A hundred thousand Chinese volunteers worked alongside the Allied forces in the European theatre of World War 1, doing some of the dirtiest and most dangerous jobs on the battlefield. It was understood that an allied victory would mean China being given back its territories that had been taken by Germany.
Labour dogwhistles echo Trump protectionism and the spirit of MAGA on the day UK Chinese protest against intensifying Home Office fishing raids under the Tories’ hostile environment ever since Brexit. Corbyn throws the Chinese under a bus in a populist measure instead of tackling root causes.
Anna Chen writes in the Guardian, An American woman wearing a Chinese dress is not cultural appropriation (Guardian headline and standfirst written by sub-eds) PROM pic.twitter.com/gsJ0LtsCmP — Keziah (@daumkeziah) April 22, 2018 When is a dress just a dress? Remember those photos of the little cocktail number that looked blue with black lace to some
Found some old pics of me with my band, The Snow Leopards. Even before Apple! Well, it was long, long time ago in a universe far, far away … Cruella coat designed by Dave Vanian’s girlfriend, Laurie, in the King’s Road days. Madam Miaow says … visit Anna’s food blog here: http://annacheneats.blogspot.com/
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Ten years of austerity since the credit crunch crisis and we’re even worse off while the rich doubled their wealth since 2008 It is ten years since the bankers’ crash went full blown and what have we done? Austerity, Macjobs, disabled payments cuts, a spiteful bedroom tax costing more to administer than is collected, tax
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It’s a whole month since the devastating fire at Grenfell Tower in London, yet the conflagration that killed 80 people seems ever present. A bonfire of regulations & a raft of corrupt, money-grabbing decisions led here. Will we ever see justice?
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