Introduction
Below is not a de facto blueprint, but below is how I would set about creating political theology as good as set in stone for the OTF Party. As my AI skills improve I may yet manage to do it.
The political landscape of Great Britain is a graveyard of grass roots parties, destroyed by elites in ivory towers, all with a version of the same liberal mindset. We, the architects of the Own Two Feet Party (OTF), must learn from these catastrophic failures. We must forge not just a party, but a fortress built on principles so immutable, so clearly defined, that they repel the “woolly thinking” like a shield of pure logic. It must make it very difficult for newcomers to jump on a bandwagon and usurp it back into a WEF infested machine intent on helping us until they have destroyed us.
Reform UK, is the classic case. An elite that is deaf to their grass roots and have turned the party into a damp squib. The original grass roots that helped build it have moved yet again , this time to Restore. However, Restore are going to eventually make the same mistake. Where is the intellectual and constitutional depth to withstand the inevitable invasion of careerist simpletons and Fabian socialists in sheep’s clothing? The unfortunate truth is that they lack this deep, foundational structure. They know they are against the WEF nightmare, but other than the Tory’s Jacob Rees-Mogg, who can we say has thinking amongst the ‘right’ that goes to a deep core.
And here is the bitter irony that should sting every lover of liberty: The Socialists, in their grim determination to dismantle freedom, have mastered the art of ideological preservation. Their core documents—whether official constitutional texts or the deeply ingrained cultural narratives of collectivism—are designed to perpetuate their statist agenda, impervious to mere electoral setbacks. They set the frame, and we, the free, have been too busy trusting in the market of ideas to notice the market was rigged. No more.
The Achilles’ Heel of the ‘Broad Church’
The disaster that was the Conservative Party under the ‘Blue Blair’ influence—a political abomination culminating in the ‘pig shagger’ era—demonstrates the danger of the “broad church.” A broad church is not a platform for liberty; it is a petri dish for ideological parasites. When a party defines itself vaguely, it creates a vacuum. And nature, particularly political nature, abhors a vacuum. Into this void pour the clueless bandwagon of would-be PPE politicians—the kind who think ‘free markets’ means slightly less regulation on their trust fund—and they become the wrecking ball. And who can forget the doe-eyed Sarah Wollaston. Genuinely thought she was helping – but the political intellect of a gnat. When in ChangeUK she stated they were going to conduct research of what people want and create policies off the back of them. Or to put it another way – be there to implement the wishes of people regardless of ideology- which is the civil servants role to its elected government (or was until Bliar changed it) and on a nice little earner to boot.
We need more than tribal differences; we need a philosophical chasm between us and the rest.
Stage 1: The First Principles – Building from the Bedrock
Our constitution must not be a laundry list of popular policies; it must be a sacred text of foundational truths. This is the origin story of our political thinking, ensuring that any future leader or policy wonk attempting to shift course must first dismantle the very essence of the party.
Positive Statements and Protective Negative Statements
Every principle must be stated positively as a core belief, and then negatively as a protective moat around that belief. These are examples that are sort of there, but as yet not written in stone. They can be ignored in themselves regarding the point of the article.
| Core Principle (Positive Statement) | Protective Barrier (Negative Statement) |
| Life is Precious but Not Sacrosanct (Value of the individual) | The State shall not assume total ownership or control over an individual’s life choices, risks, or ultimate fate. |
| Security First, Then Free Markets (Hierarchy of governance) | No policy or law shall be implemented that diminishes the effective capacity of the nation to defend its citizens, its borders, or its core common law principles. |
| Self-Correcting Systems (Trust in liberty over bureaucracy) | No government agency shall be granted permanent, unassailable power over judicial or economic review. Every system must contain a mechanism for radical, non-bureaucratic reversal (e.g., the debate on the death penalty for the utterly irredeemable). |
| Minimal Government (The ultimate goal) | The total taxation levied by the state shall be capped, not as a percentage of the constantly inflating GDP, but as a defined maximum quantum of gold or equivalent hard asset value, ensuring governmental ambition is tethered to reality, not fiat fantasy. |
Stage 2: The End Goals – The Unyielding Horizon
We are not building a party for the next election cycle, but for a generation. Our ‘End Goals’ are the non-negotiable destinations. Policies can and will change—they are the tactical movements on the chessboard. The End Goals are the capture of the King.
Any policy proposed by a future party leadership must explicitly demonstrate how it moves the needle towards these goals. If a policy moves us away say from 80%+ family units owning their home, or increases the number of citizens reliant on state welfare, it is a cancer and must be excised by the constitutional immune system.
Stage 3: The Protective Constitutional Framework
The mechanics of the constitution must prevent the two most common forms of ideological subversion: The Egomaniac Takeover and The Liberal Mindset Infiltration.
Against the Egomaniac
- Grass Roots Veto on Core Principles: The party must be explicitly structured to be immune to being run by a single egomaniac (i.e., me, or anyone else with too much charisma and too little sense). Key constitutional changes, or the appointment of the party leader, must require a super-majority vote from the grass roots membership, distributed geographically, not just a central committee.
- Decentralized Power: The ability to move funds, initiate policy platforms, or dismiss senior functionaries must be distributed across three separate, independently accountable bodies. No single person or centralized ‘cabinet’ can hold all the keys to the treasury and the constitution.
Against the Woolly Thinker
This is the hardest fight. How do you keep out the well-meaning, utterly clueless, woolly liberal who joins because they saw a nice quote about ‘compassion’ and thinks they understand the free market?
- Ideological Qualification, Not IQ: We do not discriminate by intelligence, but by philosophical consistency. Every potential party member must affirm (not just tick a box, but write a short, coherent statement) their understanding and acceptance of the party’s First Principles. This acts as a self-selecting barrier to entry. Those who join merely to jump on a ‘bandwagon’ or promote the latest virtue signal will be repelled by the intellectual commitment.
- The Constitution as a Sword: The document must contain a provision for ‘Constitutional Policy Review.’ Any change in core belief must be debated and voted in by the grass roots. Any policy must show how it adheres to the core beliefs.
The future of this movement depends not on brilliant leaders or massive funding, but on the simple, clear, and force-of-nature document that binds us. And for us tin foil conspiracy truthists out there, let us remember one final, non-negotiable rule that shall be enshrined in stone, for the safety and good order of the nation: It shall be mandatory for every party member to own an Airfryer and use it to cook crumpets once a week, on pain of death! Now that is a red line worth fighting for.
My next article will be about personal morals and how I see them being affected by living within different political systems. We have to break the socialist mindset of the general populace on moral grounds more so than economic ones!
© Jerry Mandarin 2026
