Horace Andy in his first Bristol Headline Show in over 5 Years

Horace Andy will be performing in Bristol by the end of the month :)

At The Fleece, on Wednesday 30th August 2017  
From 7:00pm until 11:00pm  

The Fleece's presentation:

The Reggae Legend’s 1st Bristol Headline Show in over 5 Years!

Bam! Bam! Bam! & Diplomats of Sound Present Horace Andy w/ special guests Laid Black & Mafia and Fluxy band ft Matic Horns & Sly and Robbie.
Celebrating 30 years in music production!

One of Jamaica’s most well known singers, and The voice of Massive Attack, the legendary Horace Andy ​headlines Bristols Fleece on Wednesday 30th August - his 1st headline show in the city in over 5 years!

Long associated with the mighty Massive Attack, appearing on all 5 albums, Horace Andy is one of the most respected and influential figures in reggae music, and continues to leave his mark on the history of the genre.

His unique vocal style and emotive delivery established him as one of the leading recording artists in the ’70s, he was a central figure in the development and the international recognition of dancehall reggae, and has sold millions of records worldwide.

He continues to record and perform around the world with his band Dub Asante, with no signs of stopping, this is a rare chance to see him live in Bristol after a 5-year hiatus.

Tickets will go fast for this unmissable event.

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Wed 30th Aug | 7.30pm | £22.50 adv 

Horace Andy
www.facebook.com/horace.andy
The Reggae Legend’s 1st Bristol Headline Show in over 5 Years!
One of Jamaica’s most well known singers, and The voice of Massive Attack , the legendary Horace Andy headlines Bristols Fleece on Wednesday 30th August - his 1st headline show in the city in over 5 years! Long associated with the mighty Massive Attack, appearing on all 5 albums, Horace Andy is one of the most respected and influential figures in reggae music, and continues to leave his mark on the history of the genre. His unique vocal style and emotive delivery established him as one of the leading recording artists in the ’70s, he was a central figure in thedevelopment and the international recognition of dancehall reggae, and has sold millions of records worldwide. He continues to record and perform around the world with his band Dub Asante, with no signs of stopping, this is a rare chance to see him live in Bristol after a 5-year hiatus.

Laid Blak
www.facebook.com/Laidblak
Urban Reggae Heavyweights Laid Blak originate from Bristol, England and are taking the UK Live music venues and underground club scene by storm. Along with supporting Ed Sheeran they have supported artist like The Wailers, Lee Scratch Perry, Desmond Decker, John Legend, D Marley and soo many more great acts!

The Fleece
www.thefleece.co.uk

..."toujours la même longue nuit des histoires"...

Toujours la même histoire...
J'écris en français, car je ne peux parler de cela qu'à des Français, le reste du monde, ça ne les intéresse probablement pas.

Toujours la même histoire, racontée par les mêmes personnes.

Une petite Française nous raconte sa banlieue, ses souffrances à regarder, écouter les autres souffrir.

Cette fois, elle s'appelle Marie Richeux.

Jamais, un jour en France, ne laissera-t-on ceux qui souffrent raconter leur propre histoire?

Une histoire de banlieue par une enfant de la banlieue... Qui n'a jamais été une exclue, qui regarde les autres, ceux qu'on traite d' "étrangers", et qui leur prend même leur histoire, pour dorer un peu plus de gloire sa propre célébrité.

C'est la vie littéraire française d'aujourd'hui.
Loin, très loin, de la vie des Français d'aujourd'hui.

Climats de France
Marie Richeux

Tout commence à Alger en 2009, avec l’émotion profonde de Marie au moment où elle découvre « Climat de France », le bâtiment qu’y construisit Fernand Pouillon. La pierre de taille, les perspectives imposantes, elle les connaît intimement : elle a grandi à Meudon-la-Forêt, dans un ensemble bâti par le même architecte.
Mue par le désir de comprendre ce qui mystérieusement relie les deux lieux, elle plonge dans leur passé, et dans celui de leurs habitants. Plusieurs récits s’entrelacent, comme autant de fragments d’une histoire dont elle traque le motif entre l’Algérie et la France : l’arrivée de Fernand Pouillon à Alger en mai 1953, invité à construire mille logements pour la fin de l’année par le maire récemment élu ; le souvenir d’une nuit de 1997 à Meudon-la-Forêt, quand Marie, treize ans, ne parvient pas à s’endormir à cause des chants de deuil résonnant dans la cage d’escalier ; les confidences de son voisin Malek, que ses parents, sentant le vent tourner à Oran, ont envoyé en France en 1956 et qui, devenu chauffeur de taxi, semble avoir échappé à la guerre dont la violence se déployait pourtant dans les rues de Paris.
Ici, comme en écho à l’émotion fondatrice, celle du lecteur naît de la manière dont l’écrivain laisse s’élever les voix de ces hommes et de ces femmes que l’histoire, parfois à leur insu, a traversés et qui, de part et d’autre de la Méditerranée, obstinément et silencieusement ont déroulé leur existence.

Premier roman
N° d'éditeur : 159
Disponible en librairie à partir du 24 août 2017 au prix de 21 €, 272 p.
ISBN : 978-2-84805-227-4
Également disponible en format epub et pdf au prix de 14,99 €

Date de parution : Août 2017

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Extrait :


C’est toujours la même longue nuit des histoires qui accompagnent la disparition.
Combien sont-ils ? Mon oreille touche le mur. Je distingue plusieurs voix et les harmonies puissantes que créent leurs chants m’arrivent par salves. Avec le temps et les déformations de la mémoire, tout a certainement gagné en volume, mais le chant résonnait avec force dans la cage d’escalier cette nuit-là. Comme tout ce que l’on entend sans en connaître la source, il avait une part égale de monstruosité et de merveille. Pour une fois, les voix du grand parking ne sont pas seules à peupler le début de nuit, pas seules à cogner contre la pierre massive et se perdre quelque part entre ma tête et la forêt qui jouxte la cité d’immeubles. Les voix du parking sont celles des grands, ils jouent tard à faire hurler leurs scooters et testent l’écho de la ville qui s’endort. Cette nuit-là, combien sont-ils dans l’autre appartement du palier ? Et les grands, jouent-ils encore en bas ? De l’autre côté du mur, que disent les plaintes ?

And you, how do you cope with living in senseless, self-destroying world...?

Ghostpoet - 'Freakshow'

Published on 6 Jul 2017

Taken from the new album Dark Days & Canapés’ out August 18th. 

Available now at: http://found.ee/darkdaysandcanapes

Connect with Ghostpoet:
http://www.ghostpoet.co.uk
http://www.facebook.com/ghostpoetfb
http://twitter.com/ghostpoet
http://www.instagram.com/ghostpoet

One to Watch: "Whose Streets?"

Ferguson events in a film.

Produced by Magnolia Pictures, which got out I Am Not Your Negro, by Raoul Peck.

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Whose Streets? - Official Trailer

Magnolia Pictures & Magnet Releasing

Published on 4 Aug 2017

Like on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whosestreets...

Told by the activists and leaders who live and breathe this movement for justice, Whose Streets? is an unflinching look at the Ferguson uprising. When unarmed teenager Michael Brown is killed by police and left lying in the street for hours, it marks a breaking point for the residents of St. Louis, Missouri. Grief, long-standing racial tensions and renewed anger bring residents together to hold vigil and protest this latest tragedy.

Empowered parents, artists, and teachers from around the country come together as freedom fighters. As the national guard descends on Ferguson with military grade weaponry, these young community members become the torchbearers of a new resistance.

Filmmakers Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis know this story because they are the story. Whose Streets? is a powerful battle cry from a generation fighting, not for their civil rights, but for the right to live.

In theaters in the USA on August 11th
http://www.whosestreetsfilm.com

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Présentation en français - par Track (Arte) :

« Whose Streets? » : de Ferguson à Black Lives Matter

Les reportages diffusés aux Etats-Unis sur les émeutes qui ont secoué le pays à la suite de la mort violente de l’adolescent afro-américain Michael Brown ont peu prêté attention aux manifestants qui luttaient pour l’égalité des droits. Le documentaire « Whose Streets » leur donne enfin la parole ! 

Lorsque Michael Brown, un noir de 18 ans, est abattu en 2014 par un policier blanc à Ferguson, les habitants en majorité noirs de cette bourgade du Missouri sont descendus dans la rue pour protester contre le racisme, les inégalités et les violences policières. C’est à cette funèbre occasion que le mouvement « Black Lives Matter » a été reconnu aux Etats-Unis.

Dans leur documentaire « Whose Streets? », les deux réalisateurs et activistes Sabaah Folayan et Damon Davis font le récit des manifestations de Ferguson. 

Un mois après la mort de Michael Brown, tous deux ont commencé leur tournage, restant à Ferguson bien longtemps après le départ des caméras des chaînes de télé. Ainsi, avec « Whose Streets? », ils ont réussi à saisir ce mouvement de protestation d’une manière immédiate et personnelle : on ressent nettement la tristesse, la frustration et la peur éprouvées par ces habitants luttant pour l’égalité des droits.

Le film fait grand bruit depuis sa première, qui a eu lieu en janvier dernier au festival du film de Sundance.

Les deux réalisateurs racisés sont eux-mêmes confrontés sans cesse au racisme et aux inégalités, deux problèmes majeurs qui minent leur pays aujourd’hui encore :

« Notre caméraman est blanc, il ne nous ressemble pas. Cela lui a donné la possibilité de se rapprocher de la police sans éveiller immédiatement les soupçons. Un jour où c’est moi qui tenais la caméra, j’ai aussitôt été arrêtée alors que j’étais tout à fait en droit de filmer. » (Sabaah Folayan)

C’est précisément pour cela que leur documentaire « Whose Streets? » est un manifeste capital. Le film est d’ailleurs sélectionné dans de nombreux festivals internationaux.

Gravity and Eclipses

 Ok, hello, now back to serious, real, bright issues!!

"Newton wasn't crazy. he was a genius"...
And I don't even start with Albert Einstein, the twentieth century's new mastermind...

Thank you for this NPR!!

How Eclipses Changed History

August 16, 2017

Published on 15 Aug 2017

Newton and Einstein had big ideas, but needed an eclipse to prove them. And scientists are still pursuing secrets of the universe one eclipse at a time.


Credits:
Produced and animated by Adam Cole (@cadamole)
Produced by Ryan Kellman
Senior Editors: Alison Richards and Andrea Kissack
Supervising Editor: Anne Gudenkauf

Music:
"Hungarian Dance No. 5" Brahms
"Water Music Suite in F No. 8 - Bourée" Handel
"Water Music Suite in G No. 19 - Minuet" Handel
"Children of the Sun" Denon/Vallance
"Friends and Family" Hopkins

Additional Footage:
Eclipse leaves by youtube user Patrick Coyle

In July of 1878, Vassar professor Maria Mitchell led a team of astronomers to the new state of Colorado to observe a total solar eclipse. In a field outside of Denver, they watched as the sun went dark and a feathery fan of bright tendrils — the solar corona — faded into view.

But the expedition wasn't just about catching a rare and beautiful display.

Maria Mitchell was one of the earliest campaigners for equal pay. Her entire crew was female. They weren't yet allowed to vote, but they were more than capable of adding to the scientific discourse.

Plus, there was patriotic pride on the line.

Since colonial times, Europeans had derided American contributions to astronomy. Yankee eclipse chasers were out prove they were as keen-eyed and insightful as any Brit or Frenchman.

But this wasn't just about America flexing its mental muscles.

This eclipse, like all eclipses, was a window into the workings of the universe. Eclipses had — and still have — a lot to teach us. Pointing their telescopes at the sky, Mitchell and her colleagues were learning about the laws of physics, the chemistry of the sun's furnace and the size, shape and distance of celestial bodies.

For millennia, those brief minutes in the moon's shadow have brought moments of brilliant discovery. They're still important to scientists today.

Skunk Bear's latest video explores the history of eclipse science, from the earliest astronomers who began to take the measurements of the solar system, to the great thinkers who saw their wildest theories proven, to the modern scientists who still rely on eclipses to probe the sun's secrets.

About "black presence in Britain"

"The refusal to accept that the black presence in Britain has a long and deep history is not just a symptom of racism, it is a form of racism", wrote historian David Olusoga in The Guardian on Sunday.

I'm everyday appalled we are living in a society in which so many people are ignoring history...

This brings so much hatred and racism, it should be permitted in so-called developed and wealthy societies, especially at the information age.

Everything you need to know and read is free everywhere, online, and - because it might need to be reminded - in librairies. Remember these places? My goodness, they changed my life and could change the one of any of your children.

No one needs to spend their days in front of a computer...


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Here is David's article:

Black people have had a presence in our history for centuries. Get over it

David Olusoga
Africans have lived in Britain since the Roman empire. When a leading historian confirmed this, she was vilified

It has been ugly. Two weeks of full-on, culture-wars inspired, anti-intellectualism; a fortnight of alternative-facts, dog-whistle racism and shameless misogyny. Yet this – one of the nastiest Twitter rows to date – was sparked by, of all things, the emergence of a children’s cartoon set in ancient Rome.

Hostilities commenced when Paul Joseph Watson, who goes by the name @PrisonPlanet on Twitter, attacked a BBC cartoon. His issue was that the father of the central family was portrayed as dark skinned. Sensing a politically correct plot to take over British history, one presumably orchestrated by the liberal elite from somewhere deep within their headquarters in the out-of-touch, metropolitan, media bubble, Watson went on the offensive. “I mean, who cares about historical accuracy, right?” he tweeted. Battle lines were drawn when former teacher Mike Stuchbery responded by pointing out that “Roman Britain was ethnically diverse, almost by design”. From there it rumbled on.

Yet even as the online phalanxes crashed into one another, I presumed, naively as it turns out, that when one of the world’s foremost experts on the Roman empire, a professor of classics at the University of Cambridge no less, offered her judgment on the matter all but the most rabid culture warriors would accept that this was a false alarm and stand down the troops. Not a bit of it, because not only had Professor Mary Beard taken away their political football, she’d done so while being openly and inexcusably female.
In space, so they say, no one can hear you scream. Online, many people seem unable to hear facts, even when they carefully laid out by a renowned expert. I am not a classicist. Which is why I defer to the scholarship of academics such as Beard when it comes to Roman history, but everything I have read leads me to conclude that there is a broad consensus of academic opinion that there were people who lived in Roman Britain who would fit the modern definition of “black”. Not that the Romans recognised race in modern terms nor recorded it in the records they left us.

At its height, Rome’s empire stretched right along the coast of north Africa and sub-Saharan Africans passed to and fro across its porous southern border. The archaeological evidence, much of it based on relatively new forensic techniques such as isotope analysis, reinforces the historical record, indicating that Africans from both above and below the Sahara made their homes and built their lives in the British Isles. It has been research such as this that has given us the “ivory bangle lady”, a well-to-do, part-African resident of 3d-century York. More recently, the “Beachy Head lady”, the first black Briton known to us, has been discovered using a similar suite of forensic techniques. None of these remarkable discoveries or any of the other evidence had much purchase on Twitter.  

Were this just another case of the online angry brigade attacking Beard for being knowledgeable and female at the same time, it would have been unpleasant but not new. What was novel here was that the American economist and philosopher Nassim Nicholas Taleb, presumably at something of a loose end, took time out to lead the charge against Beard, accusing her of “talking bullshit”. In a moment of near hysteria, Taleb announced that an online row about the accuracy of a fictional character in a children’s cartoon was definitive proof that “scholarship is dead in the UK”.
To be optimistic for a moment, we need to remember that thousands of people rushed to Beard’s defence and continue to do so. A number of famous voices also leant their support and lamented that, again, a women in the public eye has become the focus for a storm of vile abuse. It is also comforting to remember that beyond Twitter, most people, in my experience at least, regard the fact that Britain under the Roman empire was a more racially diverse society than we once thought as little more than a fascinating historical detail. It’s one of those surprising facts that gets less surprising once you start thinking about it. We know the Roman empire contained people from three continents and we know that the Romans loved to travel, as demonstrated by the thousands of miles of arrow-straight roads they left behind them, all of them famously leading to Rome itself. But the events of the past three weeks should be seen as part of pattern. Similar, although far less aggressive denouncements have been made in the past against those who have sought to portray the presence of black people in eras of British history before the Second World War.

In 2007, Doctor Who, then in the form of David Tennant, took a trip to Shakespeare’s London in an episode set in 1599. The depiction of the Elizabethan capital, replete with its small black population, led to another charge of historical inaccuracy. The programme makers were accused of distorting British history in the name of political correctness. Sound familiar?

The online campaign against historical diversity raised its banners again earlier this year. For a second time, their target was the time lord, who by then had regenerated into the more grizzled figure of Peter Capaldi. This time, the doctor had time-travelled to regency London and again black faces could be seen in the crowd. Walking around the London of 1814 the doctor’s companion, Bill Potts, played by the mixed-race Pearl Mackie, noted that the city was “a bit more black than they show in the movies”. “So was Jesus,” quipped the doctor.

“History’s a whitewash.” On both occasions, the historical evidence upon which the writers based these scenes is uncontested. Yet still accusations of historical inaccuracy were levelled and angry voices raised online.
What we’re seeing is a backlash against any attempt, whether from the world of scholarship or popular culture, to paint non-white people back into the British past. Those of us who write about this history have long been familiar with this. In the 1990s, an assistant in a London bookshop informed the African American historian Gretchen Gerzina that there “were no black people in England before 1945”. Gerzina rather effectively disproved that assertion by going on to write the classic book on black people in Georgian London, Black London.

The deeper, more fundamental question is why? Why are some people so affronted by the very idea that the black presence in Britain stretches back so many centuries? Why, even when historical evidence is presented and the opinions of experts given, are they determined to dismiss the facts and, as we have seen in this case, seek to trash the reputation of respected scholars? The refusal to accept that the black presence in Britain has a long and deep history is not just a symptom of racism, it is a form of racism. It is part of a rearguard and increasingly unsustainable defence of a fantasy monochrome version of British history.

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Link:




https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/12/black-people-presence-in-british-history-for-centuries?CMP=share_btn_tw

Tori Amos' "Sacrifice" ('iieee')

"I know we're dying
And there's no sign of a parachute"...


 I believe only a woman can describe so well the feeling of loss and waste that we are facing in a world "sacrifying" love and oneness every single day over power and domination.

But we mustn't despair.

One day, humans' consciousness will be open enough to perceive what they have been spoiling for centuries: love, creativity, culture, and our capacities to build up "cathedrals".

TORI AMOS - live - "IIEEE"

"iieee"

With your E's
And your ease
And I do one more
Need a lip gloss boost
In your america
Is it God's
Is it your's
Sweet saliva
With your E's
And your ease
And I do one more

I know we're dying
And there's no sign of a parachute
We scream in catherdrals
Why can't it be beautiful
Why does there
Gotta be a sacrifice

Just say yes
You little arsonist
You're so sure you can save
Every hair on my chest
Just say yes
You little arsonist
With your E's
And your ease
And I do one more
Well I know we're dying
And there's no sign of a parachute
In this Chapel
Little chapel of love
Can't we get a little grace
And some elegance
No we scream in cathedrals
Why can't it be beautiful
Why does there
Gotta be a sacrifice

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Tori Amos - 'Iieee' (album version)

Inspirational Ken Loach

Days of rage are coming, can you here the noise?
In an insanely unfair world, the risk of losing equilibrium is looming high.
We can use this energy to build something worthwhile. Or we can watch the structures destroy themselves. That is a conscious choice. There is no 'I'm not involved'. There is only silent consent.

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We live in a time of truth coming to light. We cannot turn our blind eyes anymore!

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Here is one of my inspirations.
I've leant these past few years that filmmakers and writers and artists have a lot of power to tell their truth, subjective, but documented truth. In a time when journalism is highly under threat.

This is why I write here. And why I write at all. Some things have to be said. I'd rather see here than 200 to 400 people daily read some of my posts - that I write for free, than wait for a editor-in-chief to give me the right to report... This is why I keep on writing here.

I used to report abroad. In America from 2008, in the UK then in East Africa from 2010. I travelled to 14 African countries as a journalist, to 40 countries worldwide. I worked for major public media and with tiny private diaspora-based news initiatives.

But today it is harder than ever to get broadcast or published. I'm not surprised in the world we live in, more unequal than I have ever witness since I became a journalist in 2004. But we have to keep on spreading words and inspiration.

Here is one.

Ken Loach: On Directing

“It’s what films you make, and not how you make them, that’s the most important question. Which stories do you tell? Who do you put on screen?”

Director Ken Loach on why understanding history is crucial for storytelling, his most important collaborators + learning the ropes as a young filmmaker.

Video here:

Published on 28 Dec 2016

“It’s what films you make, and not how you make them, that’s the most important question. Which stories do you tell and who do you put on screen?”
Director Ken Loach on why understanding history is so important in storytelling, his most important collaborators, learning the ropes as a young filmmaker and why editing’s a job for the winter!

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On the original website:

http://guru.bafta.org/ken-loach-on-directing

After Charlottesville

"In this country 'American' means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate. " - Toni Morrison

Rescue workers transport a victim who was injured when a car drove through a group of counter protesters at the "Unite the Right" rally Charlottesville, Virginia on August 12, 2017. Joshua Roberts / Reuters

My point of view on this is that the United States is a sick country. But it has been from day one. Just after the so-called "Independence", discrimination started.

'Eventually, slaves become Negroes, who become "colored" and finally Afro or African-Americans. Italian-Americans,' writes American journalist Sophia A. Nelson on NBC's website. 

Sophia A. Nelson is an award-winning author of two non-fiction books and an award-winning journalist for her groundbreaking feature magazine articles. She has appeared on every major network, media outlet, and cable news show platform. Her work and advice have been endorsed by top writers, journalists and business leaders.

'Irish-Americans. Jewish-Americans. Native-Americans. Hispanic-Americans. The rest of us are known not simply as "Americans" but as other people who came after the English settled here in the 1600s,' she continues. 'If you know history, you know that is simply not true. It was not just white people who built this country. And if anyone needs to take their country back, it is the native people who lived here and had their land and sovereignty stolen from them.'

And later in her column:

'Our history continues to haunt us. Call it karma. Call it chickens coming home to roost. The fact is that America started with codified, lawful racism in the form of slavery and then legalized Jim Crow segregation.'

(...)

'Race and racism continue to be this great nation's birth defect: It is our weak link. It is our Achilles' heel. It is our dividing line. And if we are not careful, it will be the landing place for a foreign invader who is united in its goal to exploit our division.'

(...)

'America is at a critical crossroads. These types of incidences will not just be limited to Virginia. They will spread on campuses. They will rear their ugly head in corporations — in fact, a white male Google engineer was just fired for producing a sexist "manifesto.'

(...)

'Charlottesville is our wake-up call, America. It's time to do the work. It starts just like an AA program: The first step is admitting we have a problem.'

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Read the whole column here:

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/opinion-us-charlottesville-ugly-wake-call-america-needed-n792251

Britons and citizenship...

"EU referendum has changed perceptions on second passports", writes The Independent... Really? For the first time since my first visit to the United Kingdom in 1993, I wonder if British people understand anything in politics. 

According to this article:
 "89 per cent of UK citizens would like to have a second citizenship and many of them are prepared to spend a considerable amount for the privilege" (according to a new survey).

But what does it mean? Having a second citizenship is much more committing that just being member of the European Union! And no one can acquire another nationality unless they have lived in the country they want to be a citizen of, at least five years in most case. 

Also, at the moment, the British Government and the Brits who voted for Brexit are willing to send back many European workers to there country. Now they are willing to obtain privileges from countries while they are chasing their won citizens out. 

Can't they hear the ridiculous contradiction in this demand? More than contradiction, it is insulting and a attempt at domination, as if the UK was still the Empire, ruling half of the world and imposing its norms and laws...

Wake up, people of the Kingdom. You make me thing that you are still asleep in your colonial, imperial dream, that was frankly a nightmare for millions of people with wars and deadly consequences. 

This is not a "game of thrones" including only deals on your package holidays. So much arrogance and selfishness, in the dangerous world we live in, is not only appalling and dangerous, it is also completely delusional. 

Your request cannot get met. Other countries have free will and won't obey the demands of England whenever you change your mind...

It is high time you get a serious lesson in world politics.

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The article:

BREXIT: 89% OF BRITONS WANT DUAL CITIZENSHIP AFTER LEAVING EU, FINDS SURVEY

89 per cent of UK citizens would like to have a second citizenship and many of them are prepared to spend a considerable amount for the privilege, according to a new survey.
Some 58 per cent admitted Brexit has been the motivating factor in their decision. According to the "Citizenship Survey", conducted by CS Global Partners, three in four participants believed a second passport would give them the ability to travel and explore the world with greater ease.

The second most popular reason was the belief that a second non-UK citizenship would mean "increased freedom and human rights" - with nearly three in five citing this as their concern. One in six people wanted a second passport for business and career opportunities.

 CS Global Partners - a law firm specialising in citizenship and residence solutions - spoke to 500 people between the ages of 18 and 50 years old within the last month.

Of those that wanted a second passport, 15 per cent said they would be willing to invest half their annual salary to become a citizen of a second country. Over 80 per cent were willing to pay 5 per cent of their annual income for the privilege.

CS Global CEO Micha-Rose Emmett said: “The results indicate that people are looking now more than ever for certainty and security amid a landscape of economic and political change.”
Emmett believes the uncertainty created by the general election result could reinvigorate the conversation around second citizenship: “Brexit has clearly had an influence on the UK’s views on citizenship and I believe the current political context stimulates similar discussion.

It has always been our advice however to act preventively in the face of potential uncertainty: a second citizenship is an insurance policy against socio-political change.”

Australia was the top country of choice for dual citizenship, followed by the US, then Canada and Germany.

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