Tory Leader David Cameron will today cast the Conservatives as the defenders of the NHS in his Leader’s speech at Tory Conference, by invoking his son, Ivan, who has cerebral palsy. George Osborne is no longer allowed to visit the Cameron household after calling Ivan “spacko”, “mong” and stealing his lunchbox.
Meanwhile, David Cameron has finessed £625,000 out of the NHS by arranging for a British Virgin Islands Trust to buy the former Party HQ in Smith Square, thereby avoiding stamp duty.
Compassionate Conservatism in action.
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shrek said this on October 4th, 2006 at 10:33 am
hmm no html allowed…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psJFKHN7l2E
shrek said this on October 4th, 2006 at 10:34 am
Ahlam’s Story
New video.
Ahlam Souidi speaks frankly about her time as an asylum seeker in Glasgow. Her family are at the moment threatened with deportation back to a country, Algeria, where they face grave danger.
Please watch and circulate the links to this video. This video challenges views on asylum seekers and racism by relating everyday life for an asylum seeker. It is entirely in the words of Ahlam Souidi and some of her friends and colleagues.
There will be a demo on 7th October in support of Ahlam and her family, feeding into the main UNITY refugee demo in George Square, Glasgow as part of International Refugee week.
Anyone with a blog – lift the html code at the youtube site and please place these on your blog.
Neil
The first minute and a half of this video is silent.
Ahlam’s Story part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sr7jSWLjg8
Ahlam’s Story part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31rojR3prCA
Ahlam’s Story part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl1RIiO1Tgc
Full length videos (1/2 hour) can be sent to those interested by emailing nwsocialist@yahoo.co.uk
Pamela Page did a review of this video:
I used Ahlam’s story in my work with a class of students doing a project on Human Rights. I’ve also used the Dungavel dvd in the past about dawn raids which is also an excellent way to dispel the myths around asylum.
Ahlam’s story is powerful in that that is what it is. Her story in her Voice. Her humanity, honesty and vitality shine through everything she says about her experience.
The honesty of one of the Glasgow women who spoke of her own ignorance and racism prior to meeting Ahlam was especially touching and brave. Ahlam is actively involved in many local initiatives and is a valued by her community. Let’s make her so well known that it’s impossible for her to be forced to leave her home.
It went down great in school and i’m getting copies made. Funnily enough a guy from the local Amnesty group popped into our branch the other night and I think Neil gave him a copy so hopefully they will take it up too.
Great job Neil!
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Nwsocialist said this on October 4th, 2006 at 11:49 am
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john reid said this on October 5th, 2006 at 12:30 pm