Thank God for immigrants
This billboard appeared in a random street in Dundee, Scotland last year. A creation by the artist Jeremy Deller.
Both George Michael and Andrew Ridley had immigrant fathers who had come to the UK escaping conflict.
Michael’s father was Greek Cypriot, Ridgeley’s father had been expelled from Egypt during the Suez crisis.
Activism with a smile like this is so powerful.
Immigrants add a richness to British culture which is all around us, and in a way that the hateful far-right politicians and media would never have you believe.
As for all those trying to demonise immigrants, trying to intimidate us with our own flag, if you don’t like all of us enriching society and adding to the Great in Britain, perhaps it’s time to look at emigration?
And no need to wake me up before you go- go...
