How freaky hair 'won' in the Netherlands and Britain

 

An editorial in The Guardian asked a key question following the shock ‘win’ this month of a far-right politician in the Netherlands, Geert Wilders, and his anti-immigrant ‘Party for Freedom’.

‘How did the Netherlands reach the point at which a former political pariah finds himself on the threshold of formal power?’

Refugees. Is it them versus us?

 

Our poor and disadvantaged and those struggling to make ends meet – many in Britain think they should be helped rather than refugees.

You and human rights

 

Let’s get this straight: Human rights legislation is all about protecting ordinary citizens from excesses of the state – in other words, OUR GOVERNMENT.

The bias changed and we got Brexit

 

Brexit used to sit on the far side lines of politics.

UK SOS: Human rights under threat

 

The Tories of this century want to abandon the human rights that Tories of the last century championed and established.

Refugees are innocent

 

Last November, 27 people died trying to make the treacherous journey in a small boat across the English Channel to reach our shores. Among them were one pregnant woman and three children.

Refugees are innocent

The BBC calls them ‘migrants’; the prime minister and some other media call them ‘illegal’; some Tory MPs and Nigel Farage call them ‘invaders’. They are none of those. 

From refugee, to hospital cleaner to national hero

Hospital cleaner, Hassan Akkad, pulled at the nation’s heartstrings when he Tweeted a video last week with an urgent message to the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson.

How fake news caused Brexit

It’s becoming increasingly obvious that fake news in some of Britain's leading newspapers helped to cause Brexit.

How newspaper lies led to Brexit

In October 2015, I gave a speech to international journalists in Germany called, ‘Newspaper lies can cost lives.’ Less than a year later, Britain voted for Brexit, with one of the main reasons cited as ‘too many migrants’. How did such a fear and dislike of migrants develop? Newspaper lies played an enormous role. Video, 14 minutes, click arrow to view:

Give MPs age tests, demand voters

There were urgent demands last night for age tests on Members of Parliament as it emerged that some of them were acting strangely in the House of Commons and in government departments. 

If the Pope can do it, we can do it

Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church, showed true world leadership at the weekend​. He visited the Greek island of Lesbos, and rescued a dozen Syrian Muslim refugees by taking them home with him to the Vatican City in Rome.

Refugees: Is it them versus us?

Our poor, unemployed, homeless and disadvantaged - many in Britain think they should be helped rather than refugees.

Refugees fleeing terror, war and torture? We’re full. People here need looking after first. Charity begins at home. We don’t want them. We can’t afford them.

The anonymous haters of refugees and migrants

This week The Independent ‘Voices’ section published my article calling on Britain to ‘put a brake’ on the country becoming ‘fundamentally inward-looking and xenophobic’. 

But many of the readers’ comments responding to my article seemed to be just that: inward-looking and xenophobic.

Refugees are not migrants

On the BBC television news channel yesterday the language used to describe people escaping across the sea to reach Europe was challenged by a fellow journalist.

From child soldier to refugee lawyer

At just six years old, Deng Thiak Adut was snatched from his mum at their banana farm in South Sudan and forced to fight in a civil war that tore his country apart.

The Great British bunch of migrants (part 2)

• We’re not only an island, we’re part of a planet

Britain is a potpourri of nationalities which makes Britain Great. We may be an island, but we’re also part of a planet. 

The British have probably been the most prolific migrants in the history of the world. British people have gone to live in all parts of the planet, and still do. 

The Great British bunch of migrants (part 1)

• We’re all humans, isn't that what counts?

Last week British Prime Minister, David Cameron, referred to refugees camped in appalling conditions in Calais, France in derogatory terms as “a bunch of migrants”.

Labour front bencher, Chris Bryant, then reminded Mr Cameron in Parliament that his government Cabinet is “a bunch of migrants”.

But of course it goes much further than that. In all of Britain we’re a bunch of migrants – and refugees and migrants here have been responsible for achieving some of this country’s greatest successes.

Is the UK Prime Minister two-faced?

• Remembering yesterday's victims, but forgetting today's?

Yesterday was Holocaust Memorial Day, and UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, announced in Parliament that a new Holocaust memorial would be built next to Parliament.

Danish police to seize refugees' belongings

The Danish Parliament has approved a controversial new law that allows police to force refugees to hand over their valuables.