Tag: immigration

• REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME

  

  I’m breaking my own rule for once and writing something overtly political: an opinion piece, and it’s just my opinion, so feel free to disagree. Regardless of the eventual outcome of the US Presidential election, more Americans have voted for Donald Trump in 2020 than they did in 2016. Let that sink in. Half of […]

  Iain Kelly

  04/11/2020

  #fowc, Commentary, Non-fiction, Writing

  #fowc, abortion, America, biden, civil, climate, democracy, democrat, election, fundamentalist, gun control, health care, immigration, insane, outcome, pandemic, politics, president, racism, religion, republican, result, riots, senate, state, trump, USA, votes, voting, war, white house

• THE MINISTRY OF DISTRACTION

  

  ‘What’s it to be today, Sir?’ ‘Options?’ ‘Well, we have the usual of course: immigration outrage, racial injustice, free school meals for the poorest children…’ ‘Stop, stop, stop. Are you mad? All of those can be linked back to me. What else?’ ‘Ah, you want something a bit juicier, more conspiracy theory. How about the […]

  Iain Kelly

  28/10/2020

  #fowc, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

  #fowc, brexit, britain, celebrity, creative writing, cycle, Death, disseminate, distraction, Fiction, Flash Fiction, flat earthers, immigration, infection, information, injustice, literature, media, news, no deal, one word challenge, pandemic, politics, poverty, public, scandal, school meals, Short Story, Social Media, society, spin, story, united kingdom, Writing, writing prompt

• PROCESSING

  

  He was happy with his handiwork. Sturdy cages, strong padlocks, each capable of holding two people, three if they were small. Business was booming, extra capacity was needed, the good times were rolling. It had been coming for a while. The overthrow was complete, the government was gone. Now they would experience the real life […]

  Iain Kelly

  20/11/2019

  creative writing, Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Short Story

  Avenge, cage, cages, creative writing, drabble, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Friday Fictioneers, government, human rights, immigration, literature, paperwork, policy, politics, processing, revenge, revolution, rights, Short Story, story, system, Writing, writing prompt

• ROOTS

  

  Ma roots is in Barbados, so ma Mama tells me all d’time. ‘Yo was born there, Ah was born there, yo grandaddy was born there. Dat’s where yo is from.’ Funny ting is, Ah feel no connection to dat far off place at all. We left there when Ah wasn’t even one year old, part […]

  Iain Kelly

  09/05/2019

  creative writing, Fiction, Short Story, Thursday Photo Prompt

  #writephoto, barbados, benefits, caribbean, conservative, creative writing, crime, deportation, Fiction, Flash Fiction, generation, government, hate, home, hostile enviroment, immigration, literature, policy, poor, poverty, racism, roots, Short Story, story, theresa may, Thursday Photo Prompt, windrush, Writing, writing prompt

• MAY-DAY

  

  JOHN ROBINSON REPORTING BBC NEWS ‘You can see behind me the Union Bridge in it’s raised position. This ability to raise and lower the bridge was only installed a little over a year ago when the Scottish Government decided they needed a get out, a little insurance, should England again vote for Theresa May to […]

  Iain Kelly

  15/10/2018

  creative writing, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, Short Story

  border, break-up, brexit, bridge, conservatives, creative writing, election, England, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, freedom, future, great britain, immigration, independence, literature, mayday, news, politics, report, river tweed, scotland, Short Story, story, theresa may, topical, uk, union, united kingdom, wall, Writing, writing prompt