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Lester Holloway

@LesterJHolloway

2 years

A common reaction to Mo Farah telling his story is ‘we know and love him, he’s earned his citizenship and honours’. This is exceptionalism - most trafficked people will never ‘earn’ a place in British hearts. We need humanity & empathy for all.

Sir Mo Farah

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Through this documentary I have been able to address and learn more about what happened in my childhood and how I came to the UK. I'm really proud of it and hope you will tune into @BBC at 9pm on Weds to watch.

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3 years

My sister Heather peacefully passed on to her new life earlier this evening, surrounded with love. She will always be remembered with love by her family. She was 49 and is survived by three children & one grandchild. She’s with our parents now ❤️

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7 years

BBC reporter to @SadiqKhan in Pakistan: "Does this feel like coming home?" Sadiq: "Listen, I'm from south London mate" .... what a dumb question, underlining precisely why we need more racial diversity in @BBCNews & rest of MSM.

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3 years

Please pray for my sister, Heather, who is in intensive care in Charing Cross hospital @ImperialNHS . She’s 49, a mother of 3, granny to 1, and my only sibling. She worked as a drug and alcohol worker, helping others overcome their addictions. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️

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Starmer: "Whatever your race or belief, your dreams can come true." The problem with Starmer isn't just that he's away with the fairies on social mobility. It's that he buys-in wholesale to the Tory ideology around race and social mobility. THREAD 🧵

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Lester Holloway

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3 years

Police formally apologise over Dalian Atkinson death after officer’s conviction << News snuck out at Christmas. Please retweet. Pinned.

Police formally apologise over Dalian Atkinson death after officer’s conviction

Police chief writes to ex-footballer’s family praising their strength and dignity in the years since his death

www.theguardian.com

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5 years

Labour were punished for living in the real world. Neither “bollocks to Brexit” nor No Deal. We suffered trying to deliver the will of the people without harming those very people, by pushing for things like a customs union. The result doesn’t make Labour any less grownup.

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Labour sat on the Forde Report for months, and now we know the investigation into Diane Abbott finished five months ago. The mantra of ‘country first, party second’ is increasingly looking suspect.

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2 years

Tone deaf. Black members want to be heard not treated as voting fodder only good for ‘telling their community’ to vote Labour. Also, as Diane Abbott pointed out, nobody is demanding “speaking slots”… the issue was leftwing black MPs not being even invited.

Luke Akehurst

@lukeakehurst

2 years

This article is just silly. Labour has 40 BAME MPs. They can't all have speaking slots at a one day event. Obviously the platform will be tilted towards MPs who support the leadership, we are running a party trying to win power not an internal debating society.

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“You don’t sound American” “That’s ‘cos I read” - Presenter gets schooled on history by fashion blogger after she was asked about nuclear weapons

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Lester Holloway

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3 years

Fascinating that the charge-sheet against Jess Brammar includes acknowledging the existence of racism and Britain’s imperial history. These are framed as reasons why she’s unsuitable. Very telling.

Revealed: Pro-Left tweets deleted by front-runner for top BBC job

Jess Brammar, who is vying to become the broadcaster's executive news editor, has launched a series of Left-wing attacks on Twitter in recent years, The Telegraph said.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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Lester Holloway

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2 years

Labour say “there would be no shortage of money for a campaign” against Jeremy Corbyn in Islington. Actually Labour is short of money due to collapse in membership. Luckily, there’s strict spending limits per seat - and breaking them is breaking the law.

Jeremy Corbyn will never stand for Labour again, say senior figures

Exclusive: Reinstating whip to former leader ‘would be toxic’ to party’s chances of winning general election

www.theguardian.com

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Lester Holloway

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This is a Reform Party rally today. Farage has uncorked white resentment and nationalism before, but this time it looks even worse. The result of ongoing legitimisation and normalisation of rhetoric that had been out of service since Enoch Powell.

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Lester Holloway

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3 years

So white BBC man ignores all black talent to commission Cheryl (Cole/Tweedy) - of toilet assault fame - to present *12* episodes on R&B... and the series is produced by a company whose 18 producers & senior management are all-white. What's going on here?

Cheryl shares the R&B songs that shaped her life in new music show on BBC Sounds

You, Me & R&B with Cheryl is the brand-new music show from BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 2 beginning Friday 27 August.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Lester Holloway

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6 months

This pseudo race scientist's work is the opposite of academic, comprising as it does of analyising a half-dozen discredited sources variously accused of white supremacy, calling for the sterilistion of Black people and not considering Black people as people. Truly embarrasing. 1/

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Nathan Cofnas, a fellow at the University of Cambridge has claimed that ‘Blacks would disappear from almost all high-profile positions outside of sports and entertainment’ in a meritocracy. Cambridge uni has not commented on whether it is investigating him according to reports

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3 years

As Priti Patel wheels out the “I’m a victim of racism too” defence after Tyrone Mings rightly called out her hypocrisy over #TakeTheKnee amid an upsurge in racism, this article reminds us that she’s no stranger to Racial Gatekeeping.

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4 years

As Rishi Sunak tells workers they’ll have to forego a third of their income, the government promises the Queen she won’t lose a penny.

Daniel Martin

@Daniel_J_Martin

4 years

EXC: Treasury to spend millions propping up Queen’s income after her property loses money thanks to coronavirus

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Lester Holloway

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6 years

Woo-hoo! finally, my @UKLabour membership now confirmed by the local CLP after some angst about my LibDem past!

Lester Holloway

@LesterJHolloway

7 years

Delighted to have come back home to @UKLabour & @jeremycorbyn in the fight for a just society for the many.

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2 years

I won’t be shedding any tears for Munira Mirza resigning. She’s said to be a major contributor to culture war, and behind the discredited Sewell Report. She has a record going way back to ruining the black mentoring project when Johnson was London mayor.

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3 years

Caribbean workers invited to work on UK strawberry farms say they are treated like slaves, are sometimes paid by the strawberry not an hourly rate, and are housed in filthy accommodation. A great investigation by @S_Fleary1 for @TheVoiceNews incl. videos and pictures.

The Voice Newspaper

@TheVoiceNews

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EXCLUSIVE - Strawberry Slavery: a Voice investigation into 'exploitation' of Caribbean migrant workers on British farms. By @S_Fleary1

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2 months

@BBCNews Many people are asking the wrong question. It’s not about who the perpetrators are, it’s whether the authorities are responding when contacted. All the evidence suggests not:

Call to support Black women at risk of domestic homicide

Black women losing their lives to intimate partner violence is a "social pattern"

www.voice-online.co.uk

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Lester Holloway

@LesterJHolloway

5 years

If you’re backing Rebecca Long Bailey you really should consider Dawn Butler for deputy - both on the same page politically but also a balanced ticket between North/South & White/BAME; crucial if we’re to get correct response to the Right’s divide & rule culture war.

Dawn Butler ✊🏾💙

@DawnButlerBrent

5 years

This feels personal as a child of the Windrush generation & as a MP who sees & hears heart breaking stories every week because of the hostile environment. Homeoffice may not recognise these figures but I recognise the unnecessary pain they have caused.

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2 years

Black people who oppose Kemi Badenoch keep getting accused of saying she's "the wrong kind of black." This is is deeply racist because it says black people should not stand up for their interests (ie tackling racism) if they see a black candidate who opposes those interests. 1/

LBC

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Comedian Dane Baptiste brands Kemi Badenoch a 'marionette for the establishment'. @IainDale | @DaneBaptweets | #CrossQuestion

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2 years

@moltopopulare Liberals: If you kick a neo-Nazi, who’s next? Aamer Rahman: Hopefully more neo-Nazis; why would you only stop at one?, that doesn’t seem right.

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Lester Holloway

@LesterJHolloway

4 years

Who the fuck named these streets? @WatfordMayor @WatfordCouncil

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7 years

Delighted to have come back home to @UKLabour & @jeremycorbyn in the fight for a just society for the many.

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Lester Holloway

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8 months

So sad to learn that Benjamin Zephaniah has passed away and with the ancestors now. A giant of a man. Rest in Power brother.

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Lester Holloway

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2 years

Let’s be honest - no Met police commissioner has had the confidence of London’s black communities… ever. Just varying degrees of distrust. It’s not even about the commissioner; it’s about the nature of policing. What it’s trying to achieve, and on behalf of whom.

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Lester Holloway

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2 years

Silence is violence. Our leaders say nothing, so their leaders say nothing, and so it continues. #BlackLivesMatter #AfricansinUkraine

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4 years

So no mention of “essential” work, no mention of tracking and tracing, no mention of what PPE people need for public transport. Boris Johnson has just fired the starting gun on a second wave. Criminally irresponsible and unforgivable.

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Lester Holloway

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2 years

Ever heard of Mary Seacole? 3% of London were black in Victorian times, many living in the east end eg Poplar, Shadwell.

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2 years

Who knew Dickensian England was so diverse

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Lester Holloway

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2 years

A year ago this evening my little sister Heather joined our parents, passing from this earth. Miss her 💖

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Lester Holloway

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3 years

Some personal news... I am joining @TheVoiceNews as editor. Sad to be leaving @The_TUC after #Congress21 but wish their Anti Racism Taskforce all the best. Also thank you @aamnamohdin .

UK going backwards on tackling media’s racism, warns new Voice editor

Lester Holloway of Britain’s only black national newspaper points to a ‘regression’ in recognising inequality

www.theguardian.com

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@LesterJHolloway

2 years

The rightwing answer to hard evidence on racism is that 'dreams can come true' by playing the game - and those that don't succeed only have themselves to blame. This is highly insulting to the lived experience of the vast majority of black and Asian people. 2/

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2 months

Lord Simon Woolley on the @HackneyAbbott situation: 'Labour has 48 hours to get this right. If they don't it will be a slap in the face for Black and working class communities.'

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2 years

This man fought for Britain in Iraq for five years. He came back with PTSD, and now faces imminent removal to his country of birth, Zimbabwe, where he's previously been tortured.

The Voice Newspaper

@TheVoiceNews

2 years

EXCL: British army soldier faces deportation ⚈ Home Office plan to remove Joram Nechironga to Zimbabwe tomorrow ⚈ Traffic offences 'were caused by untreated post traumatic shock in Iraq' ⚈ Nechironga previously tortured in Zim, warned not to return

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Lester Holloway

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7 years

Have to say Corbyn the only one who doesn't seem terrified of working class people & happy to talk to them as equal beings #grenfelltower

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Lester Holloway

@LesterJHolloway

6 years

Funny she should say that cos my first journalism gig was news reporter at @EasternEye & Priti was often on the phone seeking to raise her profile in the British Asian community.

BME label insulting, says ex-minister Priti Patel

Former cabinet minister says common acronym for black and minority ethnic people is "insulting".

www.bbc.com

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Lester Holloway

@LesterJHolloway

6 months

Newest addition to the family, my niece’s new baby Nimah Kemet 👶🏼

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@LesterJHolloway

3 years

First day at the new office! So many memorable @TheVoiceNews front pages on the walls.

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@LesterJHolloway

2 years

Check your press releases before hitting send

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Lester Holloway

@LesterJHolloway

3 years

So many English folk in the thread who are like ‘I’m gonna side with the Dutch bloke over the British guy bc there’s something about Lewis Hamilton I don’t like, I just can’t put my finger on it…’

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What a joke. That stinks.

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Lester Holloway

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2 years

Dawn Butler is as strong a supporter of trade unions as there is on the Labour benches. She is a former GMB official who smuggled herself into workplaces in the boot of a car to unionise workers in hostile environments for unions.

Dawn Butler ✊🏾💙

@DawnButlerBrent

2 years

Yesterday I spoke about industrial action and workers on @BBCRadio4 "The World This Weekend". Listen back to my interview.👇🏾

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2 years

Just finished listening to #trojanhorseaffair podcast series. I highly recommend listening, which was an exercise in deprogramming for me, as a non-Muslim, even though I'm constantly outraged by Islamophobia. 1/

The Trojan Horse Affair - This American Life

A mysterious letter shocked Britain. But who wrote it?

www.thisamericanlife.org

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Lester Holloway

@LesterJHolloway

3 years

Shaun Bailey - Resigned. Samuel Kasumu - resigned. Will the last black Tory to leave please turn off the lights.

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@LesterJHolloway

5 years

. @suzanne_moore is suffering from a double colour-blindness: an inability to see black women & a refusal to see Socialist red. She’s got herself in a funk on race bc of an irrational desire to promote 1 person - Jess Phillips. 1/2

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Lester Holloway

@LesterJHolloway

2 years

Never mind claims Qatar tried to bribe World Cup opening opponents Ecuador to lose… the wildest accusation is that Qatar has hired ‘fans’ to represent each team and avoid half-empty (ludicrously expensive) stadiums.

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2 years

Starmer also spouted this nonsense the at #PMQs , so either he doesn't have right advisers or, more likely, he's made the political choice to deny the realities of racism by playing the 'equal opps for everyone if you stop playing the race card' card. 4/

Lester Holloway

@LesterJHolloway

2 years

Yes, Keir Starmer really did say: "Britain is a place where people of all races and all beliefs can fulfil their dreams." This is either ignorance or racial denial, or both. We have hardly any social mobility for everyone, and even less for black and Asian people.

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I fear Labour's lack of race policy development is deliberate. Labour say they want a "Race Equality Act" yet there's no policies to address systemic racism; just low-hanging fruit of ethnicity pay monitoring which the CBI and Theresa May support. 5/

The Voice Newspaper

@TheVoiceNews

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Whistleblower exposes @UKLabour over anti-black racism 🌹 Farce as party 'fail to consult' black staff over code 🌹 No cash for anti-black training 🌹 Race equality post unfilled 🌹 Black voters 'nowhere else to go' @richardsudan investigates

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Starmer's dreams are as counter-factual as the #SewellReport which sought to deny institutional racism, let alone structural/systemic racism. Yet there's no shortage of credible reports telling us social mobility isn't a thing and additional layers of racism suffered by PoC. 3/

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2 years

If Starmer believes "dreams can come true", why address systemic racism, or even acknowledge it exists? We've had Kemi Badenoch’s gaslighting, we don't need Starmer to tell us 'be more like these few successful black & Asian public figures and everything will be alright.' 6/

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2 years

It is not acceptable to treat black / BAME representation in a factional way. Luke Akehurst and his ilk should stop playing politics with the black community and get back in the bin.

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3 years

Police chief in charge of tackling racism 'never seen an officer being racist'

Black officers concerned at delay over police race report.

www.voice-online.co.uk

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1 month

Great reporting by @richardsudan . Jovan Owusu-Nepaul #Clactongate is the cherry on top of a monumentally awful Labour campaign when it comes to Black and Asian voters. They’ll be back in a few years hoping we’ve forgotten.

EXCLUSIVE: Labour candidate ‘in tears’ after being ordered to abandon Clacton campaign against...

Anger grows at the party’s treatment of Jovan Owusu-Nepaul and the news that it accepted a donation of thousands of pounds for his campaign the day after Labour HQ told him “never come back” to the...

www.voice-online.co.uk

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@LesterJHolloway

4 years

This is what #AllLivesMatter folk look like

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2 years

8-year-old black boy forced to clean his younger SEN sister who soiled herself - in front of other pupils - after teachers refused to do it. Incident has been labelled racist and an example of adultification.

Scores of safeguarding complaints at after-school clubs

Claims including physical and sexual assaults in school grounds have been uncovered by the BBC.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Lester Holloway

@LesterJHolloway

2 years

And explaining away outcomes like black people being twice as likely to be unemployed & in poverty. It ignores growing wealth inequality & lack of social mobility. We expect better from Labour; we’ve seen better in recent times. Starmer needs to upgrade his ‘I have a dream’. 8/8

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@LesterJHolloway

3 years

Make your mind up! Mail piece dripping with Islamophobia claims Didsbury & Bradford are “no-go” areas for white people, while just 3 weeks ago another article in the same paper said these towns were leafy des-res hotspots for house-buyers.

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2 years

New editorial line at the Express

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@LesterJHolloway

2 years

The fact that a politician is black cannot insulate them from criticism from other black people. No-one can hide behind their blackness if they promote policies and ideas which threatens to make life worse for the black community as a whole. 2/

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4 months

Rest in power, Richard Taylor. He and his late wife were such lovely people. A pleasure to have met them. Both fought so hard to protect young people from violence. 🪽🪽🪽

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2 years

Why is @BBCNews describing the UK "defending itself against migrants"? This is the same framing as Suella Braverman's comments about "invasion". This is dangerous narrative. We are not at war against vulnerable refugees. Not what I pay my licence fee for.

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A BBC reporter talking about the UK 'defending itself on the frontline against migrants'

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2 years

Obviously some PoC succeed despite the barriers. One or two - like Sunak - have fewer barriers due to privileged upbringing. But the real narrative is a version of the ‘strivers & skivers’ or ‘good/bad immigrant’ - it’s a way of silencing those talking about reality. 7/

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3 years

You sent your minister out to gaslight black Labour MPs over the #SewellReport on the same day you wrote this tweet. You have two reports on race and criminal justice in the UK gathering dust (Lammy, Angiolini), plus Windrush, McGregor-Smith & more.

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I was appalled by the death of George Floyd and welcome this verdict. My thoughts tonight are with George Floyd’s family and friends.

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Why are Brexiteers so obsessed with the old Empire? Tory MP Crispin Blunt comparing May's deal with "surrender" of Singapore in 1942 right now. They need to understand the age when a very British form of white supremacy ruled the waves ain't coming back, No Deal or no No Deal.

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Long, researched and thoughtful blog on cultural appropriation. I’d put more emphasis on extent of racial disadvantage today driving sensitivity, but hey I didn’t pick up the pen. This piece from ⁦ @AyoCaesar ⁩ is certainly worth a read.

Why we need to pause before claiming cultural appropriation | Ash Sarkar

The debate is a difficult one. Yet not every interloper is a colonialist in disguise, says Ash Sarkar, a senior editor at Novara Media

www.theguardian.com

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3 years

Tony Sewell and his race commission must be living in a parallel universe. How is it humanly possible to spend 9 months supposedly looking at evidence of racism only to conclude there isn’t much and deny institutional racism? This is post-factual.

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3 years

Inquest finds Lamont Roper DID NOT jump into canal as officer claimed. PC didn’t enter water for 4 mins. PC was on restrictive duty with order that he turn on his body cam during stop & search, he failed to.

Family of Lamont Roper hit out at police after inquest verdict

AN INQUEST into the death of Lamont Roper after a police chase along a canal...

www.voice-online.co.uk

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6 years

@SkySportsPL He needs to get Netflix!

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5 years

Both Brexit extremes have taken advantage of people’s frustration with the Tory mess on Brexit with simple populist solutions that each play only to half the country. Both extremes pretend that nuance doesn’t exist. Both are reckless, divisive & exploitative.

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2 years

It's increasingly looking like William and Kate's goodbye tour as Jamaica follow Barbados to ditch the Queen as head of state. If the royal couple want to depart the Caribbean with any dignity, William needs to speak about the legacy of colonialism and the demand for reparations.

Good Morning Britain

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'They don't want William and Kate here.' The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will be travelling to Jamaica today. @Noel_Phillips explains how Jamaica 'will begin the process of removing the Queen as Head of State' once the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge leave.

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