Special Edition
Special Issue September 2007

Contents

Editorial
Justice for England March
Wall to Wall Propaganda
The Census + Charities
Nationality & Ethnicity
The Legacy of William Tyndale
Ethnic English Trust & Wycliffe Trust
The Steadfast Trust

 

The Ethnic English Trust
On March 2007 the Ethnic English Trust, a charitable company limited by guarantee, issued a claim form (formerly known as a writ) in the High Court of England against the Commission for Racial Equality. The Trust alleges that the Commission has in relation to the English racial group (a) issued guidance in its codes for employers and public bodies which is wrong in law so as to conceal the legal recognition awarded to the English racial group; (b) acted outside its legal powers by seeking to redefine the English racial group, and (c) maintained, contrary to the Race Relations Act 1976, a policy, practice or rule of racial discrimination against the English racial group. The matter has gone before a high court judge who will in September 2007 decide whether to grant the Trust permission to proceed. Upon the grant of such permission the Trust will issue a press release for the benefit of persons outside the English Community.

The Wycliffe Trust
The Environment Agency advertised a traineeship but on enquiring about the post a young English woman was told that she should not apply because she is English. She was told that the members of every other ethnic group could apply, including “White-Scottish”, “White-Welsh” and “White-Irish”, but not “White-English”.
A letter was sent from the Wycliffe Trust to the Environment Agency concerning the lawfulness of the traineeship referred to and the way it was advertised under the Race Relation Act 1976. Information has also been requested under the Freedom of Information Act. Unless the Environment Agency can show that the traineeship appointment advertised and the process for filling it is within the exemption of s37(1) or s38(1) of the Race Relations Act, or the Environment Agency agrees to remedy the situation and/or pay some form of compensation, the Wycliffe Trust will issue an application for judicial review proceedings.
The Wycliffe Trust is a charitable company limited by guarantee. Application for charitable status is pending.