It was entirely expected for any acceptance speech Ken Loach may make on behalf of I, Daniel Blake to be politically-flavoured in nature.
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“The rest of us on the other side – filmmakers know which side they are on and despite the glitz and glamour of occasions like this, we are with the people.”
Winning the BAFTA for Best British Film, Loach used the platform to speak out both against the current state of the benefits systems – which forms the underpinning theme of his film – and the Government’s reversal on its promises to accept thousands of refugee children fleeing the terrors of Syria and other deadly conflicts.