{"id":87987,"date":"2018-01-14T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2018-01-14T09:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=52af3528250650a2af1362faae23a838"},"modified":"2018-01-14T09:00:01","modified_gmt":"2018-01-14T09:00:01","slug":"press-release-prime-minister-theresa-mays-thai-pongal-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=87987","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Prime Minister Theresa May&#8217;s Thai Pongal message"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RS6FLhUrdBs\">Watch the PM\u2019s message<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As Thai Pongal begins, Tamil families here in the UK and around the world are coming together to celebrate. It\u2019s a time to cast out the old and embrace opportunities to come. A time to give thanks not just for the harvest, but also for friends, family and neighbours.<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s also a great opportunity for all of us to reflect on the contribution made by Britain\u2019s Tamils. Your community punches well above its weight, making a real difference to countless lives right across the country.<\/p>\n<p>I want this to be a country where everyone, regardless of their background, can play their part and achieve their ambitions. Our Tamil community is a fantastic example of what that looks like, helping make Britain the diverse, successful country we are all so proud of.<\/p>\n<p>So to everyone celebrating today and in the days to come, let me wish you all a happy Thai Pongal, and an auspicious year ahead.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Theresa May wishes everyone a happy Thai Pongal and an auspicious year ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87987"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87987\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}