Lesterjholloway

LATEST ARTICLES ( 277 )

• Colour Me Black

  

  This article was first published on Voice4Change England (3rd February 2015) Coloured, half-caste, half-breed, mulatto and mongrel. These and many other... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Colour Me Black

  

  This article was first published on Voice4Change England (3rd February 2015)Coloured, half-caste, half-breed, mulatto and mongrel. Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• An Unholy Alliance: Syriza and the Far Right Anti-immigration Party

  

  This article was first published on Media Diversified (27th January 2015)A characteristic of Greek tragedies is that someone who has risen to a great height... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Humanity Has Failed Over Boko Haram’s Slaughter of 2,000 Civilians...

  

  Almost a week on and *still* hardly any UK, or indeed Western, media are seriously covering the unbelievable massacre in Baga, northern Nigeria, where Boko Hara... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Humanity Has Failed Over Boko Haram’s Slaughter of 2,000 Civilians...

  

  Almost a week on and *still* hardly any UK, or indeed Western, media are seriously covering the unbelievable massacre in Baga, northern Nigeria, where Boko Hara... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2015 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Have Labour Lost Two Thirds of Indian Voters?

  

  The Daily Telegraph tried its’ best to spoil Ed Miliband’s festive day with the Christmas Eve headline: “Labour’s crucial ethnic minority vote set to collapse. Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Greens Must Not Repeat Lib Dem Mistakes on Race

  

  Opinion polls currently have the Greens roughly neck-and-neck with the Lib Dems, between five and nine per cent, suggesting Natalie Bennett’s party could be... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Problem with Post-racial Bloggers

  

  “The problem with black politics in Britain.” That was the headline of a recent blogpost by Tony Thomas, a new activist in the party I have recently left, the... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Problem with Post-racial Bloggers

  

  "The problem with black politics in Britain." That was the headline of a recent blogpost by Tony Thomas, a new activist in the party I have recently left, the... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Why I Resigned from the Liberal Democrats

  

  Earlier this week (29th October) I resigned from the Liberal Democrats after eight years as a party member, four of them as elected councillor for Sutton in... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Why I Resigned from the Liberal Democrats

  

  Earlier this week (29th October) I resigned from the Liberal Democrats after eight years as a party member, four of them as elected councillor for Sutton in... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Why It’s Unacceptable to Say Africans Don’t Know What a Toilet is

  

  To most decent people the very idea that anyone would have to explain why it is unacceptable to say Africans "don't know what a toilet is" appears farcical.... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Why It’s Unacceptable to Say Africans Don’t Know What a Toilet is

  

  To most decent people the very idea that anyone would have to explain why it is unacceptable to say Africans “don’t know what a toilet is” appears farcical. Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Ed Miliband Fudges His Way to Mild Applause on Race Equality

  

  Those with long memories will recall how Tony Blair was welcomed like the returning Messiah by a mainly black audience at Ruach Ministries church in Brixton... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Ed Miliband Fudges His Way to Mild Applause on Race Equality

  

  Those with long memories will recall how Tony Blair was welcomed like the returning Messiah by a mainly black audience at Ruach Ministries church in Brixton... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Prime Minister Cameron Goes A-niggering

  

  In British folk tradition blacking-up used to be known as 'niggering'. Now, of course, it has nothing whatsoever to do with that... or so the defenders of... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Prime Minister Cameron Goes A-niggering

  

  In British folk tradition blacking-up used to be known as ‘niggering’. Now, of course, it has nothing whatsoever to do with that… or so the defenders of David... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• 5 Reasons Why Voting Reform at Council Level May Not Be a Great Idea

  

  The Fair Votes referendum might have been lost but it appears that voting reform could be making a comeback as one of the red lines before Lib Dems can sign up... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Why I’m Backing Sal Brinton for Party President

  

  The contest to replace Tim Farron as Lib Dem party president enters the final straight on Wednesday when the official starting gun is fired. Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Labour’s Failure on Immigration

  

  Labour has a long and miserable record pandering to anti-immigration sentiment, both in government and opposition, from Neil Kinnock’s failure to challenge... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY