The Guardian has just reported on a leaked internal report the Home Office tried to suppress, which clearly implies the UK government is institutionally racist…
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Another survey of post-brexit attitudes - this time of EU residents in the UK.
Not surprisingly, none of them are embarrassed about the EU - just the opposite, indeed.
Among the comments by French people are:
- “Hope my country of origin will never become as unfair and xenophobic as the UK is now,” said a French woman, aged 62.
- A 52-year-old French woman who had returned to France said she “took the EU for granted before Brexit” but was “now aware of how precious it is, even if not perfect”.
- A 64-year-old French-born woman in the UK for more than 40 years said: “I can barely express how hurt I am. I came to the UK in 1979 and worked in the NHS. I have felt betrayed, unheard, uncared for. I started to suffer from anxieties. I decided to apply for British citizenship, not because I wanted to be British, but so I could sleep at night again. When I got my British passport, I spat on it.”
Which proves that she should never have been granted a British passport!
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Plus ça change plus c’est la même chose ici.
Not long back from a visit to family in that appalling country. Go back to England? Never, the foul, corrupt UK (read London) government and the ignorance of those who voted to leave the EU has brought the nation to it’s knees and made the break up of the Union more likely.
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Perhaps the UK could add it to the list of questions.
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Plague Island… I see that a new one now threatens… poliovirus (although the risks are being played down by the UKHSA)
You’ll provide a reasoned comment on that claim, of course…
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The implication, I take it, is that citizenship should be granted not on the basis of objective eligibility criteria, but political opinions. Scary.
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Just behaviour.
hers or the UK Governments? and why was it just?
spitting on anything as a protest is a subhuman gesture not worthy of a human being who has a brain and words, I suppose, carried out by snakes and, I think, some species of monkeys.
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Ask the majority of blue light/front line workers and they will tell you being spat on is what disgusts them the most
It seems to have become altogether too common, sadly.
Llamas? Or is it all camelids?
It’s also figurative no? To show contempt or disgust. I spit on your grave.
Looks like they are taking it seriously:
I received an invitation from Ameli for polio, diphtheria and tetanus booster. Have booked the tetanus, but maybe should take the polio too!
Exactly. Spitting is a natural thing - we all do it, I guess, when we clean our teeth… It’s not the act in itself but the meaning of spitting on a British passport that some object to, because it is an expression of contempt for the country or its government. The implication really is that governments should take away the passports of people that hold opinions they deem unacceptable.
The irony I find in views such as this is that they undermine what to me is the best of Britain, while feigning respect for it. The UK may have a very chequered history when it comes to ‘liberal’ values like freedom of expression and human rights - but there have been times when it was a beacon relative to most other countries. Now, we have politicians that keep telling us how ‘great’ Britain is intent on undermining the very values that once did make it a relatively good country.
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The last paragraph of the article was unnecessary, detracted from the overall thrust of the report and could even be seen as fuelling anti-EU sentiment.