Annual Report 2015 - Suffolk Law Advice Centre€¦ · DENISE BRADSHAW JEREMY LEA CLLR HAMIL CLARKE, DR DEBO ADEMOKUN, ROGER ABBOTT, CLLR SANDY MARTIN, LIZ PETTMANN CLLR ALBERT GRANT

IMPACT REPORT 2014 / 2015 www.iscre.org.uk

ISCRECombating Discrimination - Celebrating Diversity

Cover Picture: “The Immigrant” by David Knight. Kindly donated to ISCRE by the artist

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BOARD OF TRUSTEESCHAIRPERSON

VICE CHAIRPERSONSECRETARY

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BANKERS

AUDITORS

PAID STAFF

BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS DIRECTORDIRECTOR OF LEGAL SERVICES

DISCRIMINATION LAW ADVISORDISCRIMINATION LAW

ADVISORCOMMUNITY DIVERSITY

PRACTITIONERINFORMATION OFFICER

LAW ADVICE CENTRE OFFICERACCOUNTS AND ADMIN OFFICER

ADMIN ASSISTANTPARALEGAL

CHRISTOPHER CUMBERBATCHSUE RAYCHAUDRIDENISE BRADSHAWJEREMY LEACLLR HAMIL CLARKE, DR DEBO ADEMOKUN,ROGER ABBOTT, CLLR SANDY MARTIN, LIZPETTMANN CLLR ALBERT GRANT OBE

CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION BANK

IZOD BASSETT

PHANUEL MUTUMBURI

AUDREY LUDWIGSALLIE DAVIESJONATHAN PARRATT

KEIRAN MANNERS

LETHA EVELYNANN BARBERMAYURI PATELSARAH-LOUISE CHITTOCKLISA CAULFIELD

We also have more than 60 volunteers, includingmembers of the Stop and Search ReferenceGroup local barristers, solicitors and legaladvisors, law students, administration supportand our trustees.

What We DoThe Ipswich & Suffolk Council for Racial Equality(ISCRE) works towards:

1. eliminating unlawful discrimination

2. promoting equality of opportunity and goodrelations between all persons

We deliver this via a two-pronged approach: –

We provide mechanisms to ensure allcommunities of Suffolk have a voice. We alsohelp organisations understand the extent andnature of discrimination in:

• criminal justice, including prison

• employment,

• education,

• health and social care.

Our aim here is to achieve equality of opportunityand access to justice for everybody via:

• Tackling Discrimination in the East

• The Suffolk Law Advice Centre

Community Voice

Legal Services

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“Where, after all, do universal human rightsbegin? In small places, close to home - so closeand so small that they cannot be seen on anymaps of the world. Yet they are the world of theindividual person; the neighbourhood he lives in;the school or college he attends; the factory,farm, or office where he works. Such are theplaces where every man, woman, and childseeks equal justice, equal opportunity, equaldignity without discrimination. Unless theserights have meaning there, they have littlemeaning anywhere. Without concerted citizenaction to uphold them close to home, we shalllook in vain for progress in the larger world.”- Eleanor Roosevelt

In this year, when we commemorate the 800thanniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta, and50 years since the first Race Relations Act, thefocus at ISCRE has been very much on humanrights. Not just because we reject the proposedabolition of the Human Rights Act 1998, butbecause so much of what we do stems, directlyor indirectly, from its existence, as EleanorRoosevelt concluded so majestically.

We are Suffolk's leading human rights charity; ouraims are to ensure access to justice and to givevoice and a platform to our diverse communities,enabling them to express themselves and havethe opportunity to shape services and therebyimprove community cohesion.

This also means fighting all forms of unlawfuldiscrimination. The Race Relations Act 1965was the first legislation in the United Kingdom toaddress racial discrimination and after 50 yearsit's easy to ask whether it (and successor Acts)have done their job? We at ISCRE sadly knowthis not to be the case, despite some majorimprovements to our tolerance and mutualrespect in British society, both new and old formsof discrimination persist, and Acts of Parliamentare only important and relevant if we can usethem in our daily work to improve society.

But, over the past year, ISCRE has had sometangible successes which have cut across such

a range of areas that some might be surprised tolearn they were within our scope and remit:

• Working with more thanto offer free (pro bono)

expert legal advice to improve access to justice, ata time of legal aid cuts. This advice is open to allthe community and simply on the basis of need.

• Delivering discrimination awareness raisingworkshops to groups as diverse as homelesspeople and women migrant workers.

• Setting up aevent to

encourage all residents to set up communitygroups and social enterprises, take a full role inSuffolk society and reduce the dangers ofmarginalization and neglect.

• Ourhelping to ensure this police power is usedlawfully and without racial profiling, cutting thecosts of wasteful and lazy policing that doeslittle for police intelligence or community trust

• Helping the victims of race hate and othercrimes, to challenge the police who did nottake sufficient action against the perpetrators.

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representing them in the Employment Tribunaland securing compensation in excess of£100,000.

• Working to improve the equality and outcomesfor BME prisoners in two Suffolk prisons, toreduce recidivism, making safer and morepositive outcomes for all on their release.

We could not do this work without the great workof our staff and volunteers, including our Board ofTrustees, and our members, supporters andfunders. I am truly thankful to them for thismagnificent effort.

55 volunteer localsolicitors and barristers

“MECAN” (Minority EthnicCommunity Action Network)

Stop and Search Reference Group

Helping 254 people through our TacklingDiscrimination in the East project

Chris CumberbatchChairperson of the ISCRE Board of Trustees

CHAIRMAN'SREPORT

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Creating Inclusive'Big Society' Communities

During the year, ISCRE collaborated with BigSociety CIC, Suffolk Community Foundation andBig Lottery Fund on various

community capacitybuilding programmes. These included a bespokefunding surgery to improve the capacity of localBlack, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities ofIpswich to access local and national funding anda conference.They gave us the opportunity to identify 'fieryspirits' from BAME communities we can help totake up leading roles in public and civic society.

“How to Succeed in Suffolk”

How to Succeed in Suffolk (May 2014)

Funding Surgery (November 2014)

a ,We teamed up with Volunteering Matters Ipswich(formerly CSV Media) to organize aunique and inclusive engagement event (basedon Zimbabwean Shona culture), that broughttogether people from various ethnicities todiscuss solutions to common problems.

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Thecontinues to grow, with over

Feedback reveals the information ispertinent and relevant to their specific needs.Service providers are also finding this platformuseful in engagement with people across theentire diversity of Suffolk. We continue tomaintain a presence at most community eventslike the Indian MELA and the One BigMulticultural Festival.

Minority Ethnic Community ActionNetwork (MECAN)600 contacts now receiving our bi-monthlynewsletter.

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A group of talented local young people ledproceedings at our 2014 Annual GeneralMeeting with inspirational musical and spokenword performances, followed by a very engagingdiscussion.

This year saw the start of the implementation ofthe Home Office-recommended 'Best Use ofStop and Search' scheme in Suffolk. It ispleasing that tailored training, using previousexperiences, is now being provided to officersusing the Stop and Search powers. The Stopand Search Reference Group is helping theSuffolk Constabulary to identify interestedmembers of the local community to accompanypolice officers on patrols and take part in layobservations. Recognition of the great work ofthis group has led Suffolk Constabulary taking anational lead on community engagement.

With the public scrutiny now focusing on allpeople subjected to stop and search all aroundthe County, it is hoped that the improvements inIpswich will be replicated in other areas.

Stop and Search Reference Group

COMMUNITY-CENTERED PRISON WORKREPORT

Impact in prisons

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Developed staff and prisoner Equalitypockets leaflets

by Kieran Manners

ISCRE is proud of the strong partnerships wehave developed with Suffolk's prisons for over adecade and we are gratified with the recognitionof the importance of the independent visiblecommunity presence and scrutiny we provide.

ISCRE's independent role in prisons has playeda crucial role in ensuring our services areembedded in the core delivery of the prisonssupporting issues relating to equality, safercustody and community development during thecurrent difficult financial periods at HMPHighpoint and HMP Warren Hill.

Research indicates that Black Asian and MinorityEthnic (BAME) groups are significantly over-represented in prisons in England and Walesand the past 10 years have seen numberscontinue to increase.

We spent a total of days in the prisons.

We had encounters with prisoners

Audited a total of Discrimination IncidentReporting Forms.

produced a total of prison investigationreports

Trained prisoners in equality, discriminationand hate crime;

Undertook a staff training session with 25 staffmembers at HMP Highpoint

Participated in a Restorative Justiceintervention programme with two prisonersinvolved in a hate-related incident

that provide an easy-readresource outlining relevant prison relatedequality information.

Organised and facilitated a Black HistoryMonth session at HMP Highpoint with guestspeaker Paul Crooks, a renowned author andgenealogist whose work focuses on Africanand Caribbean ancestry.

Worked in collaboration with 3 prisoners andother agencies supporting them to resettle intothe community after leaving custody.

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Ministry of Justice (National OffenderManagement Services) Project

design anddelivery of interventions to improve outcomesfor Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME)

Quotes from prisoners

ISCRE successfully delivered a national pilot withpartners at the University of Greenwich and theRunnymede Trust involving the

including Gypsy Roma Traveller (GRT) men inprison. The evaluation of the pilot revealed that itsucceeded in addressing the disproportionatenegative outcomes experienced by BAME men incustody. We worked closely with, among others,Dr Martin Glynn, Professor Darrick Jolliffe(University of Greenwich), Dr Omar Khan(Runnymede Trust), Mark Straw (Unity inDiversity) and Curtis Blanc (Tis Respect).

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Prisoner supportedby ISCRE before being resettled in thecommunity

Prisoner comment during aGypsy Roma Traveler engagement session

Prisonerinvolved in NOMS project.

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I had a major problem which Keiran fixed. Ifall staff were as helpful as Keiran, this prisonwould run smoothly”. –

I trust Keiran and I think he genuinely caresabout us” –

I found the sessions really helpful becausethey allowed people to get things off you'retheir chests without fear”. –

Legal Services ReportTACKLING DISCRIMINATION IN THE EASTREPORT

National Lottery Reaching Communities fund.

by Audrey Ludwig

We look back on the success of ‘TDE’, our anti-discrimination project in 2014-15 with pride. Wehave more than achieved all the objectives weset ourselves.

TDE provides free legal advice and advocacy forpeople experiencing unlawful discrimination whilstliving, working or visiting Suffolk (and to a limiteddegree, Norfolk). With partners, we also provideawareness-raising and confidence-buildingworkshops on discrimination law for members ofthe communities likely to experience discriminationand to help small businesses promote bestpractice in employment and service provision.

Since 2013 we have been funded by the

We thank Mark White, the National Lottery Grantofficer who has been very helpful andconstructive in his dealings with us.

I continue to manage the project, but could not do itwithout my colleagues. Sallie Davies and JonathanParratt, who both trained as lawyers, continue asjob-share Discrimination Legal Advisors doing mostof the casework. Letha Evelyn as Information Officeris responsible for organising the marketing, makingthe awareness raising happen and collectingstatistics. We are ably assisted by Sarah, ourreceptionist and Mayuri and Jane, who manage ouraccounts and budgets.

We also rely on the dedicated work of ourvolunteers, a mixture of members of thecommunity and ex-clients, to help withadministrative work, as well as law studentsprimarily from School of Law at Essex Universitywho come as part of their law degree. This yearwe retained, and/or recruited and trained 17 legaland administrative volunteers, whosevolunteering totalled 2149 hours. Our gratitudegoes to all of them.

Thanks to our continued agreements with NorthEast Suffolk CAB and Suffolk West CAB, we heldoutreach clinics monthly in Lowestoft andHaverhill. In a separate venture, we held monthlyoutreach clinics in Norwich using a smallcontribution from Norfolk Community LawService. Thanks to these great organisations.

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To get our message out to potential clients wedistributed more than 600 leaflets in English anda range of minority languages. We alsopromoted TDE in local media, at severalconferences and festivals.

We gaveidentified as victims of any

type of unlawful discrimination. The main issuesare race, disability and maternity and pregnancy.

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Casework

legal advice and help with case workto 254 clients who

Case Studies(Names and user details altered for confidentiality)

Lydia a Russian speaking migrant worker,worked in a factory, employed through anagency, since 2009. She was sacked whenthe factory manager discovered that shewas pregnant. Employment Tribunalproceedings were started by us against boththe agency and the factory. Negotiationstook place with the agency, which agreed topay £2600 and guaranteed 6 months' work.Subsequent negotiations resulted in asettlement of £1500.

2. Liam, a young man, with a physicaldisability, worked as a shop assistant in ashop since 2013. He had several periods ofabsence due to his disability and anunrelated injury. The employer asked Liamto resign, and when he refused the employersent him a P45 and subsequently confirmedverbally that Liam's employment had beenterminated as they had accepted hisresignation. Liam denied resigning. Westarted proceedings in the EmploymentTribunal and negotiated a settlement – Liamreceived back-pay and holiday pay that wasowed to him. His employers also offeredhim his job back. Liam is now back in workand says his financial situation hasimproved, and he is more confident and lessstressed in his work and day-to-day life.

3. Dolores, a black EU national, working as acleaner, was subjected to insulting languagefrom her supervisor, a white woman. Shewas then given heavy work, which wouldnormally have been done by two people, todo by herself. She brought a claim in theemployment tribunal for discrimination

based on her race/colour/country of origin. Asettlement was negotiated and the employerpaid Dolores £500. Dolores said the helpshe had received was very positive and gaveher confidence to challenge unfair treatmentin future.

was amazedat everything we had done for them and theywere very delighted with the service provided tothem and thank you!

We measure impact from clients using beforeand after questionnaires. We established thatoverall, following our assistance,

One client wrote that she was “

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We again partnered with small voluntaryorganisations to deliver specially writtenworkshops on how to challenge discrimination topeople particularly vulnerable to beingdiscriminated against. This year, we partneredwith Volunteering Matters (formerly CSV Media),the Chapman Centre, Ipswich YMCA, & JulianSupport and wrote and delivered

Thegroups comprised women migrant workers,homeless people, teenagers and people withmental health problems in supported housing.The response we received was excellent.

We also wanted to raise awareness tobusinesses, as employers and service providersand pass on the message that Equality is goodfor business. We linked up with YMCA Housing,Suffolk Practice Managers, ACAS, andChristmas Maltings surgery, and

clients reportfeeling greater self-confidence, awareness ofrights and ability to challenge discriminationetc.

Awareness Raising

four bespokeworkshops to raise awareness of unlawfuldiscrimination to 45 vulnerable people.

deliveredbusiness and service-focused workshops to122 participants from 84 businesses.

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SUFFOLK LAW ADVICE CENTRE

30 minutes free legaladvice,

doubled our volunteersfrom 25 to over 50!

AshtonKCJ, Attwells, Bates Wells Braithwaite,Birketts, East Anglian Chambers, Eversheds,Fenners Chambers, Gotelees, Jackamans,Kerseys, Marshall Hatchick and Prettys.

by AnnBarber

The achievements made by the Suffolk Law AdviceCentre [LAC] during 2014-15 are a joy to report.

ISCRE ran the LAC for many years, reliant uponthe goodwill of a few local lawyers, and thesupport of SNELS, who have funded ourindemnity insurance. When ISCRE joined theIpswich Locality Advice Partnership (ILAP) in2013, they were fortunate to receive a BigLottery grant which paid for my role as LawAdvice Centre Officer. Since having someone torun the LAC, a 'sleeping giant' has woken.

This service allows all Suffolk residents andemployees to access

by prior appointment, on Thursdayevenings at ISCRE's offices.

The advice is provided by local legalprofessionals, solicitors and barristers, who giveup their time and skills to ensure access tojustice for our community.

By March 2015 we hadWe are immensely grateful to

all the local legal firms who support us:

We have been lucky to have two volunteers,Marija and Caoimhe, to assist me with the never-ending computer statistics, collecting andrecording data for important funding applicationsand reports. Many thanks also to Sarah, ourreceptionist, who deals with all our clients beforethey get to the Law Advice Centre, gathering thenecessary information for the lawyers. They area great team.

Clients helped

Between April 14 and March 15, we provided222 legal advice sessions,

nearly tripled the number ofour monthly advice sessions, offering 27 amonth,

Case Studies

where clientsobtained one-to-one advice for specific legalissues,. Most of these were face-to-face, butsome telephone advice was also provided.

Many of our clients came from vulnerable ordisadvantaged groups in our community. Nearlyhalf came from minority ethnic communities; 29%disclosed a disability; only half were inemployment and over 70% of clients had amonthly income of under £1000.

Due to the support of our amazing volunteerlawyers, we started running specialist clinics infamily, employment and personal injury law, as wellas two general law advice clinics each month. ByMarch 2015 we had

as well as some lawyers taking on a fewexceptional cases and doing free casework.

Our most popular clinics are those for familyand employment law – important areas whichcould affect any one of us, at any time.

We also provide a free interpreter service,when needed, to ensure that reliable legaladvice is given and understood. 25 clientswere assisted this way at a cost of £1460.

One client, AM, the victim of a serious assaultby her estranged partner, was represented bya local barrister from East Anglian Chambersfor free, when she failed to qualify for legal aid,despite the violence she had suffered.

Another client, PO, was assisted by a solicitorand recovered her life savings of over £8,000.Following our lawyer challenging the otherside, they withdrew from court proceedingsone day ahead of the hearing.

An employment client, TC, had his case takenon by a barrister on a 'no win, no fee' basis.This followed the barrister advising him at theLaw Advice Centre. This client recovered£20,000 in damages and a good workreference.

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ILAP funded two staff members to attendImmigration Law training and Suffolk CommunityFoundation then funded £900 worth of essentialpreparatory work enabling ISCRE to beregistered with the Immigration Commissioner; apre requisite to us being able to provideimmigration advice. We successfully gained ourregistration in March 2015 and plan to start our

In November 2014 the LAC was evaluated in anindependent report, which was very positiveabout the work we do and our client feedback.The full report can be found herehttp://www.iscre.org.uk/legal-services/suffolk-law-advice-centre/evaluation2014/.

• Good, clear and specific advice.

• Fantastic advice, help and support. Thankyou for your time

• Helpful, kind and well informed. Verypleased to have come across your services– extremely valuable service you areproviding and with a level of customer

free immigration advice service in May 2015.

Highlights

Client Feedback

service that isn’t often seen

• I am confident with what to do next as thesolicitor clearly explained what I should do.Thank you

• Very accommodating. Extremely helpful.Excellent advice from highly qualifiedperson. Specialist advice that I needed andcouldn't afford. Extremely impressed

• It feels great to be able to know what youroptions are. Now I can start taking somecontrol.

On 19th March 2015 our fabulous legal

volunteers were recognised by the Suffolk High

Sheriff, when they received a '

in his Corporate Community

Award. A fantastic end to a very busy 12 months.

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This advice has given me a lot of peace ofmind and I am very clear on my legalposition.. I would definitely recommend this

service to others

Impressed by the service and willrecommend at any opportunity

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29% of LAC clients reported

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Financial Information

Independent examiner's report to theMembers of Ipswich & Suffolk Council forRacial Equality

Respective responsibilities of trustees andexaminer

Basis of independent examiner's report

I report on the accounts of the Ipswich & SuffolkCouncil for Racial Equality for the year ended 31March 2015, which are set out on pages 16 &17.

The trustees (who are also the directors of thecompany for the purposes of company law) areresponsible for the preparation of the accounts.The trustees consider that an audit is notrequired for this year under section 144(2) of theCharity's Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that anindependent examination is needed. Thecharity's gross income exceeded £250,000 and Iam qualified to undertake the examination bybeing a qualified member of The Institute ofChartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Having satisfied myself that the charity is notsubject to audit under company law and iseligible for independent examination, it is myresponsibility to:

examine the accounts under section 145 of the2011 Act.

to follow the procedures laid down in thegeneral Direction given by the CharityCommission under section 145(5) (b) of the2011 Act.

to state whether particular matters have cometo my attention.

My examination was carried out in accordancewith the General Directions given by the CharityCommissioners. An examination includes areview of the accounting records kept by thecharity and a comparison of the accountspresented with those records. It also includesconsideration of any unusual items ordisclosures in the accounts, and seekingexplanations from you as trustees concerningany such matters. The procedures undertakendo not provide all the evidence that would berequired in an audit, and consequently no

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opinion is given as to whether the accountspresent a 'true and fair view' and the report islimited to those matters set out in the statementbelow.

In connection with our examination, no matterhas come to our attention:

1) which gives me reasonable cause to believethat in any material respect the requirements:

to keep accounting records in accordance withsection 386 of the Companies Act 2006;and

to prepare accounts which accord with theaccounting requirements of the section 396 ofthe Companies Act 2006 and with the methodsand principles of Statement of RecommendedPractice: Accounting and Reporting by Charitieshave not been met; or

2) to which in my opinion, attention should bedrawn in order to enable a proper understandingof the accounts to be reached.

IZOD BASSETTChartered Accountants105 High StreetNeedham MarketSuffolk IP6 8DQ30 August 2015

Independent examiner's statement

CL Bassett FCA DChA

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We would like to thank allour supporters withoutwhose continuedassistance, we would notbe able to carry out thework that we do.

Big Lottery Reaching Communities FundIpswich Borough CouncilSuffolk County CouncilMinistry of JusticeSuffolk ConstabularySuffolk Police and Crime CommissionerHMP HighpointHMP Warren HillThe Ipswich Locality Advice Partnership (ILAP)Eastern Legal Support TrustLord Belstead Charitable TrustNorfolk Community Law ServiceSuffolk and North Essex Law SocietySuffolk Community FoundationGanzoni Charitable TrustOneVoice 4 TravellersSuffolk LBG&T NetworkVictim SupportJimasAfrican Cultural ForumLawworksEssex UniversityBig Society Consulting and EG ConsultingNorth East Suffolk CABPaul Smith – Phoenix TechnologyPaul Simon – Isaiah ConsultingSuffolk West CABUnity in DiversityJane Everest

How You Can Get Involved

Become a volunteer

Become a member:is an

important contribution to our work in striving toeliminate racial and all forms of discriminationand to promote equality of opportunity in thecounty. Membership

Volunteering for ISCRE gives you the chance touse your skills to make a positive difference to acause you care about. Contact us on email:[email protected].

Being a paid up member of ISCRE

gives you the opportunityto vote as and when the need arises to helpinfluence our direction.

SUPPORTERS

“The Human Rights Act” (C Cumberbatch)

They are ruining our country!the headlines proclaim their common sense

abolish it now, and we can be freeof rules for fools, of dodgy Evidence

We've always had human rights, before the Act of 1998so when and how did they become so hated?

was it when our sense of a collective self became alienated?did we lose our perspective through shrunken welfare, or peoples migrated?

Dare I say it, did the blurring of the linesbetween impenetrable class division

in which all knew their place, at all timesdistill bonds, redrawn by television; clauses set for collision

despite the finest legal minds?

And many a man might fear the sightsof every man for himself, joint burdens that we bear

or thought we might, save human rights!when mine is mine no longer ours to care

when less and less of worth we shareand dimmer glow our inner lights

It's much easier to sneer at basic rights for allthan try to understand and remember our historywhen tabloid press, and politicians held in thrall

feast off our apathy, well its no mystery

The last collective, our appetite for condemnationhas scorched and burned the words “human rights”

with images of jihadist preachers, hitching a ride on the nationor lager louts, badmouthing policemen, starting fights

such laws seem little fit for our salvation

Yet look back my friends, take stock, know your onions and your makersreflect a while on those things we might call best of Brit

since our backs we turned on slavery, marched in Unions like the Quakersand our laws enabled triumphs; Stephen Hawking's mind and wit

We prided ourselves on our passion, and our callingto fight for the oppressed, the hungry baby bawling

the victim against the bully, the traveler with all he's got in the cartthe slave against the slaver, the runner coming last but taking part

Surely our feeling for human rights run deeper stillthan all the tabloid headlines, and the legitimized trolls

beating down our inner goodness for a thrilltill we care for nothing more than who scores goals, whose money rolls

whose high roller's daughter takes the morning-after-pill

Surely this can't break us down, oh no!I still believe, and so do you my friends

in our ideals, from Birmingham to Felixstowethese things we fought for never end

and to the world, of us they speak and show

It's not all, greed is good and lunch is for wimpsand only spongers need these laws uptight

and I for one won't taste those shrimpsand give up the right to fight

or take to flight, when all for what we've held in sight, is underpinnedin brightest of bright lights, by rights for all, by Human Rights

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