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History of the British and Irish Travellers

Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong

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The Growing Hostility Around the Gipsy Travellers Will Make It's Way Into National Politics

Gipsy travellers caused a flap when they arrived in Scotland last year. But it did not prevent him from becoming the scottish conservative party leader. So does this mean that this hostility will somehow make its way into national politics? We can't say it's possible but if so, it's not unlike the growing controversy and hostility around the roma in many other parts of europe. And probably these things fit ino a pattern where there is a certain economic contraction, a loss of resources,. A cutting back of state services and resources across much of europe over the last ten, 15 years since the financial crisis. That is probably feeding into this increasing hostility, both towards migrants and

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