That made me think. My village corner shop is owned by Indians. They employ a white cashier, whom you can see through the window when walking past. The owner works kind of next to her but cannot be seen from outside, whilst his wife has no dealings with the customers but always has a welcoming smile on her face.
I had never thought anything much of it, except possibly that it was for language purposes.
I now have started to think that this very pleasant couple may have, possibly, experienced the same sort of resentments ??
There
is a time for rage, and a time for inquiry. First the rage. As a former Tory
backbencher I can tell you that my Times colleague James
Forsyth was absolutely right in what he wrote yesterday (“Boris Johnson’s next problem is his own furious MPs”)
about the rage of a parliamentary Conservative Party marched by the prime
minister and his chief whip up to the top of the hill then utterly abandoned,
exposed and flailing, as those two gentlemen scuttled back down again.
I don’t expect many readers to sympathise with what
comes next, but here goes: it is not always a dishonourable thing to vote
against one’s conscience, impelled by loyalty to the party. “Conscience” is an
elastic word.
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I had never thought anything much of it, except possibly that it was for language purposes.
I now have started to think that this very pleasant couple may have, possibly, experienced the same sort of resentments ??
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/what-was-boris-johnson-thinking-ill-let-you-decide-7x26rddmg
Here is one that is, apparently, still working!
MATTHEW PARRIS https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/what-was-boris-johnson-thinking-ill-let-you-decide-7x26rddmg
Is Boris Johnson loyal friend or moral vacuum?
The charitable explanation is that the PM was shielding an ally —
the alternative is he was trying to save his own skin
Matthew Parris (THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE ARTICLE)
The Times
There is a time for rage, and a time for inquiry. First the rage. As a former Tory backbencher I can tell you that my Times colleague James Forsyth was absolutely right in what he wrote yesterday (“Boris Johnson’s next problem is his own furious MPs”) about the rage of a parliamentary Conservative Party marched by the prime minister and his chief whip up to the top of the hill then utterly abandoned, exposed and flailing, as those two gentlemen scuttled back down again.
I don’t expect many readers to sympathise with what comes next, but here goes: it is not always a dishonourable thing to vote against one’s conscience, impelled by loyalty to the party. “Conscience” is an elastic word.
Who was it who said this about him:
AND, of course, Tramp, rolled into one....
I have a dream that my.. children.. one day.. will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character
Martin Luther KingI have a dream that my.. children.. one day.. will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character
Martin Luther KingMarcus Rashford receives MBE from Prince William for campaign to feed children
Brilliant! I hope those "Eton blokes" are not frothing at the mouth....