Irish travellers rounded up in Manchester.

You were quick enough to condone violence against Israeli football fans and even said they shouldn't be allowed to visit Europe. Good to see your more liberal side has re-established control.

The travelling community, like every other group, needs to take responsibility for their image and actions.
Theoretically, yes but traveller groups are so diverse, can anyone exercise control? Who ‘controls’ groups of football fans or similar? This why there is legislation giving police those powers. Intractable problem in my view.
When the Appleby horse fair is on, shopkeepers just shut up shop. Pubs are open but all the furniture is removed!
 
Last year’s. GCSE results showed
white Gypsy or Roma pupils had the lowest average score (20.3), followed by traveller of Irish heritage pupils (26.8).

I was not, in any way whatsoever, surprised by this.
My sister up in law was a peripatetic teacher assigned to the traveler community. They were not, she said, keen on lessons!
 
berber is considered a pejorative term,
almost like the n-word to some of them.
they are, in point of fact, called amazighs.
(berber is where the term barbarian derives from).

It’s derived from barbarian rather than the other way round isn’t it?

Agree with your sentiments :)
 

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