Thread by @alexandrabulat

I don't really use Facebook but someone sent this to me re: my tweets yesterday.

Let's unpack this "sorry but not sorry" post for a moment, it's really interesting:

1. Fake news. 15 million East Europeans in the UK? Really? Not even the Daily Mail publishes such things.

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2. The classic "taking our houses and jobs". I am waiting for an "indigenous Briton" to offer me their property (with the mortgage paid off) for free. Maybe then I can say I took *their* house. And jobs, yes, I cannot wait to take all postdocs at the same time, of course.

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3. "Privatise the NHS". Here's some kind advice as I see on their profile they're not in work. NHS privatisation won't make it better. And if you are not in work, it will be even worse. Sometimes people really argue so passionately against their best interests, don't they?

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4. I'm not a politician, I don't represent anyone but myself, but if you insist, then I am proud to represent the "millions" of East Europeans who contribute to the UK economically, socially and culturally.

P.S. Immigrants "going back home" won't solve any of your problems.

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Sorry, could not leave it there. I genuinely thought it's done and dusted after the twitter apology, but in fact it's another "it's not necessarily you, but the millions of others" cases. And as I said, I am done being polite.

#MigrantAndProud

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