If this week’s events are anything to go by, there is no doubting that Britain’s immigration debate remains as toxic as ever: a cesspit of racial identity politics, particularly when it comes to ethnic minority politicians deeemd to have the ‘wrong’ views on border security. In the firing line is home secretary Suella Braverman, who […]
Keir Starmer’s conference keynote speech, lasting just under an hour, shows just how much has changed under his leadership of the Labour Party. He offered to the party faithful their bread-and-butter on the NHS and publicly owned energy, while also aiming squarely at Middle England – and, crucially, SNP-dominated Scotland. An early tribute to the […]
Leicester has traditionally been regarded as a paragon of social cohesion – the truest interfaith success story in modern Britain. It was only a few weeks ago that the University of Leicester announced plans to hold a series of events to celebrate the city’s immigration-induced diversity. John Williams from the university’s Unit for Diversity, Inclusion […]
There are those who portray the Royal Family as an institution that is at worst reactionary and at best outdated, one detached from the diverse, modern country it represents. From my own vantage point as a British Muslim of Bangladeshi and North Indian origin – a member of both an ethnic and religious minority – […]
A new report authored by the Children’s Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel D’Souza, has issued a stern warning over the scale and effects of family breakdown. Among her findings are that half of English children now live across more than one household and a quarter of families are headed by a lone parent (of whom […]
When is a refugee not a refugee? That’s the important question that has been raised by a recent leaked military intelligence report on the illegal Channel boat crossings. According to the document, which found its way to the Mail on Sunday, four in 10 of the 2,863 migrants who arrived on small boats between June […]
It’s exactly 10 years to the day since the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics. While at the time there was much fanfare about a moment of national unity after the awful post-crash years, the longer term legacy of the Games ought to be subject to close scrutiny. Before 2012, there was certainly a […]
In what is the most ethnically and racially diverse party leadership contest in British political history, half of the eight Conservative candidates who have made it through the first round of voting – Rishi Sunak, Nadhim Zahawi, Suella Braverman and Kemi Badenoch – are non-white. Had Sajid Javid and/or Rehman Chishti mustered more support among […]
Are there too many men in Britain? One of the less-discussed patterns of the first tranche of 2021 census data is a pronounced imbalance between the sexes in younger age groups. Put simply, every year there are more baby boys than girls born in England and Wales Now, this isn’t a new phenomenon – in […]
The independent review into historic child sexual exploitation in Oldham means institutional failures over tackling grooming gangs has once again been thrust into the spotlight. The review makes grim reading. It found that vulnerable children had been failed by the agencies that were responsible for ensuring their protection, with procedures not being properly followed. While […]
As the country celebrates the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, it’s worth taking stock of the remarkable changes that Britain has undergone in her seven-decade reign. The Queen has personally played a significant role in fostering one of the most successful examples of a multi-ethnic democracy in the modern world. Britain has made considerable technological progress and […]
The Queen’s Speech, a brief one delivered by Prince Charles in the absence of Queen Elizabeth, has thrust crime back into the limelight. While the cost-of-living crisis continues to dominate the news, the Government will be hoping to shape the national agenda towards policy areas where they historically enjoy an advantage over Labour (even though […]
The local election results which have emerged so far in England paint a messy picture – one with no clear winners and losers. There is no denying that Labour had a stunning night in London, gaining three Tory-held flagship councils in the capital. Westminster and Wandsworth had been held by the Conservatives since 1964 and […]
By announcing the raft of measures to tackle Islamist radicalisation in the prison system, the UK government is stepping up its focus on bread-and-butter matters of governance and security. In a new drive to tackle extremism in British prisons, Justice Secretary and deputy prime minister Dominic Raab has declared that the government plans to upscale […]
Since the UK’s departure from the EU – facilitated by a referendum outcome where immigration was one of the main policy concerns among Leave voters – the debate over how open and tolerant a country we are has raged on. And it seems those Remainer sophisticates who would have you believe that Boris Johnson leads […]
The UK can certainly take great pride in the level of military equipment and humanitarian aid it has provided Ukraine in its fight against the Kremlin’s revanchist militarism, which is now facing widespread allegations of war crimes. Boris Johnson has established himself as Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s leading international ally. In the context of the […]
While Ukraine and the cost of living understandably dominate the headlines, important domestic issues have taken something of a back seat. One of the policy areas we should be talking about far more is integration, especially given that the UK is about to welcome thousands of new arrivals fleeing Putin’s senseless aggression. A new Policy […]
As the UK finds itself in the middle of a fierce debate over Ukrainian refugees, Britain’s commitment to rehoming those in danger is once again being called into question. While the UK Government is understandably coming under fire for the limited number of visas allocated for Ukrainian citizens, this does not change from the reality […]
Recent votes at the United Nation provide much food for thought for the UK’s foreign-policy establishment – and for anyone who thought the Commonwealth might provide an alternative framework for British strategy in the post-Brexit era. The vast majority of countries – including the UK – voted in favour of a UN General Assembly resolution […]
Russia’s full-scale invasion of neighbouring Ukraine means Europe is now experiencing its bloodiest military conflict since the Second World War – which is in turn creating a refugee crisis on the continent. Huge numbers of Ukrainians have already fled their homeland to neighbouring Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Moldova. A recent United Nations estimate suggests […]
