liberty and freedom|||Graham Moore<ref name=bbcnews>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-60022967 Southend West by-election: The candidates standing after Sir David Amess' death] ''BBC News''</ref>}}

Moore established the party in November 2023, began accepting members in February 2024, and claimed to have “hundreds” signed up by the time of their inaugural "Walk in York" march for English independence in August.<ref name=thepress160822>[https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/20656720.english-constitution-party-stage-york-march/ English Constitution Party to stage York march] by Darren Greenwood (August 16, 2022) ''The Press''</ref><ref name=thenational20593608>[https://www.thenational.scot/news/20593608.english-constitution-party-hold-independence-rally-york/ English Constitution Party to hold independence rally in York] by Xander Elliards ''The National''</ref> At the gathering Moore explained: {{quotebox|The principle is that the British parliament in Westminster gets shut down, void the Acts of Union, and deploy the English parliament back in York.<ref name=yorkmix>[https://yorkmix.com/watch-english-nationalists-march-through-the-city-demanding-a-parliament-in-york/ Watch: English nationalists march through the city demanding a parliament in York] (August 27, 2022) ''York Mix''</ref>}}

{{wpl|English Common Law||,}} according to Moore, grants people right’s which have been taken away by the UK government, such as a right to remain silent or demand a right to a jury. Oh and of course levying income tax and VAT is illegal.<ref name=thepress270822>[https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/20797435.york-english-constitution-party-campaigns-parliament-street/ York: English Constitution Party campaigns on Parliament Street] by Emily Horner (August 27, 2022) ''The Press''</ref> The voiding of the {{wpl|Acts of Union 1707|Acts of Union|,}} Moore claims, would see these rights returned to the people.<ref name=thenational20593608 />

As such, the party submitted a "short, written application only to intervene in support of the Scottish people's right to self determination," to the {{wpl|Supreme Court of the United Kingdom||}} as part of the push for a {{wpl|proposed second Scottish independence referendum||.}}<ref name=thenational21399695>[https://www.thenational.scot/news/21399695.english-constitution-party-applies-intervene-indyref2-supreme-court-case/ English Constitution Party applies to intervene in indyref2 Supreme Court case] by Xander Elliards ''The National''</ref>

Also, obligatorily for a party that got its start during the COVID-19 pandemic, "I am not anti-vaccine, I am anti-coercion," Moore maintained. "I am about free choice, which is what the English law supports."<ref name=bbcnews />

Moore stood as the party candidate in the {{wpl|2022 Southend West by-election||}} coming in 8th with 86 votes (0.6%).<ref>[https://members.parliament.uk/constituency/3762/election/404 Southend West 03-Feb-2022 By-election] ''UK Parliament''</ref>

In February 2023, party members joined the [[Patriotic Alternative]] anti-immigrant protest outside the Holiday Inn Express in Manvers, Rotherham, which housed around 130 asylum seekers.<ref name=yorkshirelive180223>[https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/police-arrest-two-men-after-26273903 Police arrest two men after huge asylum seeker protest outside Rotherham hotel] by Robert Sutcliffe (February 18, 2023) ''Yorkshire Live''</ref> More voiced his support, stating: {{quotebox|Our English Channel has not been defended against an invasion. You got people sleeping on park benches in this country. And these people are coming across in dinghies being put up in four and five star hotels being fed three times a day and getting a bed for the night and they’re still complaining.<ref name=yorkmix />}} Clashes with counter-protestors resulted in two arrests.<ref name=yorkshirelive240223>[https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/what-vile-racists-said-during-26328637 What vile racists said and did during anti-refugee Holiday Inn rally in Rotherham] by Jaimie Kay (February 24, 2023) ''Yorkshire Live''</ref> 

Moore drew some attention by calling for a protest against the Coronation of Charles III to which supporters were encouraged to bring rape alarms and eggs.<ref name=soh2024 />

==Supporters==
*Alan "Active Patriot UK" Leggett — anti-immigration activist<ref name=soh2022 />
*Amanda "Yorkshire Rose" Smith — Britain's most prolific "migrant hunter"<ref>[https://archive.ph/Io8ly ‘Migrant hunts’ double in one year] by Matt Dathan, Dominic Kennedy and Ben Ellery (February 17, 2023) ''The Times''</ref><ref>[https://bylinetimes.com/2023/02/28/are-you-paying-for-this-room-three-years-of-far-right-attacks-on-migrant-hotels/ ‘Are You Paying for this Room?’ Three Years of Far-Right Attacks on Migrant Hotels] by Sian Norris (February 28, 2023) ''Byline Times''</ref>

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