18 November 2020
“It is clear that neither Sunak’s ethnicity nor faith will present any barrier to his becoming the next prime minister.”
12 November 2020
Sunder Katwala discusses the US election, as Kamala Harris becomes the first vice president of black and Indian heritage.
7 November 2020
“In every theatre of the War, volunteers from India, Africa and the Caribbean made an immense contribution to victory.”
6 November 2020
The i reports on British Future’s Remember Together campaign, as it gains the support of both Boris Johnson and Keir […]
5 November 2020
“Our tradition of Remembrance shows how our history can unite as well as divide us,” writes Sunder for Eastern Eye.
4 November 2020
“I think the common ground comes from saying we are all products of this past.”
3 November 2020
The Daily Mail quotes British Future’s Sunder Katwala on The Guardian’s decision to publish a cartoon with anti-Semitic tropes.
29 October 2020
The Daily Mail on Remember Together’s open letter, calling for recognition of the contribution made by Commonwealth personnel in WW2.
29 October 2020
“Children in our multi-ethnic classrooms today need to learn about this long and shared history.”
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A new British South Asian Bridgers Project is bringing together and supporting the ‘bridging’ voices who are working to build inter-community connection and defuse tensions among the UK’s largest ethnic minority group. [1/5]
Starmer's future remains uncertain – but "it may be a few months yet before we find out who governs Britain for the remaining three years of this parliament," writes
@sundersays for @easterneye
Changes at Number Ten, but Starmer’s future remains uncertain
Most of the Westminster commentariat predict that Starmer will prove to be a caretaker prime minister on borrowed time
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"It is welcome, if overdue, that the PM has set out a positive vision for cohesion... What needs to follow is a clear plan to turn these words into sustained action," writes our @sundersays [1/2]
"No, the public is not irredeemably ignorant," writes @sarahoconnor_ in the @FT – citing data from our @britishfuture immigration attitudes tracker on misperceptions about immigration [1/2]
Our @sundersays welcomes @MayorofLondon Sadiq Khan making "a more confident case for controlled immigration – and the economic and social contribution that it can make," in his @easterneye column [1/2]
How do efforts to build community cohesion respond to today's febrile geopolitical and national context?
This week's @sundersays column for @easterneye
In Britain’s new year of anxiety, cohesion is no longer optional
A stronger, shared vision would help, despite some anxiety about how far national leaders and institutions have the public standing to narrate it
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“It is not ‘censorship’ to insist every website operating in our country does so within the law.” Our @sundersays argues in @easterneye that UK govt should reject Elon Musk’s ‘pick and mix” approach to the law and Make Social Media Lawful Again [1/2]
Spain has reduced small boat crossings by 46% by combining diplomatic deals with source countries, expanded legal routes and enforcement. Could the UK learn from them? @theipaper reports:
This European country cut illegal boat crossings by half - what the UK could learn
Spain's approach to reducing illegal maritime crossings has had impressive results, with numbers down dramatically
inews.co.uk
Our @sundersays on the UK government's dilemma: "how to defend a rule-based world order once the most powerful states barely pay lip service to international law." @EasternEye [1/2]
