On This Day – 31st August 1997

On the 31st of August 1997, Diana, titled Princess of Wales, died after a car crash in Paris. The accident occurred after Diana left the Ritz Hotel in the French capital with her companion, Dodi Al Fayed, the son of the owner of Harrods, Mohammed Al Fayed. Dodi Al Fayed and the vehicle’s driver, Henri Paul, were also killed in the collision: the only survivor was Diana’s bodyguard, Trevor Rees-Jones.

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A post by Sheona, without a title

I  have not watched two programmes on Channel 4 this evening; the first one entitled “Britain’s Secret Slaves” and the second “I am Slave”. Strictly speaking neither of these programmes have anything to do with Britain, except that our country is the one painted on the scenery. I do object to this.

It is the familiar story of foreign families, often from Africa or the Middle East,  “buying” servants who have frequently been kidnapped from their families and villages and bringing them to this country when the family comes to work in Britain.   They take away the passports of these poor souls and keep them locked up in their houses. The servants are often mistreated, starved, beaten and terrified.

The only time Britain comes on the scene is as a rescuer. I think the government – though I know it’s got a lot to do clearing up the mess Brown and Labour left – should be expelling families who are found to have treated their servants in this way. Then the servants can be flown home to their own families. So the title of the first programme should have been “Britain rescues secret slaves”.  I suspect this happens in many other European countries. Such foreign employers must be prevented from importing their disgusting traditions into Britain

Help requested!

Can anyone tell me why it is that I am unable to access the dialogue box on the Daily Telegraph comment section? I have a MyT account which allows me to comment and create blogs there, but on the main section, I am simply left with the notice that I need to be logged in to comment. It persists even after I have logged in. If I try to log in again, I am taken to my profile page.

Because I thought that there might be a conflict with this WordPress site and the Telegraph WordPress site, I created a new identity and tried to log on that way. Same problem.

I have, very occasionally, been able to comment, but 99% of the time I am not given access to the dialogue box. Does anybody have any ideas how to resolve this? Many thanks.