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On George Monbiot: Racial stereotyping is still racial stereotyping, even when it’s done by a Guardian columnist

As readers may or may not be aware, on Boxing Day the Guardian published a column by George Monbiot, lefty commentator and erstwhile Third Estate interviewee. Titled “The day my inner anarchist lost out to the bourgeois me”, the article recounts Monbiot’s encounter in an A&E department with a Traveller man seeking treatment for his [...]

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This post was written by Owen on January 2, 2013 Comments (5)

Tories Target Travellers. Again…

It’s an election year. Which means it’s time for the Conservatives to attack their favourite victimised minority. For such a tiny minority in British society, Travellers certainly attract a disproportionate amount of Middle England’s ire. Not content with passing the Criminal Justice Act in 1994, which removed the requirement for local authorities to provide sites [...]

Posted Under: Minorities,News,Tories
This post was written by Salman Shaheen on February 17, 2010 Comments (2)