#Windrush

Notting Hill Couple, 1967 by Charlie Phillips. He was part of the Windrush Generation who faced terrible discrimination and overt racism on their arrival in Britain. This photo is one
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Hi @tomhunt1988 my apologies for the long thread as you may be aware the @HumanRightsCtte published their report, Black people, racism and human rights. https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/3376/documents/32359/default/ Rascim is a
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1. For #WindrushDay I'm going to share the story of Zaffar Mirza, a 56 year old Pakistani man who was lawfully living with his family in Edinburgh until one day
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Most Black people's views of race and racism in the UK are profoundly different from those of White people, according to a sweeping and exclusive new CNN/Savanta ComRes poll.https://cnn.it/2Z03ruX  It
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“SO YOU DON’T LIKE RACISM, BUT YOU’RE IN THE UK AND FEEL POWERLESS TO DO ANYTHING?”I have had several conversations with friends who have recently felt powerless as to what
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Dear @LozzaFox, your daily mantra that ‘All Lives Matter’ has finally roasted my chestnuts so deeply that I'm moved to respond. Saying ‘All Lives Matter’ is the ultimate way of
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We are no longer living in a country recognised for its human rights. The UK is firmly rolling back human rights, it is corrupt, prejudiced, and a dangerous place for
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Properly damning from independent inspectors @IndependentCI on Home Office indifference to the impact of the hostile environment: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/inspection-report-published-an-inspection-of-the-home-offices-use-of-sancti
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Your morning wake up call from former Conservative immigration minister @carolinenokes: The lessons of the Windrush scandal have been “torn up, disregarded and rendered clearly completely irrelevant” when it comes
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1) Russia report concealed2) Brexit impact report concealed3) SAGE secrecy4) Excess deaths5) Darroch report6) Arcuri report7) Concessions on Chlorine Chicken in US trade deal8) Exam fiasco9) BJ's invisibility10) Lying to
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GREAT news from @RailwayMuseum in York: the museum's Station Hall exhibition is to be refreshed. Overseen by @celkingston, over 2021/2 the royal trains will be shuffled, 200 new objects displayed,
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Our new report finds councils are one of the biggest investors in culture, sport & leisure, spending over ÂŁ2bn a year. We are calling on the Govt to use the
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THREAD 3: We’ve looked a little at the design flaws of the Windrush Compensation Scheme, and will be back to that in future threads, but we’re doing something a little
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As profoundly skeptical, indeed suspicious as I am of this British Govt, this morning on Today, @nadhimzahawi, Under-Secretary of State for COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment, struck me as sincere in gravity
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With one year to go until the #EUSSdeadline, we looked at how the government’s EU Settlement Scheme impacts Roma communities. Read the full report here:https://bit.ly/31AZmAz  @WeAreSettled @CLPartnership @communityworksw @DarnallWB
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I expect you’ve read @DavidOlusoga’s remarkable, jaw-dropping and often downright shaming “Black and British – a forgotten history.” If not, you really must. Either way, here are nine things I
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