Date: 20 May 2016
Viv Anderson, the first black footballer to play for the England national team, was a pioneer who helped change perceptions of race in British society, writes Sathesh Alagappan.
Date: 16 May 2016
Football fans will ask many questions about the England Euro 2016 squad announced today. But will anyone be counting up the non-white faces in the team? Unlikely
Date: 15 May 2016
As England’s Euro 2016 squad is announced, a new film shows how people from all backgrounds are coming together to get behind the England team.
Date: 10 May 2016
Will the EU referendum come down to the question of immigration versus economics? Sunder Katwala looks at new Ipsos MORI findings on on public attitudes to immigration and the EU referendum.
Date: 9 May 2016
A new poll finds that the England football team unites people in England more than any other symbol of English identity, as the #WeAreAllEngland campaign launches to promote England support across all races and faiths at Euro 2016
Date: 6 May 2016
Sadiq Khan should not be content to be merely a symbol of integration, writes Sunder Katwala. He must now use the powers of his new office to be the practical champion of integration that London needs.
Date: 4 May 2016
London mayoral hopefuls Sadiq Khan and Zac Goldsmith commit to integration and citizenship focus at an inspiring London Citizens Assembly event
Date: 27 April 2016
Avaes Mohammed reports from Leicester workshops telling the shared WW1 stories of Muslim, Hindu and Sikh soldiers fighting for Britain
Date: 22 April 2016
Steve Ballinger asks why we English don’t do more to celebrate our patron saint.
Rachel Chinouriri, 25, talks to the BBC on why she wanted to include England and its flag on her album cover, referencing "my upbringing, my home, my life". (BBC also quotes Kehinde Andrews criticising her choice because he doesn't like it himself)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-68848509
As royal assent is granted today to the Rwanda Bill, a poll shows only a third of Tory voters believe the deportation plan will succeed in stopping migrants crossing the Channel. @SuellaBraverman @RobertJenrick https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/04/25/rwanda-policy-wont-stop-the-boats-tory-voters-say/
Read the report here:
https://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/latest/news/governments-illegal-migration-act-and-rwanda-plan-to-cause-system-meltdown-costing-billions/
New @refugeecouncil analysis today projects that even if Rwanda removals do start, the Illegal Migration Act will leave over 115,000 people stuck in limbo, "shut out of the asylum system but unable to be removed from the country" at a potential annual cost of £6.2 Billion.
"Sunak's Rwanda plan could go wrong in 2 different ways," writes @sundersays. "One is if the plans stall and no planes go to Rwanda. The bigger headache is if planes DO go to Rwanda – and the theory of deterrence behind the policy is put to the test."
https://www.easterneye.biz/rishi-sunak-rwanda-bill-sunder-katwala/
Gravesend and Dartford always put on a great #StGeorgesDay party!
Congrats to Gurvinder and all at @cohesionplus
(+ several hundred school children!)
Trust me Officer. Its all taxed and insured. #HappyStGeorgesDay #StGeorgesDay
"Sunak’s real problems could be just beginning now the Rwanda Bill has made it through Parliament. Only a quarter of people think a plane taking off to Rwanda would count as success for the policy. More would need to see a dramatic reduction in small boats." –@sundersays
Rwanda bill to become law after late night row between government and Lords
Rwanda bill to become law after late night row between government and Lords
The prime minister has staked his premiership on the policy, which he says will act as a deterrent to migrants ...
news.sky.com
Its #StGeorgesDay and our @sundersays is on @TalkTV Breakfast at 8.45 with @jkyleofficial and @AytonImarn discussing “Does patriotism matter?”
(Spoiler: he thinks it does and has written a book about why!)
https://www.britishfuture.org/my-very-british-patriotism/
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