#Windrush

Today was Windrush Day. As a proud Black man from Jamaican heritage, I’ve had mixed feelings throughout the day. On the one hand I’m so proud of what you (our
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THREAD:It’s a Sunday, so indulge us briefly. This is a thread about 2 aspects of the Windrush Compensation Scheme and how they interact with circumstantial political factors to thwart/ grossly
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#Windrush #WindrushDay thread. /1 The way the #Windrush generation were treated is one of the most shameful and disgraceful things that this country has done to her own citizens. /2
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THREAD 5: Earlier today we were *inexplicably* tagged in this article by Telegraph Home Affairs editor @CharlesHymas. It’s paywalled (free 1m trial available) so we’re going to set out the
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Damning evidence given to the Home Affairs Committee: @ColinYeo1 and @BerryAdrianC say Home Office communication on migration rules has been awful. "If we’re struggling to understand what’s happening, then the
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, alert: is a reference to an article about a new venture between @JCWI_UK and a raft of prominent City firms, announced today, to provide legal assistance to applicants
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people who say sport and politics don't mix are mad sport, as an arena in which Black people are majorly over-represented, should be more political imo imagine if Black footballers
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Sorry, but you expect us to cut some slack and show sympathy for a Racist, Sexist, Homophobic Islamaphobe who if he could at any given chance he’d put us all
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This week alone there's been more scandalous revelations on the Government's cack-handed PPE purchasing, the scandal of the Windrush compensation scheme, the Grenfell inquiry, Priti Patel bullying cover-up ... ...
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It's hard to properly explain this but the jingoistic language around COVID-19 in the UK is really rubbing me the wrong way. A) Martyring medical professionals means we ignore whether
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What gets me about respectability politics is how the *entire* political and journalistic establishment will be tweeting concern for B**** getting sick but for ongoing gov engineered crises (e.g. Windrush,
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Bit of a rant of a thread here, maybe. A few things I've been thinking about for our sector with all these unlikely people coming out and praising migrant's contribution
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A Prime MinisterWe dont need equality impact assessments bc 'smart ppl in Whitehall' wd never deliberately create inequalities(then came Windrush)An Equalities MinisterWe don't need equality impact assessments on Covid-19 bc
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Our government is spoiling for a culture war --- but there is more at stake here than the future of the vulnerable people on these little dinghies. A thread.https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/patel-plans-asylum-shake-up-to-send-left-in
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Today we commemorate #WindrushDay2020 Why is Windrush Day important to you?Let us know!(1/2) What is #WindrushDay and why is it important?(2/2)
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Our government has relentlessly betrayed the vulnerable, the poor, the powerless, and the disenfranchised: Refugees, Windrush generation, the Grenfell victims, the kids fed by food banks, and now the A
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