We still have a race problem
Finding a shared British identity is vital to overcoming racial tensions.
By Varun Chandra Published 17 July 2012 16:53
Newly-arrived Bengali women on Brick Lane in 1978. Photograph: Getty Images
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59 comments
"I doubt that"
you only do so because you are so exceptionally thick.
Aha another condescending leftie who has read my CV!
you have a CV? hilarious.
Not as funny as you ....WANKAAS!!
lol.
thank you A Cole! finally another rather obvious comedy spelling of my username. amazed it has taken you cretins so very long, but well done you.
so you get another one also; A Hole
like it?
Not as much as I like your mother :)
really? you're into 80 year old women?
Not as much as I like your mother :)
Class trumps race every time. Just look at the ethnic mix in the Tory parliamentary party.
Of course there are some roughnecks from the Bullington Club but for goodness sake the Forth Estate has them under constant observation.
From time to time class envy is an itch those outside the gilded circle have to scratch.
Rash Class