Lesterjholloway

LATEST ARTICLES ( 277 )

• Does Selection of ‘white’ BAME Politicians Make a Difference for Visible...

  

  The selection of Layla Moran for the Liberal Democrats in the target seat of Oxford and Abingdon is welcome. As welcome, in fact, as the selection of any Libera... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Thameslink Loop Saved After Government U-turn

  

  The campaign to save the Thameslink First Capital Connect line from Sutton to Luton via King’s Cross has been won!Last September I blogged about the campaign... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Public Consultation on New Site for Sutton Green Recycling Centre

  

  Last week I reported that the recycling centre on Sutton Green is to be moved following appalling fly-tipping on the site.Myself and fellow ward councillors Rut... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• More MPs Sign Commons Motion Demanding Mary Seacole Be Kept on the Schools...

  

  The number of MPs backing a Commons motion to keep Mary Seacole on the schools curriculum has now risen to 30.That represents a jump of two thirds since the... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Lib Dem Race Equality Report is Not Going Away Despite Conference Motion Being...

  

  The fallout following the Liberal Democrats throwing out a conference motion on race equality has been picked up by the Guardian diary today. Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Local Parties Need to Take Action Now to Address Lack of Diversity in Council...

  

  The number of non-white candidates contesting the local council elections last year was just 3.7 percent, indicating a fall in BAME representation in town halls. Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Mali: a Regional Mess in the Making

  

  Just like Libya, the “good guys” in Mali – the government army – are being accused by Amnesty International of extra-judicial killings. Today the Observer... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• MPs Sign Motion Demanding Mary Seacole Remain on the Schools Curriculum

  

  MPs from all parties have begun to sign a Commons motion expressing “great alarm” at plans by the education secretary Michael Gove to remove Victorian heroine... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Mali Has Gone From Riches To Rags

  

  Why Mali and why now? Contrary to the western media picture of al Qaeda militants in the north threatening the stability of the region, 90 percent of Mali is... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Pressure Builds on Ministers to Rethink Equalities Law Cull

  

  Lib Dem peer Meral Hussein Ece has criticised government plans to scrap a law to work towards eliminating racial hatred.The former race equality adviser to... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Clegg: Seacole Stays!

  

  Nick Clegg has joined a growing list of prominent figures opposed to any move to axe Crimean War nurse Mary Seacole from the school curriculum. Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Cuts Mean Councils Must Embrace the Digital Age

  

  I spent yesterday at the @councillorcamp event discussing how councillor can best use social and digital media, organised by FutureGov and hosted at Facebook’s... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• White City Needs Another Browne

  

  I’m Shepherd’s Bush born and bred and have long felt pride in the fact that the White City estate has been represented by a Black councillor as long as I can... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Europe? No Thank You, I Prefer Internationalism

  

  As the primeval urge of the Conservative Right to leave the European Union clashes with Liberal Europhilia it is worth dwelling on what it means to be an... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Archbishop Sentamu Backs Mary Seacole

  

  Archbishop John Sentamu has called for people to continue to remember Mary Seacole in his Sun on Sunday Sermon column today.The pleas from Church of England’s... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Black Communities Hold Keys to Downing Street

  

  Black communities hold the keys to Downing Street and are king-makers at the next general election, according to new research carried out by The Voice. Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• My Article in The Guardian: Keep Mary Seacole on the Curriculum

  

  The Guardian have published an article I wrote about Mary Seacole being kicked off the schools curriculum by education secretary Michael Gove. You can read it... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Media on Mary Seacole

  

  I’ve gathered together the news articles so far on the campaign to reinstate Mary Seacole and Olaudah Equiano to the schools curriculum. Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Jesse Jackson Backs Mary Seacole Schools Curriculum Campaign

  

  The Times has today published a letter from US civil rights leader Rev Jesse Jackson and a host of celebrities, politicians and academics calling on education... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Cameron and Clegg’s Response to Doreen Lawrence

  

  I’ve come across the letter from David Cameron and Nick Clegg to Doreen Lawrence after she told The Guardian of her disappointment at coalition policies – or th... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY