Thread by @WindrushLives

It's Windrush Day. @ukhomeoffice will shortly tweet how sorry it is for shafting the Windrush generation and how assiduously it is "righting the wrongs".

More importantly, @UKLabour is now calling for the Comp Scheme to be removed from the HO.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/j… 1/10

@ukhomeoffice @UKLabour The HO claims to have spent £500k on celebrations. While education and commemoration are important, it is stomach-turning that the HO - which caused the scandal that created the Day - ever thought it cld buy a little good publicity out of it.

gov.uk/government/new…
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@ukhomeoffice @UKLabour Any attempt to acknowledge past mistakes and put the Windrush scandal right must begin with, well, actually doing those things.

While historical/archival exhibitions, performances and storytelling are important - and are being well handled by *members of the community*...
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@ukhomeoffice @UKLabour ... @ukhomeoffice has no business basking in borrowed warmth when it treats the one *very* time-critical thing it has to do - PAY - like a cheap political game. "The time for warm words is over," per @NickTorfaen. It ended when the first victim died without seeing a penny.
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@ukhomeoffice @UKLabour @NickTorfaen We are delighted that @UKLabour is now on the same page as we and countless other victims, claimants, legal representatives and campaigners who have fought and continue to fight for the Scheme to be taken away from @ukhomeoffice.

Here's how to help us force that:
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@ukhomeoffice @UKLabour @NickTorfaen 1. Sign @ppvernon's petition, which was presented to @10DowningStreet last Friday. It already has 94.5k signatories, including some of the best pretend police in the land.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/impr…
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@ukhomeoffice @UKLabour @NickTorfaen @ppvernon @10DowningStreet 2. The EUSS shambles should make it clear that the HO's disregard for rights and decency has not been contained. The Windrush gen won't be the last to go through this.

So if you can, go to the demo tmr, Wed 23 June - it may turn out to be an investment in your future.
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@ukhomeoffice @UKLabour @NickTorfaen @ppvernon @10DowningStreet 3. People who have lived through this, and from whom we can all learn, will feature on the panels at the Festival of the Windrush Generation this eve, chaired by @JacquiMckenzie6 - sign up here.

eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-festival…
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@ukhomeoffice @UKLabour @NickTorfaen @ppvernon @10DowningStreet @JacquiMckenzie6 4. And finally, we said recently (during a takeover of @JolyonMaugham's account) that we would be embarking upon a data-gathering exercise, collecting stats from victims on how well the Windrush Compensation Scheme is going.

https://twitter.com/JolyonMaugham/status/1389976719386361860?s=20

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@ukhomeoffice @UKLabour @NickTorfaen @ppvernon @10DowningStreet @JacquiMckenzie6 @JolyonMaugham That will go live shortly. Stay tuned, and spread the word - every victim and claimant must take part.

The HO floods the TL with dubious stats and half-truths on how it is "righting the wrongs" - it's well past time for some useful data.

#WindrushInjustice #BreakTheHE
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