Posted on 11/26/2010 11:20:58 AM PST by Mier
LONDON -- The Tea Party movement's recent electoral gains have gotten international attention, including in the mother country whose taxes inspired the first Tea Party -- the United Kingdom.
A new rebellion against big government and high taxes is resonating in Ye Olde England.
"Ideas around limited government, absolutely, there's lots of people in Britain who share those as well." says Matthew Sinclair of the Taxpayers' Alliance. The group -- formed in 2004, naturally calling for lower taxes -- is one of the largest in Britain with a Tea Party slant. It boasts some 60,000 supporters.
The group organized workshops this past fall with FreedomWorks and other American Tea Party support groups. "We're always trying to learn how to campaign better. We're always trying to learn if there are policy initiatives in the states which have succeeded," Sinclair explains.
Like the Tea Party in the U.S., there are many groups here vying for the label. From one strictly aimed at domestic politics, to another upset about tax money going to the European Union, and yet another nationalistic group upset about immigration
Read more: http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/11/26/tea-party-movement-gains-traction-uk
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As of Tuesday, Sri Lanka has one.
It is spreading quickly.
A battle is on. A rag tag band of Tea Partiers vs. the NWO Federation.
So do Brits throw themselves into a harbor?
The TEA Party is America’s answer to the communists’ SEIU. It will work in the UK also. Anywhere their are union thugs, the TEA Party is needed.
I think they already have one - UKIP
I should hope so.
Thanks Mier for the update.
Australia, Taiwan, Israel already have their own Tea Party groups which is connected to their American counterparts.
A viral, world-wide, TEA party would be a beautiful thing. Too bad most of them have been disarmed by their governments, but where there’s a will, there’s a way.
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