Religion and Ethics Forum
General Category => Politics & Current Affairs => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on April 23, 2018, 06:38:33 PM
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Theresa tries a bit of bread and circuses to hide her application of racist policies.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43869377
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Blow Theresa May but -
"Prince Harry said: "It hardly seems possible that 25 years have passed since Stephen Lawrence was so cruelly taken from his family.
"I remember vividly the profound shock that I felt at his senseless murder, a feeling shared by so many people across this country and beyond.
"I remember, too, just how deeply moved I was by the determination of Stephen's family to build something positive from the tragedy they endured and to ensure that Stephen's story did not end with despair, but continued with hope.""
I have the greatest respect for Stephen's parents, the way they conducted themselves with such dignity but would not give up. Doreen is amazing.
The recent TV documentaries about Stephen Lawrence, 25 years on, were very good.
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You can say blow Theresa May but then you are ignoring the exploitation of a murder to cover up a disgrace.
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Was I? All I meant was that she is spouting platitudes. Pretty sure I never wanted a cover up, at the time I was vocal and active enough about justice for Stephen - which has never happened. Though not in my town the murder happened not that far away from me and locally it caused a lot of action. At least one of the murderers lived in the Bromley area too.
No more from me on this, it's too close to home.
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Didn't say you wanted a cover up. Rather that just letting the use of the murder is allowing May to distract from Windrush. This is bread and circuses, not real change
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Theresa tries a bit of bread and circuses to hide her application of racist policies.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43869377
The woman is a complete fucking fake.
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Much as I accept that the murder of this young man was awful, which applies to all other murders of course, and there may well be local aspects regarding racism issues in that area that I'm obviously not very familiar with, I'm surprised that it is to be a regular 'national' commemoration event since it seems like a local tragedy.
Given the current Windrush events resulting from the racist policies of this government I'd say the involvement of Teresa May in this stinks to high heaven.
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I agree.
This is naked political opportunism of the most blatant kind. I echo Vlad's view of Theresa May.
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I honestly have no idea what point this serves other than as a distraction.
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Blow Theresa May but - "Prince Harry said: "It hardly seems possible that 25 years have passed since Stephen Lawrence was so cruelly taken from his family. "I remember vividly the profound shock that I felt at his senseless murder, a feeling shared by so many people across this country and beyond. "I remember, too, just how deeply moved I was by the determination of Stephen's family to build something positive from the tragedy they endured and to ensure that Stephen's story did not end with despair, but continued with hope."" I have the greatest respect for Stephen's parents, the way they conducted themselves with such dignity but would not give up. Doreen is amazing. The recent TV documentaries about Stephen Lawrence, 25 years on, were very good.
As an aside.... "Harry Hewett" must have been a childhood genious, or been glued to the telly by his mum if his memories were so profound.
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Surely the Stephen Lawrence though was news for a long time after the initial killing? I don't think Harry Is saying that it all happened at the point but that the sense of the importance grew as events unfolded. And surely the whole 'he's James Hewitt's son really' schtick is both too boring and pointless to still be raising?