Saturday, January 18, 2020
AN OPEN LETTER TO LISA NANDY MP
Dear Lisa
I have just watched your interview with Andrew Neil and I am absolutely furious: furious enough to slam a few words down on paper in the form of this open letter.
Some background. I was born and raised...
AN OPEN LETTER TO LISA NANDY MP
Dear Lisa
I have just watched your interview with Andrew Neil and I am absolutely furious: furious enough to slam a few words down on paper in the form of this open letter.
Some background. I was born and raised...
"...a few miles up the road from constituency you now represent – Blackburn, England. In 1989 I became white half of a mixed race couple. Soon we had two brown boys & by the mid 90's it was abundantly clear Blackburn was no place to raise two mixed race boys. A septic tide ..."
"... of racism was starting to seep into every brick of town, & BNP were strutting their stuff. So we ran. We fled a hundred miles north up M6, & found ourselves a new future in Scotland. Inever felt English, but after 25 years I feel very Scottish. They call us New Scots here."
"..And being a New Scot has meant my two boys have had the chance to grow up in a country where racism barely exists.BNP never managed more than 1% here. UKIP/ Brexit Party never made it past 4%. How dare you make up fairytales about "narrow, divisive Nationalism."? ..."
" And how dare you criticise ScotGov for a record you describe as "frankly appalling."? Time for a few home truths. We regularly visit my wife's family in Lancaster. When they need to see GP they wait over a month. We get one in no more than 2 days. They PAY for prescriptions.."
"When my nieces & nephews in England look to university, they look at min £30,000 debt. Here it would be free. You actually suggested UKgov should look to other countries for some clues on how to deal with "narrow, divisive" nationalism, cited Spain's handling of Catalonia..!!! "
