Northern Nationalism

Principles of Northern Nationalism
Northern Nationalism is that movement that holds that much of the North of England, particularly Yorkshire, should be independent from the British government. Various currents in the movement's history have espoused either some kind of partial independence (devolution) or full and complete separation. Various methods, from peaceful demonstration and working legally through parliament, to hacking policemen to death with scimitars, have been employed in the name of Northern nationalism. This is really quite impressive, since its sole proponents, throughout much of its history, were three poverty-stricken misfits, who owned a coffee-house-cum-bookshop on the north bank of the Ouse, just off Marygate.

Origins of the Movement
The three comrades first met on a bus, going along Hull road towards the city centre. The names of these brave fellows were Pat, Mat, and Sally. Pat and Sally were already on the bus; when it stopped at the end of Carlton Avenue, and the bewhiskered Matthew Smiles climbed aboard, it is said that a great voice spoke to them, and made the very glass in the buss windows shake with its roaring majesty.


 * Comrades!

(It said)


 * The time has come for you to stand up for what you all believe in your hearts, that this bounteous land of Yorkshire can and must be freed from the cruel clutch of it's oppressors! Go forth, and spread the word, in the form of literature that you shall distribute from a bookshop, which shall stand-

And here the voice gave the exact coordinates, which now mark the dead centre of the Eboracum Bookshop. (These coordinates are not revealed here, to confound attempted air-raids against our HQ. Vive le Nord!)