Boris Johnson's Latest 'Gaff'

oldbatty
It would be interesting to hear what propoganda led you to consider those who choose the burqua to be different to you.

I give up. Maybe some people reading this lengthy thread will understand what I have been trying to say.

We are all soaking up information, especially in the digital age. Images of black , cloaked figures with their faces covered are not a positive thing. See page 4 of this thread for an image.

Little by little it seeps into our minds that people are different, perhaps to be feared or avoided.
Its wrong, young children don't appear to do it but adults make assumptions.
As I say, really I have tried to put forward my ideas but now its time to withdraw from the debate.

It has indeed been pointed out, again and again and again, that the dislike of the burka and the niqab is nothing to do with colour or race or religion. It is everything to do with the garment itself. I posted this exact statement:

^Chewbacca 12.08 12.08.2018*

PS Many of the niqab wearing women are British

I don't think it's the nationality of the person wearing the burka or niqab that's causing the furore. It's the garment itself which so many are unhappy to see.

But it is, apparently, perfectly acceptable to post discriminatory remarks about "some fat, blonde Bullington boy". I repeat: double standards.

Good news for the victim of one of BJ's dreadful gaffs-

"Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British woman in prison in Iran, has been reunited with her daughter during a three day release. It is the first time she has been allowed out of prison since her arrest in April 2016. The 40-year-old is currently with her family in Damavand, north east of Tehran, the Free Nazanin campaign confirmed."

news.sky.com/story/nazanin-zaghari-ratcliffe-reunited-with-daughter-during-three-day-iran-prison-release-11480116

This is only for three days. Let's hope she is soon properly released.

My (unworthy) thought is that they should try to spirit her, her daughter and parents out of the ountry!

arrivals into low-paid work and helping to raise local tensions, according to a study by the Institute for Public Policy Research thinktank (IPPR). It found there had been dramatic cuts in funding for English lessons and other help, and that more than 37% of EU migrants are overqualified for their jobs in the UK.

Just posting this to provide some back up for my earlier comments.

MawBroon
I'm with you all the way. We need someone like Ross Perot who was determined to get two of his workers out of Iran ( who had been illegally imprisoned) come hell or high water: and he did it, without the help of the US government.
We have the best in the world to accomplish this

I agree MawBroonbut I understand that she has now been returned to prison.

In fact Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was the victim of the Iranian regime, not of Boris Johnson. Whether or not his gaffe hindered her cause we will not know.
Let's hope, anyway, that with a change of FS, some progress might be made in her case.

I don't think Trump is helping matters either.