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For my friends from overseas, if you want to understand what is really happening in the UK, then start with this excellent intro by @OwenJones84 which goes straight to the heart of the matter ... ->
... follow it with these two outstanding articles.
theguardian.com/politics/comme… by @josephharker
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theguardian.com/politics/comme… by @garyyounge
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theguardian.com/politics/comme… by @josephharker
and
theguardian.com/politics/comme… by @garyyounge
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Then watch Ken Loach's "I, Daniel Blake" and realise that this is not fiction for many people - imdb.com/title/tt516819…
Follow it by reading the UN report on poverty in the UK - ohchr.org/Documents/Issu…
and the BMJ's report on the impact of austerity - blogs.bmj.com/bmjopen/2017/1…
Follow it by reading the UN report on poverty in the UK - ohchr.org/Documents/Issu…
and the BMJ's report on the impact of austerity - blogs.bmj.com/bmjopen/2017/1…
Finally, watch the excellent Toby Haynes film "Brexit: The Uncivil War"
... at which point the gulf between an "elite" and the population as a whole may become apparent to you and hopefully, the noise you hear about Brexit might finally make some sense.
... at which point the gulf between an "elite" and the population as a whole may become apparent to you and hopefully, the noise you hear about Brexit might finally make some sense.
