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Blogger’s Note: For a number of years in the UK – I regularly lived with a North Indian (high-caste) family who had migrated from the
Generally speaking, outside of fake patriotism, genuine British people are naturally rebellious and reject any attempt at the current Establishment attempting to force their coloured cloth upon us. The bourgeoisie oppress the workers using the very George Cross (a “foreign” and “imported” flag) and Union Jack (the product of invading other countries by those who control us) – and it is these bits of coloured cloth that an Englishman lost his life trying to (illegally) hoist from a local lamp-post – when he slipped and fell. Ironically, the bourgeoise prefers to brain-wash the working-class so that it voluntarily chooses to “die” for a piece of coloured cloth – in relation to other – opposing – bits of coloured cloth. Whose coloured cloth is superior? Whose coloured cloth is preferable? As the Red Flag derives from a killed worker whose shirt was covered in his blood (this shirt was hoisted onto a stick to serve as a flag) – perhaps this is the only flag the workers should be supporting. Some workers prefer the black flag of Anarchy – but generally speaking, anarchists cannot be trusted.
In a statement, the borough council’s two Reform UK representatives, Cllr Mason Humberstone and Cllr Rob Henry, called on the mayor and the cabinet member for equalities to resign “for the shockingly disrespectful way Logan and his family were treated”.
Cllr De Freitas said that she is “aware” of their statement but declined to comment further.
It is understood that neither Cllr De Freitas nor the mayor, Cllr Chowdhury, was involved in the planning of the Christmas lights switch-on event.
Stevenage’s Labour MP, Kevin Bonavia, was at the switch-on and said he had since spoken to Gemma and to the council to “ensure lessons are learned”.
He said: “What happened at the Stevenage lights switch-on was deeply disappointing for Logan and his family.
“Logan was invited as a special guest in his own right, and he deserved to be at the heart of that moment.
“Many constituents have contacted me about this, and I share their concern.
“I will hold the council to account to make sure that this does not happen again to any other SEN child.
“Inclusion is not optional, and despite having no role in the procedure of the event, I feel a personal duty to stand up for Logan and ensure his family feels the strength of support out there for them.
“This must never happen again.”
When my article “The Invalidation of the Worker” was printed in the far-left British Press – many responses were from Union representatives stating how naïve I was to think that People with Disabilities should be treated with “Equality” and possess equal “Access” to the wealth a capitalist society possesses and has to offer. In other words, the leaders of the working-class in the UK were of the opinion that Person with Disabilities should resign themselves to a life of terminal unemployment, poverty, and exclusion. And that was coming from the left! The right-wing and far-right approach simply talked of “removing” the problem – whilst being very careful not to explain exactly what they meant. Even so-called “Communists” thought the Disabled were surplus to requirement – ignoring the fact that Disabled people helped to assemble tanks in the beleaguered factories of Stalingrad.
Indeed, many Neo-Nazis luminaries are pouring a scathing pillbox fire onto Nigel Farage – even before his liberating forces have managed to secure a firm bridge-head on Britain’s beaches and streets. How can the average racist have confidence in Reform UK if its elected local representatives resort to this kind of “safety first” rhetoric? Surely, the reasoning goes, the presence of the UK national flag trumps even untoward lamp-posts who seem to not to have got the memo from Farage’s “Das Bunker”? Be that as it may, this sorry state of affairs gives credence to the saying “If you pay peanuts – you get monkeys!” What’s next – a memo about the “moronic working-class investing all their hopes in a piece of coloured material that is drenched in their blood – and has done nothing to enhance their well-being”? It’s beginning to look like Reform UK cannot be trusted with the very racism that has seen them sweep to a limited but worrying power – or lamp-posts for that matter”
As a result of the identified discrepancies in this case, the BMA could not allow them entry right away, as further verifications had to be undertaken. While these processes were unfolding, vulnerable members of the travelling company were disembarked onto airconditioned busses. The Government of South Africa subsequently interacted with the Palestinian embassy and other role-players. It was established that the absence of stamps, return tickets and accommodation addresses did not indicate that the travellers wished to apply for asylum.