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Dan Hardie picked up and brought to many people’s attention the plight of Iraqi interpreters working with the British Army who we apparently leaving to be killed once Her Maj’s forces withdraw, and started the “We Can’t Turn Them Away” campaign. (See also: the report in the Times here; Justin of Chicken Yoghurt’s collation of MPs’ responses to pissed-off constituents here. I’ll post my MP’s reply on here once the Rt Hon Helen Goodman gets back to me.)

But we live, lamentably, in a country largely characterised by its conservatism and pride in ignorance of politics. Luckily, however, this is sometimes piss funny.

The stupidest possible remark on the Iraqi interpreters’ situation has been plucked from the BBC’s “Have You Say” by the absolutely delightful blog spEak You’re bRanes (disciples of Chris Morris, one suspects):

Interpreters ?
No they should not be given asylum! If you want to live here you should have the decency to learn our language!
We should have no need for interpreters, or at least not a lot of interpreters.

Joe Turner, London, United Kingdom

Eh?

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