Don't Be Swayed by Howard's Crusade Against the Gipsies
Evening Standard - London › March 22, 2005
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AGIPSY came up to me at the Cheltenham race meeting on Friday, grabbed my lapels, and said: "We're not all bad 'uns, you know." He was scruffy, unshaven, and smelt like he'd had a good week boozing, gambling and sleeping rough. Yet he was also surprisingly bright and articulate.
"I like travelling, it's in my blood," he said. "It used to be fun, and we used to be well received and integrate well with local communities. But now we keep being victimised and moved on and everyone seems to hate us."See the full content of this document
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Don't Be Swayed by Howard's Crusade Against the Gipsies
He seemed rather a nice guy, far removed from the violent, thick yob I'd been led to believe all travellers now are by certain sections of the media.
Yet Michael Howard has targeted him and "his type" for the special attention he has reserved for everyone from asylum seekers to late-abortion seekers lately i...See the full content of this document
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