• Jason Arday’s tragic death must also be a moment of change for Britain

    Jason Arday’s tragic death must also be a moment of change for Britain
    “It takes a village to raise a child” – a proverb attributed to some African cultures – inspires people who believe in communal responsibility in local and national spheres.Yet, the most nurturing societies can get swept into a moral panic and brutishly bring down anyone they suspect of wrongdoing. In Uganda, my old homeland, a thief would be chased by a mob, caught, beaten, sometimes to death. It was a human sacrifice, atonement for the sins of the wider community. No on

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