Ashley Mote, the former UKIP MEP for the South East (he was expelled from UKIP after admitting to benefit fraud and now sits as an independent), had a leaflet put in the latest edition of the Save Our Sovereignty newsletter calling for letter writing activists.

I couldn’t resist sending him an email after reading it, an English politician really should know the difference between England and Britain.

Dear Mr Mote,

I got a copy of your leaflet in with the Save Our Sovereignty newsletter and I’m afraid I didn’t read more than a few lines.  Nothing puts me off reading leaflets more than American-English and revisionism.

Could you please explain how you came to the conclusion that the 1689 Bill of Rights, passed into law by the English Parliament 18 years before the British Parliament came into existence with the 1707 Act of Union and not having legal effect in Scotland, is the “British” Bill of Rights?  You talk a lot about the “British” Constitution but there is, in reality, no such thing.  There is an English Constitution and a Scottish Constitution and depending on your interpretation of the Metric Martyrs ruling, there may even be a Welsh Constitution and a Northern Irish Constitution if you accept that the Acts of Parliament that created the Welsh and Northern Irish Assemblies were constitutional laws.

I see you even have a “British Constitution” section on your website.  Surely, as a politician elected in England, you should know the difference between England and Britain?

Stuart

It’s been a few days and I’ve still not heard back from him …

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