"Both scandals exploded into public consciousness unexpectedly, triggering sudden and startlingly effusive declarations of contrition from politicians and officials who, just days earlier, had exhibited zero interest in either matter."
Thank you #AmeliaGentleman
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Thank you #AmeliaGentleman
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Post Office victims are promised justice. But as Windrush families know, you can’t trust these pol...
Lives destroyed, injustices ignored: parallels between the two scandals are stark, says the Guardian reporter Amelia Gentleman
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January 16, 2024 at 11:06 AM
"Both scandals exploded into public consciousness unexpectedly, triggering sudden and startlingly effusive declarations of contrition from politicians and officials who, just days earlier, had exhibited zero interest in either matter."
Thank you #AmeliaGentleman
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Thank you #AmeliaGentleman
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May be of interest to @Shelter @crisis_uk @guardian @ameliagentleman @DawnHFoster @CSWnews @ResearchProfes @ECHR_Press @VerenaBraehler
December 5, 2024 at 11:14 PM
May be of interest to @Shelter @crisis_uk @guardian @ameliagentleman @DawnHFoster @CSWnews @ResearchProfes @ECHR_Press @VerenaBraehler
Force yourself to read these depressing stories on how universal credit is playing out in practice @ameliagentleman https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/oct/17/we-went-days-without-eating-properly-universal-credit-misery-inverness?CMP=share_btn_tw
'We went days without eating properly': how universal cre...
People who were never in debt before have been catapulted...
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December 3, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Force yourself to read these depressing stories on how universal credit is playing out in practice @ameliagentleman https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/oct/17/we-went-days-without-eating-properly-universal-credit-misery-inverness?CMP=share_btn_tw
cc @PhilAldrick @elashton @TomChivers @bbckamal @GuardianAnushka @EdConwaySky @ameliagentleman - please consider / circulate to your networks
December 3, 2024 at 8:13 AM
cc @PhilAldrick @elashton @TomChivers @bbckamal @GuardianAnushka @EdConwaySky @ameliagentleman - please consider / circulate to your networks
Rare interview with @ameliagentleman on Windrush https://www.theguardian.com/membership/2018/apr/20/amelia-gentleman-windrush-immigration?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Amelia Gentleman on Windrush: 'I've felt like an immigrat...
The Guardian reporter reflects on her investigation into ...
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December 3, 2024 at 7:57 AM
Rare interview with @ameliagentleman on Windrush https://www.theguardian.com/membership/2018/apr/20/amelia-gentleman-windrush-immigration?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Guardian wins investigation and journalist of the decade awards. Well deserved @ameliagentleman
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/jan/06/guardian-wins-investigation-and-journalist-of-the-decade-awards
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/jan/06/guardian-wins-investigation-and-journalist-of-the-decade-awards
Guardian wins investigation and journalist of the decade ...
Amelia Gentleman honoured for coverage of Windrush scanda...
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November 25, 2024 at 6:54 PM
Guardian wins investigation and journalist of the decade awards. Well deserved @ameliagentleman
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/jan/06/guardian-wins-investigation-and-journalist-of-the-decade-awards
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/jan/06/guardian-wins-investigation-and-journalist-of-the-decade-awards
It is extremely difficult to get convictions for the crime of coercive control despite men doing stuff like this to women. Powerful, depressing piece from @ameliagentleman...
November 22, 2024 at 2:58 AM
It is extremely difficult to get convictions for the crime of coercive control despite men doing stuff like this to women. Powerful, depressing piece from @ameliagentleman...
Good piece, although quite how much of this stuff would have made Evening Standard headlines even before Osborne is another matter… https://twitter.com/ameliagentleman/status/859276612726128640
November 24, 2024 at 11:37 AM
Good piece, although quite how much of this stuff would have made Evening Standard headlines even before Osborne is another matter… https://twitter.com/ameliagentleman/status/859276612726128640
christ, theresa may really just did stand up there at the despatch box and lied and lied and lied https://twitter.com/ameliagentleman/status/986576533065293830
December 9, 2024 at 8:21 PM
christ, theresa may really just did stand up there at the despatch box and lied and lied and lied https://twitter.com/ameliagentleman/status/986576533065293830
January 22, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Oi, UK gov, you could easily have application forms with Ukrainian text next to the English.
Yes, that wouldn't work in general for all languages of those coming here — but this isn't a general situation, it's a very specific one.by @AmeliaGentleman
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Yes, that wouldn't work in general for all languages of those coming here — but this isn't a general situation, it's a very specific one.by @AmeliaGentleman
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May 2, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Oi, UK gov, you could easily have application forms with Ukrainian text next to the English.
Yes, that wouldn't work in general for all languages of those coming here — but this isn't a general situation, it's a very specific one.by @AmeliaGentleman
theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/m…
Yes, that wouldn't work in general for all languages of those coming here — but this isn't a general situation, it's a very specific one.by @AmeliaGentleman
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Sorry, forgot to credit original news story which was by @ameliagentleman https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jul/01/remove-windrush-payout-scheme-from-home-office-urges-labour
Remove Windrush payout scheme from Home Office, urges Labour
MPs highlight delays and difficulties in accessing compen...
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November 18, 2024 at 9:02 PM
Sorry, forgot to credit original news story which was by @ameliagentleman https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jul/01/remove-windrush-payout-scheme-from-home-office-urges-labour
So many brilliant journalists whose writing and investigations I actively seek out @guardian. From @ameliagentleman Windrush exposé to @MarinaHyde lifegiving wit, it’s a world class publication.
November 27, 2024 at 1:24 PM
So many brilliant journalists whose writing and investigations I actively seek out @guardian. From @ameliagentleman Windrush exposé to @MarinaHyde lifegiving wit, it’s a world class publication.
Can’t say this enough... a treat to attend @ameliagentleman and @colincraiggrant #CamLitFest event, talking of institutional racism, trauma, respect and... humour. #structurallove #Windrush
December 3, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Can’t say this enough... a treat to attend @ameliagentleman and @colincraiggrant #CamLitFest event, talking of institutional racism, trauma, respect and... humour. #structurallove #Windrush
Men-only clubs and menace: how the UK establishment maintains male power. Good article by @ameliagentleman https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/jan/25/men-only-clubs-and-menace-how-the-establishment-maintains-male-power @CatalystInc #CountMeIn for change!
November 25, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Men-only clubs and menace: how the UK establishment maintains male power. Good article by @ameliagentleman https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/jan/25/men-only-clubs-and-menace-how-the-establishment-maintains-male-power @CatalystInc #CountMeIn for change!
Very poor show! A waste of money. RT @ameliagentleman: Conservative think tank admits 'We have missed in-work poverty
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December 13, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Very poor show! A waste of money. RT @ameliagentleman: Conservative think tank admits 'We have missed in-work poverty
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"‘I’ve been here 50 years’: the EU citizens struggling for the right to stay in Britain." A long read / podcast by @ameliagentleman:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/08/ive-been-here-50-years-the-eu-citizens-struggling-for-the-right-to-stay-in-britain
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/08/ive-been-here-50-years-the-eu-citizens-struggling-for-the-right-to-stay-in-britain
November 6, 2024 at 6:30 AM
"‘I’ve been here 50 years’: the EU citizens struggling for the right to stay in Britain." A long read / podcast by @ameliagentleman:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/08/ive-been-here-50-years-the-eu-citizens-struggling-for-the-right-to-stay-in-britain
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/08/ive-been-here-50-years-the-eu-citizens-struggling-for-the-right-to-stay-in-britain
“I was properly distressed.” Dignified understatement from people horribly affected by the Windrush scandal, and now struggling to obtain compensation. @ameliagentleman reports: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/feb/09/why-justice-remains-elusive-for-windrush-generation
Why justice remains elusive for Windrush generation
Victims talk about their ordeal and a complex compensation scheme that is yet to deliver
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November 6, 2024 at 6:06 AM
“I was properly distressed.” Dignified understatement from people horribly affected by the Windrush scandal, and now struggling to obtain compensation. @ameliagentleman reports: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/feb/09/why-justice-remains-elusive-for-windrush-generation
Read this by @ameliagentleman: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/nov/18/black-official-quit-allegedly-racist-windrush-compensation-scheme
Black official quit ‘racist’ Windrush compensation scheme
Exclusive: Former senior Home Office employee Alexandra Ankrah says some colleagues showed ‘complete lack of humanity’
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November 6, 2024 at 4:37 AM
Read this by @ameliagentleman: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/nov/18/black-official-quit-allegedly-racist-windrush-compensation-scheme
Report by @ameliagentleman, who did so much to get the whole Windrush scandal into the open: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/may/29/racist-legislation-led-windrush-home-office
The racist legislation that led to Windrush
A suppressed report has concluded the fiasco’s roots lie in immigration legislation from 1950 to 1981
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November 6, 2024 at 12:24 AM
Report by @ameliagentleman, who did so much to get the whole Windrush scandal into the open: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/may/29/racist-legislation-led-windrush-home-office
And the beat goes on 👇 absolutely shameful but, sadly, not surprising. #windrushscandal https://twitter.com/ameliagentleman/status/1270094427449688064
January 28, 2025 at 12:28 PM
And the beat goes on 👇 absolutely shameful but, sadly, not surprising. #windrushscandal https://twitter.com/ameliagentleman/status/1270094427449688064
Well done @ameliagentleman and those brave people telling their stories about how pervasive and destructive the #HostileEnvironment really is. #Windrush https://twitter.com/ameliagentleman/status/987058036425490433
January 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Well done @ameliagentleman and those brave people telling their stories about how pervasive and destructive the #HostileEnvironment really is. #Windrush https://twitter.com/ameliagentleman/status/987058036425490433