If anyone knows whether mainstream politicians are using the language & polices of the far right it’s @SGroverSouthall . He’s been campaigning for the human rights of people of colour for almost 50 years as director of @MonitoringGroup I was thrilled to have him @LBC
If anyone knows whether mainstream politicians are using the language & polices of the far right it’s @SGroverSouthall . He’s been campaigning for the human rights of people of colour for almost 50 years as director of @MonitoringGroup I was thrilled to have him @LBC
@SangitaMyska @SGroverSouthall @MonitoringGroup @LBC And it was rabid in all parties. Hattersley condemned Powell for his speech then invited him onto a board reviewing racism after the 1981 Uprising. Thatcher was the worst, though, for using the language to boost her own political chances for power.
@SangitaMyska @SGroverSouthall @MonitoringGroup @LBC Great show Sangita & brilliant panel. I’ve seen the first episode of defiance and the similarities of language used by politicians & media then & now is a stark warning of how divided we are with horrible, divisive leadership.
I worked for LBEaling for 25yrs and both knew and supported the work of Southall Monitoring Group as it was known. LBE rarely did the right things sadly and rarely invested time let alone much money there. There was corruption, factions and in fighting at director level more than political level in my opinion.
@SangitaMyska @SGroverSouthall @MonitoringGroup @LBC Absolutely brilliantly show today and so on point. I can tell you of my 3 uncles who migrated to London in the 60s who lived through the “no blacks, no dogs and no Irish” - who lived though the constant questioning of the Met as suspected terrorists. They came like many to work.
@SangitaMyska @SGroverSouthall @MonitoringGroup @LBC What a ludicrous assumption. How can anyone involved in campaigning of any hue be held up as the absolute authority on such a point.
@SangitaMyska @SGroverSouthall @MonitoringGroup @LBC Literally use this in lessons on parties and manifestos; use it to show the Overton window. The NF platform from 1979 is basically the same as the current Tory one!