Lesterjholloway

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• EMLD Launches Website to Boost Stop and Search Consultation

  

  Ethnic Minority Liberal Democrats (EMLD), who are responding to the Home Office’s consultation on stop and search, have launched a new webpage to encourage... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Make-your-mind-up Time Over Ministers Commitment to Equality

  

  Last December I reported on the taskforce set up to review the Public Sector Equality Duty, noting how it was un-diverse and dominated by Conservatives it was. Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Make-your-mind-up Time Over Ministers Commitment to Equality

  

  Last December I reported on the taskforce set up to review the Public Sector Equality Duty, noting how it was un-diverse and dominated by Conservatives it... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Sun Should Apologise for 20 Year Hounding of Winston Silcott

  

  News today that a man, Nicholas Jacobs, has been charged with the murder of PC Keith Blakelock in the 1985 Broadwater Farm uprising in Tottenham should be a... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• “Go Home” Poster Made Me Wonder If the BNP Were in Power

  

  The Home Office’s “Go Home” poster is the kind of divisive stunt I would have expected if the BNP were in government.Touring the multicultural boroughs of... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Bring Back the Golden Age of Local Government… by Embracing New Technology

  

  I was delighted to take part in a debate at Sutton Council’s Full Council meeting last night (22nd July) on the question of independence for local government. Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Why Black and Asian Lib Dems and Labour Should Talk

  

  Despite the political and philosophical differences between Labour and the Liberal Democrats there are many policy areas in which the social-democrat Left and... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• 27 Years Later the Ban on Farrakhan Entering Britain Remains

  

  It is now 27 years since Margaret Thatcher’s government banned Louis Farrakhan from entering Britain on grounds that he would spark “civil disorder. Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Trayvon’s Murder Impacted on Black Britain

  

  The acquittal of Travyon Martin’s killer, George Zimmerman, earlier this morning is nothing short of a travesty and a knife through the heart of equal justice... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• After Azelle Rodney We Need an Investigation into Police Firearms Unit

  

  An inquiry into the fatal shooting by police of Azelle Rodney has concluded that there was “no lawful justification” for killing him.I blogged about this case i... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• What’s Happened to the Report on Black Business Finance?

  

  So what has happened to the Lib Dem’s report into Black entrepreneurs not getting bank loans? According to The Guardian it is “gathering dust” 19 months after... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Windrush Day Petition Goes from Strength to Strength

  

  A petition calling for an annual Windrush Day to honour the Caribbean pioneers who helped changed Britain into a multicultural society has now gathered over... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Equalities Watchdog Cut as Theresa May Reaps Rewards

  

  Theresa May’s announcement on stop and search can be credited to the Equality and Human Rights Commission for forcing the Home Secretary’s hand, as Left Foot... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Stop and Search Probe is Welcome

  

  I was pleased to hear Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg calling for a review of police stop and search on his LBC radio ‘Call Clegg’ show this week. Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Government Equality Priorities Make No Mention of Race, Faith Or Disabilities

  

  The coalition’s equalities work programme has failed to include a single measure to address race inequality.I have seen the (so far unpublished) 26-point... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Lib Dems Launch Race Report

  

  A new Liberal Democrat report into race equality in education and employment received positive feedback at a conference headlined by the business secretary Vinc... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Time for Lib Dems to Get Serious About Tackling Race Inequality in Employment

  

  “In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there is such a thing as being too late. Procrastination is still the thief of time. Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Silence of the Lambs and Howling of the Wolves

  

  The attackers who committed the sickening and barbaric murder in Woolwich yesterday have got what they wanted; the beheading of a British soldier, personal... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Campaigners Save Equalities Law After Coalition U-turn

  

  The coalition has relented on plans to scrap a fundamental pillar of Britain’s equality law following a second defeat in the House of Lords. Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Grassroots Lib Dems Urge Party to Think Again on Plans to Repeal Equality Law

  

  Delegates at the Welsh Liberal Democrat conference voted yesterday to urge Lib Dem peers to “vote with their consciences” today when the Lords once again... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY