tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post7832601848103962670..comments2023-10-27T07:50:27.411+01:00Comments on Next Left: Daily Mail in want of citizenship educationTom Hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917325958130851128noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-48130366812620665612009-02-26T16:01:00.000+00:002009-02-26T16:01:00.000+00:00I already posted this comment at the original sour...I already posted this comment at the original source, but being disenfranchised by the Daily Mail - and in such diverse and excellent company, at that, should be a source of pride!<BR/><BR/>THere should be a blog badge or identifer to that effect.<BR/><BR/>"The Daily Mail classifies me as a foreigner".Zooniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04045257715274521349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-55807778179738690422009-02-26T15:00:00.000+00:002009-02-26T15:00:00.000+00:00Yeah, the Mail's definition of foreigner is so bro...Yeah, the Mail's definition of foreigner is so broad, it would even include me, as I've <A HREF="http://www.libdemvoice.org/according-to-the-daily-mail-im-a-foreigner-11777.html" REL="nofollow">pointed out</A>.Mark Packhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596137350950820090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-82957913178657944092009-02-26T12:47:00.000+00:002009-02-26T12:47:00.000+00:00It's probably stating the obvious but these sorts ...It's probably stating the obvious but these sorts of complaints about 'foreign born' first, second or third generation have a racist under-tone. I doubt if people who complain really worry about Australian or European parentage, but are really thinking of people of colour.Calixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05754832236324324540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-90617641102563445502009-02-26T10:43:00.000+00:002009-02-26T10:43:00.000+00:00Hmmm, it's hard to know where to stop isn't it... ...Hmmm, it's hard to know where to stop isn't it... Michael Portillo with his Spanish dad, and Stephen Fry with his Russian grandad..it seems pretty much anyone could fall into this category. As an ardent fan of Who Do You Think You Are, the BBC1 programme about family history, it strikes me that almost everyone has a foreign grandparent, and this adds to warp and weave of Britain's evolution. <BR/><BR/>What next a Mail campaign for ID cards that mark your ethnic history?<BR/><BR/>There was an excellent TV programme a few years ago that looked at the DNA of those mad people who thought England should be kept for the English, and this meant "pure" English blood that went back to the Battle of Hastings or some such nonsense. When their DNA was tested most of those characters - found to their surprise and, in some cases, horror, that they were ancestors came from a variety of places outside the UK.Rachael Jolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04830594240244312855noreply@blogger.com