Lesterjholloway

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• Battle in Lords Over Coalition Plans to Scrap Equalities Law

  

  Ethnic Minority Liberal Democrats (EMLD) are lobbying Lib Dems in the House of Lords over clauses in the proposed law to scrap elements of Britain’s equalities... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• It’s Not Women Who Need to Toughen-up It’s the Party’s Commitment to Gender...

  

  Paddy Ashdown’s former press advisor Jo Phillips has popped up in today’s Daily Telegraph to advise women they should “toughen up”. Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Why is the UK Media So Undiverse?

  

  Back in 2009 I wrote an article in The Guardian on the ‘Media’s all-white club’. This was prompted by my research into the racial diversity of BBC Radio 4... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2013 DEBATE, MEDIA, SOCIETY

• Faded Star Trevor Phillips Has Lost His Shock Value

  

  I caught Trevor Phillips on LBC radio this evening encouraging white people to report racism committed by Black and Asian people. Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• EMLD Hold Successful AGM

  

  EMLD held a successful AGM on Saturday (16th February). The turn-out of 30 members was encouraging considering that the main attraction – a conference on race... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• EMLD Make a Splash in Eastleigh Byelection

  

  EMLD made a big impact at the Eastleigh byelection on Saturday, taking a large contingent of members to Hampshire on Saturday (16th February) to canvass for... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Sun: Too Sexy for Its’ Shirt

  

  I must admit to have gleefully joined in the Twitter chorus of condemnation over The Sun’s front page splash this morning showing the woman murdered in Oscar... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• All-Black Shortlists Are Achievable and Necessary

  

  Labour’s shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan is quoted in today’s London Evening Standard as pledging that half of its’ key target seats in the capital will hav... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Met’s New 20 Percent Arrest Quota for Stop and Search Threatens to Further...

  

  The number of Black youth arrested in London is set to shoot up following a pledge by the Metropolitan Police Commissioner to quadruple the proportion of arrest... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Save Our PCSO Steve’s!

  

  Meet PCSO Steve. He’s a much-loved character in Sutton created by a real-life PCSO who pounds the beat in my ward. The foam copper turns up at community fun-day... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Finally, Tesco’s to Build Store on Angel Pub Site

  

  It’s been over two years since the Angel pub was shut and now finally it looks like Tesco’s are getting ready to build an Express store. Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Let Me Know What You Think About the Proposed Housing Development on the Old...

  

  There is still time for local residents to comment on plans to build new housing on the former Burger King site on Sutton High Street. Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• 72 MPs Signed Mary Seacole Petition

  

  The 36,000 people who signed the Mary Seacole petition were thanked today. They were instrumental in securing victory after education secretary Michael Gove... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Victory for Campaign to Keep Mary Seacole on School Curriculum

  

  Several weeks of campaigning to keep Mary Seacole and Olaudah Equiano on the schools curriculum has paid off today after the education secretary Michael Gove... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Lib Dems Are Still Not Addressing Their Race Problem

  

  The New Statesman have today published my article on race equality and the Liberal Democrats. The full article is reproduced below. Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Tory Turds Don’t Change Their Spots on Equality

  

  With half of Conservative backbenchers voting against equal marriage Tory attitudes towards equality will no doubt come under the microscope. But here’s... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Out of the Huhne Debacle the Eastleigh Byelection Offers Potential Salvation...

  

  The resignation of Chris Huhne as MP for Eastleigh today was sad but inevitable after pleading guilty at the start of his driving points trial. Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Which Parties Will Win the Race to the Black Vote?

  

  The Times reported this week that following a briefing to Conservative cabinet members about the continued lack of support for the Tories from Britain’s Black... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Independent and Guardian Report on Mary Seacole and the School Curriculum

  

  The campaign to keep Mary Seacole and Olaudah Equiano on the schools curriculum continued to gather steam with two articles in today’s newspapers. Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• No-one Remembers Old Tony Martin

  

  I learnt of the death of the African history scholar Professor Tony Martin last week. Dr Martin was a renowned authority on Hon Marcus Mosiah Garvey – who was... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY