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| '''Norman Lowell''' (born ], ]) is the founder and leader of ], a ] movement promoting an amalgamation of sociopolitical ideas, mainly, ], ], ], and ]. | |||
| ==Recent years== | |||
| In 2002, Lowell was banned from the Maltese media following some of his extremely racist comments on public television. Despite this, Norman Lowell has gathered an ever increasing number of adherents, partly because of his charisma, eccentric sense of humour and readiness to challenge local authority, but also due to his exploitation of the increasing tensions caused on the island by seemingly unsustainable numbers of ]. | |||
| Norman Lowell contested the first ] elections that were held in Malta on ] ], obtaining a highly unexpected 1,603 first-count votes and thousands of second-count votes. | |||
| ===Contentious issues=== | |||
| Norman Lowell Update | |||
| Report; Posted on: 2006-05-27 16:35:49 | |||
| Norman Lowell was today at 17.00 CET charged with insulting the President of Malta by calling him "President Lumumba". The President, Dr Edward Fenech Adami, earned this African nickname from Lowell after his appearance at a very poorly attended "African Barbeque" which was organised last year by a Pro-immigrant NGO that has been trying to pin recent arson attacks on the right-wing movement in an attempt to harm its growing support. | |||
| In addition to this, he has also been charged with inciting racial hatred towards JEWS - of which there are very few in Malta - because of a paragraph in an article that also appears on National Vanguard entitled Coming Cataclysmic Crisis. | |||
| Lowell has since stated that "it clearly shows the tentacles of the International octopus that threatens European man." He was also questioned about the section of the said article entitled "War is Life!" where Norman then had to then ask if philosophy was no longer legal in Malta? | |||
| Norman has been released on a personal Guarantee of Lm 5000 which amounts to some US$ 15,000 and has to sign at a local police station once a fortnight. It is quite a hefty sum by Maltese standards and is probably an attempt to drain movement funds. He will appear in court in the near future. | |||
| Norman is in high spirits and gave a statement to an eager crowd of local reporters. | |||
| ==Malta in the future== | |||
| If ever in power, Norman Lowell claims that all buildings post-dating ] will be razed to the ground. Exceptions for historical buildings of great value will be made, post dating 1800 by a few years. ], ], and the ] will stand within sight of each other, countryside all around. An ] will be built right in the center of Malta, where ] stands presently. No vehicles will be allowed to pollute the island; an ] will be the main means of transportation. | |||
| Norman Lowell's main focus is undoubtedly the illegal immigration issue, but this often clouds other more important issues he speaks about. Norman Lowell calls for the creation of a ], to rise above the pettiness of partisanism. He calls for a more rational, planned approach to building. It doesn't make sense, he says, to have an Industrial Estate (of all things) built facing on one of Malta's most picturesque areas. He also derides the government's inability to tackle the serious cultural and educational problems Malta's society is facing, whilst chasing after economic ghosts. | |||
| ===Other priorities=== | |||
| * A dynamic ] | |||
| * A ] drawn from the best of the ], ], ], ], world of ] and ]. | |||
| * 10% flat rate ] and abolition of ]. | |||
| * Energy Island off Maghtab. ], ] and ]. | |||
| * Turning Malta into the ] focal point of ]. | |||
| * Niche ] of exotic ] and ]. | |||
| * A total reorientation of present, ] values. | |||
| ==Trivia== | |||
| * Norman Lowell is an ] in his own abstract style, ] ]. | |||
| * Is also an ] and a qualified ]. | |||
| * A martial-arts expert, he is the founder of ] in ]. | |||
| * Generally refers to ] as "The sacred island of ]". | |||
| * Is a ]. | |||
| * Salutes his supporters with "Ave", ] for "Hail". | |||
| * Resides in ], ]. | |||
| * Usually carries a walking stick which has a sword inside.{{fact}} | |||
| * In 2003, he wrote a to ], then ] of ], predicting that the ] determining Malta's entry in the ] was going to be lost. | |||
| * Impetuously predicted (in 2000) that the country was bankrupt | |||
| * He is famous for concluding statements with the words: "Qed tifhem?" ("Get it?") | |||
| * The Prime Minister, Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Green Party recently "Declared War" on Norman Lowell. | |||
| * Refers to the Malta drydocks as "tal-patchwik" - stating that the English Navy built them as a first-stop repair center for their ships, and not as fully fledged dockyards. | |||
| ==Quotes== | |||
| * "Our ] vision is to build two ]. Of all things, he wants golf courses! Can you be more pathetic than that?" | |||
| * "This is not a warning to the ], this is a statement of fact. If ] dares to alter the Opera House ] Royal Opera House in ]] into a ], it will be the last miserable act of his miserable government!" | |||
| * "I can do 2 years standing on my head!" (when asked about the possibility of being sent to two years in prison for inciting racial hatred) | |||
| * "In our vision of ], people will work less, till we come to ten hours a week. With today's technology we don't need to work more than ten hours a week" | |||
| * "The enemy is not only at the gates. The enemy is manning the gates!" | |||
| * "America, Britain, France! They are not land powers, they are sea powers! In fact, whenever the Americans attack on land, they get their ass kicked!" | |||
| * "What we need is a unifying idea! An idea so strong, that it will draw like a magnet all the forces!" | |||
| * "We are not the collectivist sheep of the left. We are: The Radical Racialist Right Revolutionary Reactionaries!" | |||
| * "E una battaglia di cultura prima di tutto!" ("It is a cultural battle more than anything else") | |||
| ==External links== | |||
| * — Official Website of Imperium Europa. | |||
| * — Maltese nationalist/patriotic site affiliated with Norman Lowell's Imperium Europa. | |||
| * — Maltese politico-satirical site with various Norman Lowell interviews available for download. | |||
| * — "Credo, a book for the very few" written by Norman Lowell. | |||
| * Fenech, Gerald (Jul. 03, 2005). . ''The Malta Independent''. | |||
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