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The abuses of human rights set out by this report are not one-off mistakes, but the direct and inevitable consequence of a hostile environment policy in which the assumption of innocent until proven guilty is replaced by the assumption that innocent people are illegal immigrants.
The arbitrary & baseless detention of Windrush citizens is a violation of their human rights. It is now clear that the HO ignored proof of legal status of Windrush citizens & deprived them of their rights without basis or regard for their human dignity.
independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
If @sajidjavid is really committed to human rights why hasn’t he scrapped the hostile environment? We need systemic change not piecemeal apologies. An immigration policy that violates basic rights is an immigration policy that is unfit for purpose.
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If true, this is an unprecedented and historic humiliation for Theresa May. After two years of negotiations with the EU, she is not even prepared to let MPs vote on her deal.
The truth is that it's unlikely any form of Brexit could command a majority in this House. It is impossible to deliver on the 2016 referendum result because it was based on lies, false promises, and fantasy. No more negotiations in Brussels will change this fact.
Our politics is now well and truly stuck. The way to unblock it is to go back to the public with a People's Vote, which will either offer a mandate for a specific form of Brexit, or to remain in the EU.
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This report confirms the grim truth we already knew. The Home Office failed to protect Windrush citizens' "rights to live, work and access services" and "discharged its duty of care." It is a national disgrace.
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The Home Office ignored warnings and recommendations for years. Rather than admitting its wrongs, it subjected British citizens to the brutal Hostile Environment. We still don't know how deep this goes. So far just 18 have had apologies.
Even after the scandal broke, the Home Office has shown a "surprising lack of urgency to identify other groups that may have been affected." The department is more interested in covering its own back than uncovering the truth.
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The audacious idea of European Integration was motivated by fear. But it was made possible by shared ideals: democracy, human rights, equality, freedom, and a refusal to submit to the tyranny of fascism, ever again.
The Brexiteers say we lost control because of the EU. But in reality they are still mourning Suez, Britain’s last fling of the Colonial dice.

Today we need to build a new image of Britain. One that brings this country together after years of division. Empire 2.0 is not it.
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Right let’s talk folks. About home. What’s in it anyway? Home is home right? Just like Brexit is Brexit, it can mean different things to different people. It’s just surprising how *many* people equate home with place. Home is not a house or town or country. 1/
Home is where you feel safe. It may be where your loved ones, your family, live but it doesn’t have to be. It may be temporary, where you’re staying, but it’s still home as it’s where you have decided to spend your life. Even if just for now. 2/
Home is where you can relax. Where you can love and sleep and eat in peace. Without fear or worry that any moment someone will come knocking at the door to take you away. 3/
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Innocent until proven guilty protects all of us bostonherald.com/opinion/op_ed/…
There are reasons our legal system requires proof of allegations. Conviction by accusation has a horrific pedigree. The terms “witch hunt” and “lynching” are not hyperbole: In Salem, in 1692-93, 20 people were hanged — most of them women.
Nearly 4,000 blacks were lynched in the U.S. between 1877 and 1950 — many for false accusations of sexual assault against white women.

People whipped into a fervor of righteous indignation, unconstrained by process and the rule of law, do unspeakably evil things.
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J'accuse as the New Legal Standard americanthinker.com/articles/2018/… via @AmericanThinker
2 1/2 centuries of legal precedent in U.S. is based on the assumption of "innocent until proven guilty" The law provides for due process, protection against unreasonable search & seizure, trial by jury of peers, and other measures preventing conviction based solely on accusation
"J'accuse" was the title of an editorial published in France in 1898 exposing a military cover-up of a French army captain falsely accused of espionage, later exonerated, but with the army suppressing the new evidence, concealing the army's erroneous conviction.
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The media love striking this above the fray pose but it ain't true

Whether Ford's story "will not go away" is a conscious decision made BY THE MEDIA

What about Keith Ellison's accusers? Their stories have already "gone away". Will they be on 60 mins "right before the midterms"?
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No, one is presumed guilty (GOP), one is presumed innocent (DEM)

This is despite Ellison running for a position (MN AG) with direct influence over whether he is investigated!
The standard should be due process, and innocent until proven guilty in BOTH cases, Dem or GOP

And whether their political careers are affected prior to any trial proving guilt should be a careful weighing of the credibility of the accusations

This on the other hand is a circus
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Thread on why @Theresa_May's Hostile Environment policy could potentially work in the Netherlands but cannot possibly work in the UK.

And why @David_Goodhart (of Anywheres vs Somewheres) is fundamentally wrong about ID cards.
The STATED objective of the Hostile Environment is to remove illegal immigrants.

I'll try and explain why in fact this is impossible in the UK, and rather the ACTUAL objective of the Hostile Environment is to make life hell for UNDOCUMENTED people. ANY undocumented people.
Two facts first that we need to agree on.

First, a crucial one - in order to remove illegal immigrants, you need to be able to distinguish not just between illegal immigrants and legal IMMIGRANTS, but between illegal immigrants and legal CITIZENS.

The difference is NOT trivial.
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