This image by @susanpilcher1 is of one of those "invaders" who Farage says is the great threat to our society. While we face huge challenges - Covid + the economic fallout - there is something repellent about scapegoating the most vulnerable.
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That image probably speaks to me so much because I keep thinking about how desperate I would have to be to risk not only my life, but my child’s. She looks maybe 8 months pregnant; I am six months along. I can’t imagine getting into a dinghy and crossing the channel.
I have not had a dream pregnancy - on Thursday, I collapsed with the heat and did in my ankle, on top of the challenges of being pregnant in a pandemic - and yet I am so insanely privileged by comparison.
This feels like a shameless distraction by our leaders at a time when we need to focus on rebuilding a better, fairer country. Good politics is about keeping risks in proportion - these people are not the great danger our country faces.
Finally, we are still a country hugely influenced by Christianity (as @holland_tom's Dominion sets out). Mary was a pregnant migrant (and then a refugee with a baby). Where are our leaders' Christian values towards these people?
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