Rhino's

Rocked!

Great to see everyone again after Easter, especially Rob who I'd not seen for far too long...
I loves you all.

New Pope

Hmm, so we have a new pope. Unfortunately he's a big ally of the late John Paul II, so it seems unlikely the Catholic Church will modernise its attitude towards condoms, which was my biggest gripe with the previous pope.

Yes, I suck at updating this thing...

I know, it's been fucking ages since I updated, but that's just cos I can't be arsed. But I will try, cos I want to try and get into some journalism so maybe this'll be a good start.

Back to Uni tomorrow, although I don't have any lectures till tuesday. Got a deadline though, and I've still got about 500 words to write :-(

With the election coming up, I'd like to point people in the direction of an article on the Guardian / Observer website about Immigration, just in case anyone was thinking of voting UKIP or Veritas or Conservative. I went to a rally in Manchester recently to defend asylum seekers, as a friend of mine was deported recently after 4 years in the country. Fatima came here from an area near Chechenya in Russia with her daughter, Toma, after Toma was kidnapped. Now, there is a lot of anti-Chechen feeling in Russia, and this extends to people from the Caucasus, like Fatima. The police in Russia beat her up when she went to them for help, so they fled. Fatima has been deported back to Moscow, but she cannot stay there, as the authorities view her as a threat, simply because of where she is from, so she will have to make her way somewhere else.

Toma is still in this country, and got married last year to Ali, an Iraqi who has indefinite leave to remain. Hopefully, Toma will also get indefinite leave to remain, and then maybe Fatima can be reunited with her daughter in a safe environment.

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