Subscribers to the Language Policy list might be interested in this issue - the council seem to have their logic in a twist, methinks.<br><br>See also the article in the Daily Telegraph - and the comments!<br><br>Julia<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">F.Monaghan</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:f.monaghan@open.ac.uk">f.monaghan@open.ac.uk</a>></span><br>Date: 1 September 2011 07:27<br>
Subject: [Baalmail] Save Our Language Papers - Online Petition<br>To: "<a href="mailto:baalmail@lists.leeds.ac.uk">baalmail@lists.leeds.ac.uk</a>" <<a href="mailto:baalmail@lists.leeds.ac.uk">baalmail@lists.leeds.ac.uk</a>><br>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Dear
colleagues,<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">I’m
not sure about BAAL’s policy on posting links to petitions, so forgive me
if this is inappropriate, but this is in response to Newham council’s
decision to remove community language newspapers from its libraries on the
grounds that they represent a barrier to inclusion and ‘Britishness’,
which I thought BAAL might wish to oppose.</span></font><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/save-our-language-papers.html" target="_blank">http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/save-our-language-papers.html</a></span></font>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Regards,<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Frank<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Dr frank
Monaghan<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Open
University in <u></u><u></u>London<u></u><u></u>
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