“Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody”~ Jane Austen
(Artwork by Karen Cook)
Sue Wilkes
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FRHistS. Europhile. Author of Regency Spies, A Visitor's Guide to Jane Austen's England, and more. Young Workers of the Industrial Age, out now! https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Sue-Wilkes/a/1893
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Holcombe war memorial plaques. Emmanuel Church, Holcombe, Lancashire. First World War. Plaques located in the lychgate. #LestWeForget
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Look who's at the bar!
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Flemish paintings (including a few royal portraits) at the Royal Ontario Museum
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I'm done.
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These are baby moon jellyfish. Like tiny pulsing stars.
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I grew up with a lot of people around my academic family who had fled various regimes of the 1970s and 1980s- every one of them was a real asset to any nation. We knew them well, over years an years- I can't understand why so many people have such fearful ideas about refugees...
And a reminder. There is no evidence that most of those seeking asylum are economic migrants. fullfact.org/immigration/...
No evidence ‘vast majority’ of people crossing Channel in small boats are economic migrants – Full Fact
Research indicates that the majority of people crossing the Channel go on to be granted asylum, but the full picture is not covered by official statistics.
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This statement not acceptable and I suspect not sustainable. Large majority of public support principle of asylum, support letting people stay permanently. Majority for that among Labour and other progressive parties’ voters is overwhelming. The Reform voters this is aimed at will never vote Labour
"The era of permanent protection is over"
Is this Labour government really saying it was wrong in principle to let these refugees of the last 75 years to stay, settle and become British - and they believe that should NEVER happen again in principle or practice?
Refugees from 7 decades gather to commemorate 70 years of refugee in protection in the UK
YouTube video by Refugee Council
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Growing up in rural Britain in the 50’s refugees from Eastern Europe, mostly Poland, were our neighbours and friends, an essential part of our agricultural workforce.
