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ย ๐Ÿก๐ŸŒŠRachel Millward apparently wants Britain to open its arms wideโ€ฆ just not wide enough to reach her own postcode. According to viral claims, she was all aboard the compassion cruiseโ€”championing safe crossings and dignified placements for asylum seekersโ€”until the paperwork landed in her own backyard. Suddenly, the open-hearted activist became the gatekeeper of the gated garden party. ๐Ÿฅด

๐Ÿ›‘ โ€œRefugees Welcome!โ€ (Just Not Here, Darlingโ€ฆ)

Ah yes, the classic case of Not In My Cotswolds. For someone who allegedly pushed for humane solutions, Rachelโ€™s about-face when 600 asylum seekers were assigned to her village is Olympic-level gymnastics in moral flexibility. One moment itโ€™s all โ€œwe must do better,โ€ and the next itโ€™s โ€œhow dare they step foot near my artisan cheese shop.โ€ ๐Ÿง€

Letโ€™s play a quick game of โ€œSpot the Hypocriteโ€:

  • ๐ŸŸข Publicly supports refugee resettlement
  • ๐ŸŸข Says we must be โ€œkind and openโ€
  • ๐Ÿ”ด Starts a campaign to stop refugees coming specifically to her village

You canโ€™t make this up. Itโ€™s like fighting for climate change action, then booking a private jet to complain about wind turbines ruining your view.

Itโ€™s not just hypocrisyโ€”itโ€™s premium-grade, solar-powered, organic NIMBYism. ๐Ÿท๏ธ

Not In My Back Yard, but definitely yours. Preferably a poorer, less Instagrammable yours.

If weโ€™re assigning refugees based on how loud someone yells โ€œdiversity,โ€ perhaps Rachelโ€™s village should have gone first on the list. ๐Ÿงญ

๐Ÿคฏย Challengesย ๐Ÿคฏ

Why do so many self-declared do-gooders default to โ€œNope!โ€ when itโ€™s their slice of paradise on the line? Is this the new activismโ€”outsourcing empathy until it hits the property line? Dig into this double-standard, call it out, or defend it (if you dare). Letโ€™s hear your spicy takes in the blog comments, not just on Facebook. ๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿง 

Does this remind you of Crowborough?

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