When George Lee was last in the UK, Tony Blair was the newly elected prime minister, Diana, Princess of Wales had recently died and Elton John’s Candle in the Wind was being played on repeat. A pint of bitter cost £1.63 and a packet of 20 cigarettes sold for about £2.94.
After 28 years of exile in Poland, Lee, an English teacher, flew back to Britain a fortnight ago, his ticket paid for by the Home Office, where staff had belatedly acknowledged he was a victim of the Windrush scandal and allowed him to return.
