Our vision

 Progressive European Party

It has been our aim to show how the unstoppable forces of globalisation can be reconciled with the very natural desire of every human being to feel a sense of “belonging” - by finding a way of overcoming the sense of alienation and powerlessness felt by many, especially in previously neglected and deprived parts of the United Kingdom.
You must judge for yourself to what extent we have succeeded in this aim. Politics are perpetually in a state of flux and political parties cannot, for this reason, afford to stand still.
We do not claim to have found permanent and definitive solutions to all of the problems that beset the United Kingdom, as it is presently constituted.
As our name suggests, we aim for continuing progress rather than an unreachable state of perfection.
We are equally sure that, at this historical juncture, Britain’s place is within the European Union. We are Internationalist in outlook but at the same time determined that democracy should operate at the local level of neighbourhoods and of communities.
We regard a united Europe as an ideal worth striving towards. It may be that, in centuries to come, our successors will be able to achieve a united world.
We believe that history shows that human social evolution tends towards ever larger collaborative efforts between the peoples of the world.
We are equally aware, however, that at every step towards global unity there arises resistance that stems from the fear of a loss of identity.
We take it as self-evident that peace is preferable to war and that collaboration is preferable to rivalry.
It is our hope that our children’s great grandchildren may inherit a world that is at unity and at peace within itself.
This will not happen in our own lifetimes. But it is a vision worth striving towards - for the only alternative is that, by one means or another, humankind will obliterate itself and lay waste to the planet that has been our home for countless millennia.
Let wisdom, unity and peace triumph over all folly, division and conflict.