Real action on the needless deaths of Londoners on our roads
With 20mph speed limits, new designs for main roads and a bevvy of new pedestrian crossings we can drive deaths down to zero sianberry.london/news/transport…
“British citizens from ethnic minority backgrounds have to send, on average, 60% more job applications to get a positive response” bbc.com/news/uk-469274…
Institutional Racism exists.
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“Despite reforms, black people are nine times more likely than white people to be checked for drugs.” theguardian.com/law/2018/oct/1…
Institutional Racism exists.
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“Exclusion rates for black Caribbean students in English schools are up to six times higher than those of their white peers in some local authorities.” theguardian.com/education/2021…
When Aneurin Bevan created the NHS he rejected calls for charging migrants.
He said “The whole agitation has a nasty taste. Instead of rejoicing at the opportunity to practice a civilized principle, Conservatives have tried to exploit the most disreputable emotions”
He recognised that people would contribute in all manner of ways - simply by being here.
“The fact is, of course, that visitors to Britain subscribe to the national revenues as soon as they start consuming certain commodities, drink and tobacco for example, and entertainment.”
He rejected attempts to bring in charging as onerous and unwanted.
“For if the sheep are to be separated from the goats both must be classified. What began as an attempt to keep the Health Service for ourselves would end by being a nuisance to everybody.”