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1102   14 August 2005  

I publish this letter at the express request of the Swansea Somalis, in expression of their anguish at current developments - RWE Editor

To: The Members of Parliament for Swansea

The Swansea Somali community welcomes the capture of all four Bomb suspects by the Police.  The community would like to praise the tremendous and outstanding work that the Police have undertaken in the last four weeks.  Somalis in Swansea were extremely shocked and saddened by the tragic events in central London on 7th and 21st July 2005. 

We understand from the media that Yasin Hassan Omar is believed to be of Somali origin; however, the Somali community in London can find noone who had a contact or knows him.  Therefore Somalis, wherever they are, believe he may not belong to the community, and hope that the Police will be able to establish his ethnicity.  We are appalled and shocked to hear that a young British from Somalia could think of murdering innocent people.  It is beyond our imagination.  Our thoughts are with those victims of terrorist attacks in London.

The Swansea community would like to thank the UK leaders for denying victory to those whose intention is to divide us and change our way of life, which is a view which we all share with you.  Unfortunately, some of the newspapers are creating an atmosphere of hatred and fear, by implying that Somalis are behind the atrocities that took place in London.  This does not help the society: in particular, it could encourage some individuals, like the BNP, to take advantage of the situation and create an atmosphere of hostility.  Britain is proud of its value of openness and tolerance, and the good relations it has fostered between all communities.  Therefore, it must remain unacceptable for any misdirected actions to be taken against the Somali, or the Muslim community in general.  And anyone who tries to abuse this openness and tolerance must be stopped.

As to the Swansea Somali community, most of us are asylum-seekers, with a few being granted leave to remain.  The Swansea Somali community is a law-abiding community, and we pledge ourselves to work closely with the authorities, to show our gratitude to the British people.

Sharmarke C HASSAN 
Head of the Swansea Somali community 
E-mail chdhassan@yahoo.co.uk  

For my part, I dislike the "new multiculturalism" which characterises the prevailing "liberal" response to Islamic fundamentalism, in the UK.  Concepts of "culture" and national or communal "identity" are themselves divisive, sowing the seeds of greater factionalism in future.  We need to assert, more vigorously than ever before, the sovereignty of the individual soul...

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1103  1 August 2005  

Theft by Proxy

The scandal of BBC management bonuses brings back memories.  They are of 1961, a key  year in my political development - all because of TV, and BBC. 

  • Not a programme, you understand. 

It was the incredible salary inflation which occurred, throughout the BBC, when ITV was launched.  BBC salaries trebled - at a stroke.  As the Directors and senior managers of ITV began to pay themselves telephone-number salaries - BBC salaries "had to follow suit". It is now commonplace to keep a rolling comparison of top public and private sector salaries, dragging public service salaries up to similar astronomical levels. 

Yet corporate Board remuneration-fixing is nothing less than theft, with monopolistic managers exploiting both shareholders and the "the workers": see Corporate Kleptocracy.  Company law, nationally and internationally, permits Directors to steal systematically from their own companies - without legal challenge.  And their criminality has the effect of inflating public sector salaries, including the remuneration of MPs.

The time is ripe for new company legislation, to counter managerial wrongdoing see Tame the Corporations.

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