Re: Tackling illegal immigration : Fri Aug 02, 2013 5:07 pm
cod'ead wrote:
Genuine tory poster from 1964
Not a lot has changed really
Not a lot has changed really
And lets not forget, the "coloureds" that they so quaintly referred to were in the main, all British passport holders from Empire countries with an absolute right to be here, it was merely the colour of their skin that caused such campaigns.
Those aged under 40 years of age can maybe see now just what a progression it was from the 1960s to the Race Relations Act of 1976.
And don't forget - this poster was issued at a time when apartheid was prevalent and totally legal in a lot of States in the US.