Most Reform Members Believe Non-White UK Citizens Born Abroad Should Be Forced or Encouraged to Leave, Poll Finds

More than half of Reform UK members believe non-white British citizens born abroad should be deported or encouraged to leave, according to the first publicly available poll of those in Nigel Farage’s party.  

Okay, it's not exactly news, but it's there in black and white.  Go here to read more from the Guardian.  

I think this demonstrates the failure of multiculturalism.  Too bad.  I thought Britain had been multicultural since the 1970s at least.  I guess the broadcasting of the N-word by the BBC put paid to that.  And then there was the Windrush scandal.  See also:  Exiled to Poland for 28 Years.  

And then there's the police racism and deaths in police custody.  Yeah, still.   Go here for my interview with Ken Fero, Director of the film Injustice.  20 years after Injustice, the problems still persist.  

Meanwhile, this report on Black British Voices from Cambridge University reveals high levels of discrimination against Black people and high levels of distrust among Black people in Britain, and 95% of those surveyed belived the curriculum neglects Black people's experience.  

What are your thoughts?  Please let us know - post your thoughts below, especially if you are a British or UK citizen and were born abroad or your parents were born abroad and became UK citizens.  

 

 

Exiled to Poland for 28 Years

George Lee, Windrush Scandal Survivor

When George Lee approached MPs and the UK Home Office for help with his immigration status, they failed to assist him.  This was in 2018, when the Windrush scandal was emerging.  

Mr. Lee was among the thousands of British citizens from Africa and the Caribbean who had lived in Britain since childhood, but were misidentified as illegal immigrants after the Home Office destroyed their immigration documents.  Mr. Lee was working as a teacher in Poland at that time.  

Last November, he approached Desmond Jaddoo, a Windrush campaigner in Birmingham, who helped him to access the assistance he needed to return home.  He still has not received the pension payments which he was entitled to claim from the time he turned 65, eight years ago.  

Mr. Lee reckons there are many more people stuck in different countries who have not been able to return to Britain, and are largely unknown.  They continue to be ignored by the UK government unless they receive help from campaigners like Mr. Jaddoo, as the Home Office appears to be deaf to their pleas.  

Mr. Lee is now struggling to adjust to life in his home country, which he has not seen for nearly 30 years.  Go here to read more.