Windrush – And an Unpleasant Smell in the Air
Much has been printed and broadcast recently about the plight of many West Indian immigrants who entered Britain legally between 1948 and 1971, as children, on their parent’s passports. They have now been dubbed the ‘Windrush Generation’ after the first ship to arrive in Britain carrying West Indian immigrants, the SS Empire Windrush. We are led to believe that the arrival of these children was never documented and that as a result of that lack…
Sixty Five Point Three Per Cent
By Frederick Dixon: If you were lucky – because it received little coverage – you will have caught that news item the other day; that the percentage of White British births in England and Wales fell in 2014 to its lowest level ever of 65.3%. Well, of course it was the lowest level ever (so far) because until not so long ago, and well within living memory, nearly everyone in the country was White British and so, naturally,…