tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639708932164880269.post7013643277960646912..comments2024-03-14T10:08:55.488+00:00Comments on The Lambeth Walk: 45 Polygamous Marriages in AntwerpThe 1st Earl of Cromerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14165851377583132629noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639708932164880269.post-73512803562607795562009-08-19T09:13:49.813+01:002009-08-19T09:13:49.813+01:00BBC Radio 4 did a full programme on polygamy in Br...BBC Radio 4 did a full programme on polygamy in Britain at least 5 years ago. Their line was "Golly gosh its quite common, how does it work?" As I remember the people interviewed were all educated "Asians" but there was at least one indigenous English "wife". <br /><br />However I found working among the poorer "Asians" about 25% Based on a small sample brought in a second young second wife when they were about 40. They usually had a second batch of children as well. Wife number one lived nearby on Social Security.<br /><br />There was even a speeding case in Scotland in the last year when the "Asians" defense was he late for his appointed call on his second wife. I think he got off!Frednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639708932164880269.post-82636685828385343672009-08-18T15:44:00.851+01:002009-08-18T15:44:00.851+01:00http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/...http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/families/article1848488.ece<br /><br />Same in the UK as reported in the Times in 2007...two years on how many now?<br /><br />Response from my MP re-this is that it is legal in this country as long as the marriage(s) were performed in a country where it is legal and they lived there for some period of time.Faithnoreply@blogger.com