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Tories want to turn off the right of asylum

mardi 6 octobre 2020 à 02:00

The Tories plan to find new ways to turn off the right of asylum.

One of the causes of the repeated legal claims from asylum seekers in the UK is that agents keep disregarding the law and the government's policies, and deporting people in despite of their rights.

Surely this is not an accident. If the minister in charge taught her department not to take shortcuts, not to deport people illegally, they would not have the need or the valid grounds to make these claims.

Tyranny

lundi 5 octobre 2020 à 02:00

Polish expat Wojciech Sadurski is facing criminal prosecution for accusing the Polish ruling party and national broadcaster for supporting right-wing extremists.

To prosecute people for saying things like that (whether true or not) is tyranny. The fact that this prosecution is occurring proves the injustice of the Polish government.

The sad thing is that it is not alone. President Sarkozy of France prosecuted several people for insulting him.

Violence against protesters

lundi 5 octobre 2020 à 02:00

The violence of Chilean thugs against protesters reached the point of throwing a teenager protester off a bridge.

The protester survived, but that was only luck.

Threat to republic

lundi 5 octobre 2020 à 02:00

Joseph Stiglitz: *How the Republican party threatens the US republic.*

Tips

lundi 5 octobre 2020 à 02:00

"Tips" to Doordash and Amazon food delivery workers go to the company rather than to the worker, they cancel out the whole of the worker's base pay.

The article seems to err in equating this to tipping of waiters. They are not the same system. Yes, the waiter's base pay is below minimum wage — but the restaurant does not claw back that base pay when the waiter gets a tip, as Doordash and Amazon do.