World Refugee Day: Who ******* Cares?

by Les May

YESTERDAY was Juneteenth, it marks the day when slavery was finally ended in the state of Texas 155 years ago.   It produced rallies all over the USA and today there will be ’demos’ in major cities in the UK ostensibly in support of ‘black lives matter’, though not doubt the opportunity to air other grievances will not be missed.

Today is World Refugee Day, it marks the fact that 80 million people, 1% of the world population, have been displaced by war, persecution and famine.  Will it produce similar ‘demos’ throughout the land?  Probably not.

What was it that George Orwell’s animals in his fable Animal Farm had to say? Oh yes! ‘All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others’.

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