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Brian Paddick's visit to London Chinese Community Centre

Round Table Discussions at London Chinese Community Centre (CCC)

At Mayoral Candidate Brian Paddick's last visit to CCC at 28-29 Gerrard Street, he had walked into a room of spritely elders playing cards and drinking tea. Last Saturday (5 Nov) he was greeted instead by a cacophony of Chinese musical instruments, as he squeezed past a group of adult students finishing a calligraphy and brush painting class. CCC was as usual bustling with activities under the stewardship of their Chair, Christine Yau, who had kindly facilitated the visit.

8 Nov 2011
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Clarkson and Illegal Immigration

Last Saturday British TV presenter, newspaper columnist and "humourist" author, Jeremy Clarkson, made another of his now "infamous" comments in his Sun column. He has prided himself on being outspoken, politically incorrect and controversial. Previously he had said that 'public sector workers who went on strike in November should be "executed in front of their families"' on BBC's One Show. The latest 'joke' was regarding synchronised swimming and comparing the spectacle of the sport to Chinese Morecambe Bay cockle pickers (where at least 21 Chinese cockle pickers died in 2004 when they were caught in the rising tide at Bolton-le-Sands near Morecambe, Lancashire, when they were working illegally for a gangmaster.

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