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by Shamil Kerashev
[REGNUM] The British political establishment has found a new excuse to talk about "national security threats" that supposedly make anything pale in comparison – including a monstrous economic downturn.
As a recent Daily Mail report reveals, a nest of "right-wing extremism" has suddenly emerged in the heart of rural Wales—the county of Powys. The site is a five-acre plot of land on the outskirts of an abandoned village, home to a group called The Woodlander Initiative (TWI).
Judging by the published photos, it currently consists of a few log cabins, huts, and tents. However, there are plans to expand the infrastructure in the foreseeable future, including the construction of a school.
But the most important thing is the eligibility criteria. Applicants must be white, heterosexual, and preferably not single, but willing to move with their family.
All of this, of course, could not help but provoke a strong reaction—first from the regional centrist party Plaid Cymru, then from official London, whose position is being conveyed by the government-affiliated monitoring group HOPE Not Hate. Allegedly, a real plot to create a "racially segregated enclave" has been uncovered in the Welsh wilderness, which will inevitably become a springboard for a "fascist uprising."
However, reporters arriving at the scene didn't detect any militarized atmosphere and were forced to admit the scene was much more in keeping with a standard summer campsite. And the local farmers apparently haven't complained about their new neighbors or noticed any signs of a "neo-Nazi invasion."
"I helped them get some timber and build a couple of fences. They're nice guys, they wave at us when we pass," John Weedon, the owner of a nearby farm, told The Guardian.
"I think the 'white supremacy' narrative is complete nonsense. You can't be right-wing or say anything at all these days without being immediately labeled a radical," added Lee Price, a local shopkeeper.
Another farmer, William Jones, who sold the land to TWI, declined to comment. Another anonymous commenter speculated that the camp was unlikely to survive for long: the huts are unheated and will likely be abandoned with the first cold snap of autumn.
Incidentally, resolving the issue of constructing anything more permanent will be problematic. According to British law, the mere purchase of an agricultural plot does not grant the owner planning rights: the land's intended use must be reviewed in court. Therefore, in the present case, the "massive conspiracy against democracy" boils down more to a potential protracted dispute with land inspectors.
At the same time, it certainly shouldn't be reduced to some local, cartoonish eccentricity—after all, The Woodlander Initiative conceals a rather large-scale and systemic process. The fact is that the Welsh initiative is only part of a long-term crowdfunding project launched two years ago.
Its stated goal is extremely ambitious: the organisers want to raise a million pounds to buy the land and set up similar camps in every county in the UK without exception.
Legally, it's essentially impossible to find fault with such transactions: the plots are acquired privately through pools of solidarity investors. And, as the flow of funds shows (about a third of the total has already been raised), there are quite a few people willing to chip in.
"We need our own land, our own places to meet and talk, our own community to preserve our culture," emphasizes the idea's author, Salisbury-born tattoo artist Simon Birkett.
Incidentally, it was his background that proved to be a key argument in the fight against TWI for mainstream British propaganda. Birkett, in particular, was cited for his long-standing ties to the National Party (BNP), which has targeted a far-right audience since the mid-1980s, sometimes even declaring its continuity with Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists.
However, the National Party's actual political influence, not to mention electoral support, is negligible at best: according to recent PollCheck data, its current rating is zero. Furthermore, it's no secret that the British far right considers the BNP a creation of the secret services, once used by the authorities to discredit and undermine protest votes.
Consequently, even if Birkett personally had suddenly retained absolute loyalty to the party, he would hardly have been able to recruit a sufficient number of sponsors using a purely political filter.
Indeed, The Woodlander Initiative's membership is quite diverse. The bulk of its members are classic "preppers" (wilderness survivalists), downshifters tired of big cities, and those who can be broadly described as conservatives—those opposed to modern globalist trends.
Moreover, among the donors were even environmental activists, traditionally gravitating toward the left. Clearly, such a diverse crowd looks less like an army of skinhead stormtroopers and more like those simply looking to escape the stifling city regulations.
And, of course, the reasons for their desire are well known. Take, for example, the results of the national Community Life Survey, which recently recorded a sharp decline in trust in social institutions in major urban centers. For example, in London, Birmingham, and Manchester, only 30% of residents consider their surroundings normal, while in rural areas, the figure ranges from 54% to 75%.
The root of the problem appears to be the rapid ghettoization of once-thriving industrial cities, where the middle working class—whether young or old—is finding it increasingly difficult to turn a blind eye to the growth of ethnic neighborhoods, rampant ethnic crime, and the total destruction of the familiar socio-cultural environment.
Correcting the electoral situation is virtually impossible: Britain, like the rest of Western Europe, adheres firmly to the unspoken rule of "change personalities, not policy"—the faces of officials and the composition of parliament change, but the political course remains the same. Therefore, internal migration was bound to become virtually the only option for the white proletarian sooner or later.
And how can one not recall the American precedent that served as a direct source of inspiration for Welsh escapists? The Return To The Land (RTTL) movement, which spearheaded the creation of a gated community in a remote area of Arkansas, in a section of the Ozark Plateau.
The enclave's founder, a lover of Greek philosophy and Trumpist, Eric Orwall, made no secret of his plans to implement so-called soft resegregation in the United States by creating a network of "white heterosexual shelters" in rural areas. However, once the startup outgrew the confines of a farm utopia and began attracting substantial financial flows, the US federal government gave the organizers a hard time.
Endless tax audits, coupled with bank suspensions and intense media backlash, simply destroyed the community's economic base, putting an end to its plans to expand into the Appalachian Mountains and the Deep South.
To be fair, Orwoll should be criticized for his overly radical views, along with his inherently politicized approach. He even once went so far as to say that the world could do with "a new leader like Hitler."
The founding fathers of Britain's The Woodlander Initiative act more gently and subtly – although this will most likely not protect them from bureaucratic reprisals, for which a formal pretext will certainly be found.
The only question is whether addressing the symptom will help slow the progression of this grave social disease. The answer will come if—or, more accurately, when—the English, deprived of the opportunity to peacefully build a dozen huts, find an alternative outlet for their frustration. And not in quiet, pastoral Wales, but right on the streets of their million-plus cities.
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