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Concerns for others – Silent Songs of Sonsnow

“Compassion and concern for others are the key to human survival. People with no interest in religion sometimes disregard qualities like patience and compassion, which they associate with religious practice. In fact, they are relevant to anyone who wishes to live a happy life.”

His Holiness the great 14th Dalai Lama Source: Concerns for others – Silent Songs of Sonsnow

ESOL: Government broke promise for strategy to help refugees learn English | openDemocracy

This week both the home secretary and the deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, Lee Anderson, publicly condemned people for not speaking English after arriving in the UK.

But openDemocracy has discovered that the government ditched its 2018 pledge to publish a strategy to “improve our strategic approach to English language provision”.

Source: ESOL: Government broke promise for strategy to help refugees learn English | openDemocracy